It was interesting to hear that Iranian leaders have begun to take a leaf out of other nations’ book by conjuring national heroes of the past in…

After years of conflict and drama, is the Middle East now finally inching its way towards peace? The winds of change certainly appear to be blowing…

Portraying Hezbollah’s disarmament and the handover of its weapons to the Lebanese state as the sole obstacle to peace and prosperity is a gross…

The announcement of a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Iran was as startling as the eruption of hostilities itself. The general sentiment…

Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran is hardly surprising. It follows decades of animosity, proxy battles and covert intelligence operations. But…

On 9 April 2003, as US forces entered Baghdad’s Firdos Square, a group of young men emerged from a nearby alley and made their way toward the…

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s recent declaration that the era of “exporting revolution” was over provoked an outcry from Iran’s allies in…

The ongoing US–Iran nuclear negotiations have become a diplomatic laboratory, where genuine proposals and tactical feints intermingle, testing not…

Two days after a ceasefire was declared along the Indo-Pakistani border, officials in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district rededicated a massive statue…