Gulf states plan military retaliation to Putin's bombing of rebel positions in Syria
Analysts say Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are now likely to increase military aid to the anti-Assad groups they support. This comes as a...
Saudi foreign minister tells Iran: “enough is enough”
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir said on Thursday the kingdom's actions in the Middle East were a response to what he called Iranian...
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo after blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears...
Human Rights Watch accused Egyptian security of torturing children
International rights group said on Monday that Egyptian security forces under President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi have arbitrarily arrested, forcibly disappeared and tortured children as...
Russian jet downed by Turkey was ‘inside Syria’
The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into...
Five Kurdish mayors detained as crackdown continues in Turkey
As part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Turkish authorities detained mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas...
U.S. biofuels policy contributes to global warming
U.S. renewable fuel mandates are contributing to global warming, boosting carbon emissions as farmers turn carbon-rich areas like wetlands and forests into cropland to...
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...
Why Some Arab States Refuse to Accept Syrian Refugees
Lebanon and Jordan host almost 2 million refugees while the rich Gulf states host none.
Syrians fleeing war are driven to board precarious boats to...
Russia's escalating Syria intervention threatens Middle East stability
Vladimir Putin may discover that the trouble with using force to strengthen one’s negotiating position is that other sides follow suit.
The Russian military intervention...
