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TRUMP MIDDLE EAST ADVISORS' DREAM OF WAR WITH IRAN JUST INCHED CLOSER TO REALITY
Trump Middle East advisors' dream of war with Iran just inched closer to reality... READ MORE›
5 POLICIES TRUMP SHOULD ADOPT IN THE MIDDLE EAST - BOTH FOR RUSSIA AND AMERICANS BACK HOME
One area where he cannot afford to clash with Putin is the Middle East. Here's what Trump should do in Syria and Russia... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP AND THE MIDDLE EAST
King Salman of Saudi Arabia wished Trump success in his mission to achieve security and stability in the Middle East and around the world ... READ MORE›
'ARAB SPRING' COST MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIES $600BN
ESCWA 'Arab Spring' cost Middle East economies 600bn... READ MORE›
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JAPAN PM ABE IN 'IS HOSTAGES' VOW
Daily express unforgivable japanese pm vows to save islamic state hostages after video threat 1 hr ago... READ MORE›
REVEALED: THE ?1BN OF WEAPONS FLOWING FROM EUROPE TO MIDDLE EAST
Valero told BIRN and OCCRP that countries exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia from eastern Europe should feel ashamed... READ MORE›
ABBAS WARNING OVER HOLY SITE CLOSURE
Some districts of East Jerusalem have seen nightly clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces since the Gaza conflict last summer... READ MORE›
AN EPIC MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE COULD BE GLOBAL WARMING'S HELLISH CURTAIN-RAISER
Can people live in fire? Mustafa Salim in Baghdad and Sheikha al-Dosary in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributed this report... READ MORE›
A DISFIGURING TROPICAL DISEASE IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
Hundreds of cases have also been reported in Turkey and Jordan... READ MORE›
IRAN ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OF MISSILE STRIKE ON ITS YEMEN CAPITAL-BASED EMBASSY
Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of launching an air strike on its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL US CONSERVATIVES CONDEMN AGREEMENT
US conservatives strongly criticise the deal reached between major world powers and Iran that limits Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of sanctions... READ MORE›
UAE SENDS F-16 SQUADRON TO JORDAN
It is not clear if the UAE squadron will be carrying out raids on IS from Jordan... READ MORE›
HOW A BLOND AMERICAN KID BECAME A HUGE STAR IN SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Say the name Joshua Van Alstine in Saudi Arabia and the likely response is a blank stare... READ MORE›
A CROSS TO BEAR: THE VANISHING CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Rifugio Christians of the Middle East by Linda Dorigo and Andrea Milluzzi Schilt Publishing, 29.95, Amsterdam ... READ MORE›
TALKS 'FAILED TO SAVE IS HOSTAGE'
Mr Cohen said negotiations with Islamic State, formerly known as Isis, had been sandbagged by the Jordanian government ... READ MORE›
THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF EUROPEAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Some 40,000 European refugees found shelter in the Middle East during World War II... READ MORE›
FOUR GIVEN BAIL AFTER TERROR RAIDS
South Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland denied Cardiff was a hotbed of terrorism... READ MORE›
OBAMA SCHOOLED ON TWITTER ABOUT MIDDLE EAST HISTORY
US president's State of the Union comment that Middle East conflicts dated back millennia met with online ridicule... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF INDIAN WORKERS STRANDED IN SAUDI ARABIA WITHOUT PAY OR PROVISIONS
Indian community groups in Saudi Arabia distributed vegetables, lentils and oil to the starving workers under the supervision of the consulate in Jeddah on Sunday... READ MORE›
THE RISE OF IS - AND HOW TO BEAT IT
This is where he was able to meet jihadist militants of al-Qaeda in Iraq AQI and to build a broad network of like-minded religious extremists... READ MORE›
CHRISTIANS FLEE GROWING PERSECUTION IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
Open Doors also reported violence against Christian farmers by Hausa-Fulani tribesmen, conservatively estimating more than 1,500 religiously motivated killings... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WATER SHORTAGES TO DELIVER 'SEVERE HIT' TO ECONOMIES, WORLD BANK WARNS
The Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and south Asia due to suffer biggest economic hit from water scarcity as climate change takes hold, report finds... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA LEADS SURGE IN ARMS IMPORTS BY MIDDLE EAST STATES
Britain sold more weapons to Saudi Arabia than to any other country... READ MORE›
IRAN-SAUDI CRISIS 'MOST DANGEROUS FOR DECADES'
With tensions spiralling following the execution by Riyadh of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are at their worst for nearly 30 years... READ MORE›
HOW POWERFUL IS THE A??ISLAMIC STATEA?? AND WHAT THREAT DOES IT REALLY POSE TO WEST?
