Middle East

As hardline critics wage a bitter conflict with the Rouhani administration over its stated desire to open up cultural space inside Iran, the Government is ……Read More

The Syrian civil war has been a major headache for President Obama. Critics at home and abroad, like Saudi Arabia, where the president was on ……Read More

Iran has named a member of the militant group that held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days to be its next ambassador to ……Read More

Robert Einhorn, a former senior U.S. official who is well regarded by Barack Obama’s administration and retains close ties to its top nuclear negotiator, has ……Read More

Former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi has launched fresh attacks on the Rouhani administration’s nuclear policy. Increasingly seen as the most prominent and ……Read More

Arab leaders at odds over supporting Islamists in upheavals across the Middle East have proved in no mood to reconcile at a summit this week, ……Read More