Iraq needs Kurds in battle against ISIS, says Zebari
The Iraqi army will need Kurdish fighters' help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of Islamic State, Iraqi FinanceMinister Hoshiyar Zebari...
‘Slipped the net’: Iranian judge’s mysterious death angers activists
Paris (AFP) - The unexplained death of a fugitive Iranian judge, who plunged from a top floor of his hotel in Bucharest last week,...
Arab League to meet over Saudi-Iran tension
Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting next Sunday in Cairo in response to a Saudi request “to condemn Iran’s violations” of the...
Murky dealings : Does Turkey really get its oil from Islamic State?
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has suggested that the decision by Turkey to shoot down a Russian military aircraft a week ago was "dictated...
Refugee bill would delay entry of Iraqis who supported U.S. troops
Saad Danno spent six years helping Americans in Iraq during the U.S.-led occupation of his country, first as an aid worker and later as...
Embattled President Hadi returns to Yemen after six-month exile
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi set foot in Yemen on Tuesday for the first time since Shiite rebels drove him into exile in Saudi...
Toilet paper panic-buying in Germany amid Virus outbreak
The Coronavirus pandemic has sent panicked shoppers across Europe into a toilet-paper buying frenzy.
Generally speaking, people tend to wildly overestimate their TP needs, as...
UN rights monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
The UN expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had never granted him access to...
Battle-weary Syrian forces struggle despite Russian air war
Devastated by years of fighting, Syria's battle-weary armed forces are struggling to make significant gains despite intense Russian air support for a series of...
Qatar's channel to militants useful but dangerous
To its foes, Qatar's deal-making with armed groups is reckless grandstanding that helps destabilise the Middle East.
To its friends, the network of Islamist contacts...
