Battle brews over economic policy in Turkey's AKP after election win
Behind its monolithic facade, a row over economic policy is raging in Turkey's AK Party as it readies for another four years in power,...
Kuwait asks passengers to provide certificates showing they are virus-free
Dozens of airlines scaled back or halted flights to China in January as the Coronavirus outbreak that causes COVID-19 gained steam in the country,...
Egypt locks up lawyers in Islamist fight
As Egypt cracks down on its Islamist dissidents, many of the country's lawyers are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law as...
Saudi allies scale down ties to Iran
Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom's lead and on Monday began scaling down their diplomatic ties to Iran in the wake of the...
Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos
Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to...
What 100,000 U.S. boots on the ground get you in Syria
Speaking in Turkey after the terrible Paris murders of last Friday, President Barack Obama recently opposed any fundamental change in U.S. strategy towards Syria...
What the West should have learned from its long ‘war on terror’
Behind President Barack Obama’s Sunday night speech lies an awkward reality. Ever since 9/11, the West has been fighting two in some ways separate,...
The US and Russia coexistence in northeast Syria
Washington first deployed troops in northeast Syria in 2014 as part of a coalition to combat the Islamic State group.
Russia has militarily backed the...
U.S. sanctions businessman helping Syrian government buy oil from Islamic State
The United States sanctioned a Syrian businessman on Wednesday who it said was a middleman for oil sales between Islamic State and the Syrian...
ISIS eyeing oil targets beyond Syria stronghold: U.S. official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly...