Isis, a year of the caliphate How powerful is the a??Islamic Statea?? and what threat does it really pose to West?... READ MORE›
MIDDLE EAST STOCK MARKETS CRASH AS IRAN ENTERS OIL WAR
Saudi Arabia's stock market crashed yesterday as nuclear sanctions on Iran were lifted, clearing the path for an all-out oil war between the Middle Eastern rivals... READ MORE›
OBAMA RIDICULED FOR SAYING CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST "DATE BACK MILLENNIA." (SOME DON'T DATE BACK A DECADE.)
The Middle East is going through a transformation that will play out for a generation, rooted in conflicts that date back millennia, Obama said... READ MORE›
TOP US COMMANDER MAKES SECRET VISIT TO NORTHERN SYRIA
He met US military advisers and the leaders of the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, made up of Kurdish and Arab rebel forces... READ MORE›
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER - AND TOP ARMS SALESMAN
Obama the super-salesman pours fuel on a Middle East in flames... READ MORE›
UN CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SAUDI EMBASSY IN IRAN
Great rivalry explained Why don't Iran and Saudi Arabia get along?... READ MORE›
HOW THE MIDDLE EAST WAS INVENTED
The Near East was, well, nearer than the Middle East, and the Middle East was in the middle of the Near and Far Easts... READ MORE›
THE WORLD WATCHED AS 3 JOURNALISTS WERE SENTENCED IN EGYPT
As mob surrounds Amal Clooney, student defendant Shadi Ibrahim awaits his fate reading Quran... READ MORE›
THE MIDDLE EAST SUFFERED ITS WORST DROUGHT IN 900 YEARS
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CALLS GROW TO LABEL ATTACKS ON MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS AS GENOCIDE
Calls to declare the atrocities perpetrated against Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East as genocide are mounting... READ MORE›
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AFTER TPP COLLAPSE, SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS FEAR GETTING CAUGHT IN SUPERPOWER RIVALRY
Bangkok South-east Asian nations have expressed concern they will become caught up in superpower rivalries after the Trump administration ended the 12-nation Pacific trade deal... READ MORE›
FROM NATO TO ISIS: WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MEAN FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD
The election of Donald Trump has sent shockwaves around the world... READ MORE›
SAUDI OIL SHIPMENTS TO EGYPT HALTED INDEFINITELY, EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SAY
An Egyptian official visiting Iran would cement a break in its alliance with Saudi Arabia and mark a seismic shift in the regional political order... READ MORE›
IRAN 'WANTED EGYPT AT SYRIA TALKS' AS MIDDLE EASTERN ALLIANCES SHIFT
Since then, Saudi Arabia has sent billions of dollars to Egypt, which have helped keep its faltering economy afloat... READ MORE›
LONGTIME ALLIES EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA IN A PUBLIC ROW OVER RUSSIAN BACKED RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran are opposed in a range of regional conflicts and disputes, in particular the wars in Syria and Yemen... READ MORE›
UNDER OBAMA, ASIA 'PIVOT' LEAVES CLOSER TIES, NEW CHALLENGES
South Korea's plan to deploy an American missile defense system has also aroused China's ire, sending relations between Seoul and Beijing to their lowest level in years... READ MORE›
SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE: WHERE THE WORLD STANDS
Vietnam, which has fought China over competing South China Sea claims, has been most supportive of the Philippines' case and submitted a statement to the tribunal... READ MORE›
THIS SAUDI DANCE IS ALL THE RAGE IN ARAB WORLD, BUT IT COULD GET YOU ARRESTED
The dance has also triggered the ire of conservative columnists and critics of social media in Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
IS AUSTRALIA TOO WORRIED? ISRAELI EXPERT PROFESSOR EFRAIM INBAR THINKS SO
Islamic State Is Australia too worried? Israeli expert Professor Efraim Inbar thinks so... READ MORE›
MEMO FROM BEIJING PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA IS ALL BUSINESS IN MIDDLE EAST VISIT
China was a major supplier of arms to Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war when the United States and Europe imposed an arms embargo... READ MORE›
XI OUTLINES MIDDLE EAST VISION
China and Arab states should build peace, promote development, boost industrialization, support stability and partner people-to-people exchanges in the Middle East... READ MORE›
LET CHINA WIN. IT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA.
The AIIB, headquartered in Beijing, would allow China to expand its influence throughout Asia, the White House fretted... READ MORE›