Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia ‘s grand mufti who served the kingdom’s top religious figure over a ...

More than 6 in 10 Lebanese adults approved of the country’s leadership, up from 16 percent in 2024. The upswing is one of the largest for a government in 20 years.

The air in Iraq is thick these days with political anticipation. On Nov. 11, 2025, Iraqis will head to the polls — for the ...

CLARKE is Director of Research at The Soufan Group and a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center. Nine months after the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled by a rebel offensive, Syria ...

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Some at Delhi are worried that the Saudis are warming up not only to Islamabad but also to Pakistan’s patron, Communist China ...

The proposed amendment, drafted under the name Law on the Endowments of Religious Sects in Iraq, seeks to replace the ...

Over five decades of multigenerational ministry, the Eddys pioneered health and educational outreach. Served the Lord in Syria 28 years Next to the grave of William King Eddy (hereafter “King”), is ...

"The concrete walls will be taken off from the main roads and side streets in all Baghdad areas, with no exceptions and within 40 days," a statement from Iraqi military's Baghdad ...

The region’s authoritarian leaders have been buoyed by the loss of Iranian power. But such victories mask a region that is still very much beset by danger.

Syria, Jordan, and the United States have agreed on a plan to restore security in southern Syria. This region saw deadly ...

Always looming behind complicated Middle Eastern politics is Iran, the historically powerful, populous, non-Arab country whose governing Shiite Islam ideology has been the chief antagonist to the ...