The Smiling Tyrant. Nothing better (perhaps) illustrates the American hypocrisy in ostensibly championing human rights and democracy in the Arab world than the jovial reception always given to the Jordanian King and his Queen. Jordan’s King...

Israel’s defense minister said in remarks published Thursday that the Middle East is too unruly for a region-wide nuclear arms ban, arguing that the Muslim world must first “behave like Western Europe.” Defense Minister Ehud...

A new thorough survey conducted by Lebanese firm Ad-Duwaliyyah li-l-Ma`lumat found that despite their own sectarian feuds and divisions, Lebanese do share common views on foreign affairs, more or less. A lot has been made among...

Today is the last day for President Bush administration. For the Middle East, it is the end of a very important and productive era, but controversial as well, and it is the beginning of an era, I predict to be marked by stagnation, inaction...

Considering the tendency to own bizarre stuff, products and belongings, the list of the weird never draws to a close. We desire to look different from others in everything we do. In line with the notion, this Tractor House clearly stands alone,...

The Muslim call to prayer fills the halls of a Cairo computer shopping center, followed immediately by the click of locking doors as the young, bearded tech salesmen close up shop and line up in rows to pray...

Israel is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its foundation. Ehud Olmert marks the Remembrance Day by stating that ‘It is peace, not war, that we aspire to and crave’, however, the Jewish state still remains a land of uncertainty with...

Why did Israel attack Gaza with such brutality? Did Israeli officials think, even for a fleeting moment, that their army’s attacks could halt, as opposed to intensify, Palestinian rockets or retaliatory violence? Indeed, was Palestinian...

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories on March 19-21 to discuss holding a Mideast meeting in Moscow, a ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Mikhail Kamynin said in a statement the issue...

Israel pulled its ground troops out of northern Gaza today after an offensive against Palestinian rocket salvos that has left more than 100 people dead. But despite ordering soldiers out of the rogue territory, run by Islamist terror group...