Largely forgotten by history, leaders in Beirut and Tel Aviv shook hands on a plan for normal bilateral relations 43 years ago, after yet another Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
[caption id="attachment_55255019" align="aligncenter" width="4770"] US National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster speaks during a briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in…
TRIPOLI-SICILY: Abdelsattar Heitita and Guiseppe Pipitone
This is a dark story. Dark like the cloaks of the Libyan militia who have sworn allegiance to ISIS. Or like the dark glasses of the men…
by Alina Polyakova
On November 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law legislation allowing the Russian government to designate media organizations that receive funding from abroad as …
[caption id="attachment_55255002" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) arrives to attend a ceremony marking the 79th death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal…
[caption id="attachment_55254993" align="aligncenter" width="4563"] Austrian citizens and asylum seekers march past a poster for Norbert Hofer’s his presidential campaign which includes the phrase …
[caption id="attachment_55254990" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood chant slogans during a rally on December 14,…
[caption id="attachment_55262650" align="aligncenter" width="2835"] Mulatu Teshome (R) President of Ethiopia welcomes President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (L) at presidency building in Addis…
[caption id="attachment_55254972" align="aligncenter" width="4957"] A picture taken on October 17, 2016 shows an employee walking behind a glass wall with machine coding symbols at the headquarters…
by Lyubov Podgornaya
Two Years of Russian Military Operations in Syria: We Predicted “a Second Afghanistan.” But This Prediction was Wrong.
PREDICTED FAILURE
On September 30, 2015, Russian…
[caption id="attachment_55254912" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Migrants are escorted through fields by police as they are walked from the village of Rigonce to Brezice refugee camp on October…
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