Iraq has the largest oil reserves in the region after Saudi Arabia and Iran. While Syria also possesses sizeable oil reserves and could theoretically become self-reliant in energy, the US has not ...

"We don't think Syria should be a Turkish protectorate," he said. Israel has said it wants to prevent advanced weapons from falling into the hands of the new authorities, whom it considers jihadists.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”- Blaise Pascal Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

US attacks failed to achieve their goals, but were conducted in order to inflict a blow against Yemen, for daring to ...

The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has drawn rebukes from Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq. By Ismaeel Naar ...

In the short term, Israel is no longer in a hurry to normalise relations with Saudi Arabia, which it considers the grand prize in the Isla ...

This week's phone call between Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani and Syria’s President Ahmad Al Shara represented a new push in relations between the neighbouring countries, at a time of ...

For the past decade, the “Ghost of Reem Island,” as she was referred to in the press, has haunted me.

Despite initial descriptions of the talks as “constructive” the prospects for a sustainable agreement remain bleak.

At the time, the conduct of Saudi Arabia in Yemen was recognized as ... with “seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and then finishing ...

Egypt and Kuwait have agreed to advance bilateral economic, investment, and trade relations.

Currently, as the Syrian ... Iraq, as well as Lebanon-based Hezbollah also supported the regime. Backing often separate opposition factions was a diverse array of states, including Turkiye, Saudi ...