The presidential election in Iran represents the latest instalment in almost 35 years of debate and confrontation over the meaning…
Pro-Assad forces have seized full control of the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border
As the two sides argue about preconditions to attending the Geneva 2 negotiations, could the Syrian conlfict be about to spill over and engulf neighbouring Lebanon and Israel into war?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has claimed that the Syrian army has won “major victories” against the rebels and holds the “balance of power” in an interview with a Lebanese television station.
President Barack Obama’s visit to the Middle East presents an opportunity to move the dormant Palestinian-Israeli peace process forward.