The initiative runs alongside an agreed budget and political discussions on power-sharing facilitated by an American envoy, but Washington is concerned about the presence of foreign fighters
[caption id="attachment_55257129" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Employees of French state-owned railway transport company SNCF join a demonstration called by nine pensioner unions on June 14, 2018…
[caption id="attachment_55257126" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July…
[caption id="attachment_55257123" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A Free Syrian Army fighter in Yadouda, in Syria's Daraa Province, May 2018. (Reuters)[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_55257119" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] President Trump issued a strongly worded all-caps, late-night tweet after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) said that war…
[caption id="attachment_55257098" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] A woman picks up debris from the ruin of a mosque destroyed by the Islamic State on April 24, 2018 in Mosul, Iraq. (TNS)[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_55256986" align="aligncenter" width="594"] US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg,…
While many regional observers watched closely as US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, few paid attention to the details of the memorandum. The fourth section of the memo, in…
[caption id="attachment_55256963" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Bride Evelia Reyes and groom Brian Houston, living on different sides of the US-Mexico border, stand for a family portrait after…
[caption id="attachment_55256796" align="alignnone" width="940"] Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with local Federal Security Service (FSB) special forces officers during a…
[caption id="attachment_55256792" align="alignnone" width="940"] DigitalGlobe imagery (overview) of the Fiery Cross Reef located in the South China Sea. Fiery Cross is located in the western part of…
While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting
Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?
Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.
Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival