Afghanistan has once again lived up…

Lebanon is “hurtling toward total collapse”, according to one commentator.  The World Bank believes that the country’s financial and economic crisis is one of the severest the world has witnessed…

Can diplomacy and reason succeed in damping down the flames before they burst into all-out war?      

The forthcoming Palestinian elections have generated a good deal of speculation.Palestinian Elections - Dahlan Plays the Long Game

Iraq Arrests Major Foreign Drug Smuggler as the foreign narcotics smuggler used to transport drugs from a neighbouring country.

Why Dealing with Iran Is a Non-Starter signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal except the US – that is, the EU, Russia, China, the UK, France, Germany and Iran

Two initiatives indicate that China Signals Possible Greater Middle East Engagement as it may be gearing up to play a greater political role.

On 21 March 2021, forces loyal to the Syrian government carried out artillery strikes targeting a hospital in the town of Al-Atareb in Idlib Governorate, northern Syria. The strike led…

In a sign of the times, Turkish schoolbooks have replaced Saudi texts as the bull’s eye of criticism of supremacist and intolerant curricula in the Muslim world.

To achieve his strategic objective of extending and stabilising Turkey’s power base across the Middle East, a reassessment of tactics was called for. Turkey’s Suspicious Charm Offensive