Foreign and domestic actors are preventing Syrian goods from crossing into Iraq despite the January agreement due to various concerns including drug smuggling

What self-translation does is take out the mediator, so the translation process becomes like the writing the text for the first time and the copy becomes identical to the original

The rapid overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, the ill-thought process of de-Baathification, and Iraq's collapse into chaos created perfect conditions for a jihadist insurgency

20 years ago, on 9 April the US invasion led to the toppling of Saddam's regime in Iraq — signalling the end of an era and the beginning of a new one

The only way US sanctions on Syria will be waived — let alone lifted — is if al-Assad fundamentally changes his behaviour

An historical analysis of policy disagreements between US and Israeli governments stretching back over 30 years

Putin is betting on Chinese President Xi Jinping to break American hegemony and create a new system in which Russia is a leading partner

A quick response from the authorities stopped March's run of financial sector failures worsening. Markets have regained their poise, but interest rates are rising and deeper pressure is likely ahead.

The former president has already gone up four poll points since his indictment

Instead of holding the real culprits accountable, politicians increasingly blame refugees for Lebanon's problems

From France and Israel to the escalating conflict between American Republicans and Democrats, the world is witnessing a chain of unsettling events

Legendary Syrian poet Muhammad al-Maghout depicts an Arab reality that everyone knows and fears but only alludes to in whispers