Columns

Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president's eldest son and ambassador to UAE met the Iranians in Rome in May, according to sources close to the current president Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi

David Hearst

A Hanounite woman sits on a rock in the middle of what once was a home that contained dreams, hopes, and desires! My ghost wipes her tears and weeps along with her

Haidar Eid

Disagreements over the defence of the Syrian border town of Kobane have put Turkish-American working relations under severe strain

David Barchard

Ideologically opposed, are Sisi and Bashir now using each other to legitimise their own regional and national interests?

Amna Bagadi

Al-Aqsa mosque is the third most-holiest site in Islam, but Jewish settlers have more rights to access the house of worship then Palestinian Muslims

Ismail Patel

For Lebanese officials, the utility of hyping the Syrian bogeyman is undeniable - providing as a distraction from the state’s own transgressions vis-a-vis its citizenry

Belen Fernandez