A new report published by Amnesty International today draws attention to a startling surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, ...

The above footage is authentic. The piazza around the Prophet's Mosque in Medina does have all these mechanized umbrellas ...

Critics feared it would plunge the Middle East into a wider war. That doomsday scenario has not come to pass, at least for ...

The Arabic word “Ummah” could be translated as “nation”, though it broadly represents a grouping of people who are united by ...

Although a triangular contest between Iran, Israel and the Arab states of the Gulf- principally Saudi Arabia and UAE- marked ...

Morocco and Iran have shared a complex relationship shaped by intellectual exchange, Sufi influence, and failed diplomatic overtures, later compounded by Cold War alliances and ideological tensions.

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling ...

The fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened a window for wealthy Gulf countries to expand their influence as ...

Nevertheless, with Iran defanged, and the benefits of ties with Israel and the U.S. looking increasingly attractive to ...

Donald Trump has stumbled into a position of extraordinary power in the Middle East. Through a combination of Israeli ...

Regime collapse in Iran following the U.S. bombardment of the country's nuclear facilities, it should be hoped, will benefit the entire region.