When Arab-Israeli peace agreements are mentioned, the main two that usually come to mind are Anwar Sadat’s Camp David Accords in 1978, followed by…

On 19 April 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced his bid for the 2024 presidential elections, challenging incumbent president Joe Biden.Immediately,…

Damascus: Syrian film star Duraid Lahham has his hands full with two big projects. The first project is his upcoming movie “Yawmayn” (Two Days),…

In 1938, King Farouk I of Egypt, then aged 18, summoned the officer-in-charge of Egypt’s military museum, Mohammad Naguib, 38, for a presentation of…

The indictment of former US President Donald Trump should technically end his political career — especially if he is convicted ahead of next year’s…

It was on the Persian New Year of 21 March 1935 that Reza Shah announced that he was formally changing his country’s name from ‘Persia’ to ‘Iran’…

On 8 March 1963, the Ba’ath Party came to power in Syria through a military coup staged against President Nazim al-Qudsi and his prime minister…

“Eureka!” This was the one-word cable that US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger sent to the Nixon White House after secretly visiting…

110 years ago, a coup d’etat rocked the imperial capital of Istanbul.It was the second in just five years — the first having been staged during the…

Today’s world needs many things. One of them may well be another Yalta conference. The resort city on the south coast of the Crimea is famous for…