While Iran and the US are stealing the spotlight with talks set to continue on Saturday, this week belonged to Syria. Over ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

The UAE rejects the charges. Reem Ketait, a foreign-ministry official, calls them a “cynical and baseless PR stunt” and ...

The next round of talks between Washington and Tehran set for later this week is expected to set out a framework for ...

It has become a familiar refrain: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he is “changing the face of the Middle East.” It is, he says, “a war of rebirth.” It is, in a sense ...

Women and girls in the Middle East are generally more disadvantaged compared to those in other middle-income countries. Conflicts in Iraq and Syria have diminished the meaningful participation of ...

On Wednesday 26 February 2025 James Cheshire, Director of the Social Data Institute, delivered a talk on ‘The Power of Maps’ to a group of A Level students at the Royal Geographic Society in London.

Erdogan spoke at Istanbul's Grand Camlica Mosque where he asked Allah to ensure that Zionism and Israel are destroyed, while wishing "mercy upon the (Hamas) martyrs" Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

Russian drones have struck Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said. “For the second time in a week, the enemy ...

The director, Cemal Kafadar, a professor of Turkish studies, and the associate director, Rosie Bsheer, a historian of the Middle East, did not respond to messages seeking comment on Friday.

as well as places beyond the Middle East, like Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Afghanistan, and Malawi, among others. Typically this means three days off but governments are known to declare more ...

It has also been seeking to play a significant role in diplomatic issues pertaining to the Middle East. UAE while normalising ties with Israel has also maintained robust ties with Iran.