WASHINGTON- The brutal war in Syria could grind on for a decade as Iran and Russia prop up President Bashar al-Assad's regime and jihadist groups flood the battlefield, experts warned Thursday. Assad...
DUBAI, Wissam Keyrouz- The unprecedented decision by three Gulf states to pull their envoys from Qatar reflects their frustration with Doha's activist foreign policy and its support for the widely...
CAIRO, Samer Al-Atrush, Jay Deshmukh- Egypt's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared Tuesday he cannot ignore demands that he run for president, in a looming election his supporters say he is...
WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- His first instinct was to pivot to Asia, then Barack Obama was dragged back into the Middle East: now he must play a role born in the Cold War -- leader of the "West."...
BAKHCHISARAY, Bertrand De Saisset- A Russian soldier could not hide his tears as he leant against a tree, just metres from a Ukrainian military base in Crimea that his unit had surrounded. "You have...
CAIRO- A son of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was freed Sunday a day after being arrested on suspicion of possessing hashish, judicial sources said. Police said they found two joints on...
RIYADH- Saudi Arabia has hit back at Russian criticism of its reported plans to supply shoulder-launched missiles to Syrian rebels, saying it was Moscow's support for Damascus that was prolonging the...
BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- The death toll from violence in Iraq fell in February from the previous month, but was still one of the worst in years, new figures showed Saturday as Baghdad hosted an arms...
JERUSALEM, Hazel Ward- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's talks with US President Barack Obama next week are likely to prove crucial for determining whether peace negotiations with the...
DOHA- Al-Jazeera television on Thursday organised a "global day of action" in solidarity with its four journalists detained in Egypt over accusations of supporting the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood....
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