Middle East

Ten months into office, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has proven adept at isolating his hard-line critics and maintaining the political alliance that brought him to ……Read More

On June 13, U.S. Treasury Department officials stated that Saudi Arabia sees “eye to eye” with the United States on the importance of halting activities ……Read More

Sunday wasn’t a good day in northern Iraq’s al-Hamdaniyah district. The previous night, Sunni extremist militants had snatched 26 Shia Turkmen from their homes.  For ……Read More

“How could that referee not give a clear penalty in front of 40 million people watching the game? It is very sad,” Carlos Queiroz told ……Read More

A visit last week to Abu Dhabi revealed to me the depth of unhappiness in the Arab Gulf states about the Obama Administration’s efforts to ……Read More

With ISIS overrunning key parts of Iraq including attacks on the 310,000 barrel per day Baiji oil refinery which happens to be Iraq's largest, we've ……Read More