The SDF and the armed factions that assumed control in Damascus also have more than a decade of tensions and hostilities ...

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Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine is a distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy and the director of the Institute for ...

The European Union has announced plans to sanction Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. If adopted, the move would ...

Afghanistan Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that the Taliban were committed to the 1973 water treaty between Afghanistan and Iran. But he added that “the drought in Afghanistan and the ...

“a significant infrastructure and connectivity project to enhance broader transcontinental integration between Asia, the Arabian Gulf, and Europe, or what I call the Eurasian rimland. It seeks to ...

Gordon Gray is the Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at ...

U.S. Marine Corps Major General who last served as the Commanding General of Second Marine Aircraft Wing.  He entered service ...

بينما تُجرى المفاوضات من أجل العودة الكاملة أو الجزئية للاتفاق النووي الإيراني في فيينا، فإن العديد من مراقبي إيران يغمرهم ...

The Palestinian refugee issue has not been treated with the urgency it deserves in past negotiations. Palestinian refugees are actively involved in the conflict and can no longer be ignored or ...

The new constitution prepared by Tunisian President Kais Saied appeared set to pass in a referendum held on Monday, July 25, according to exit polling, but the significance of the vote is more about ...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Qatar last week bore almost immediate fruit; three MoUs were signed, including one between the respective sovereign wealth funds. While Egypt needs ...