US President Donald Trump's declaration that he will keep US troops in Iraq at the large Ain Al Asad airbase in Anbar province and other locations around the country to "watch Iran" demonstrates, once again, Trump's ignorance and over-reach.

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's film “Capernaum”, nominated for best foreign entry in this year's Oscars, is a film for all societies, all times, all countries and continents.

Lamia Al Gailani Werr was one of the Arab world's warriors for its precious cultural heritage. Her death in Amman last Friday deprives this region and the world of an archaeologist who spent her life immersed in the investigation and preservation of Arab history and identity.

Turkey's military has shifted its focus from north-eastern to north-western Syria since Al Qaeda's Hayat Tahrir Al Sham defeated Ankara's surrogate factions and seized control of Idlib province, the last insurgent bastion in the war-torn country.

Ever since Britain issued the 1917 Balfour Declaration, extending the government's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" and pledging to facilitate this project, the indigenous people of that country have been ignored, attacked, sub

The Astana axis, comprised of Russia, Iran and Turkey, has gained increasing importance over the past two years, as Damascus, with the help of Moscow and Tehran, has slowly clawed back Syrian territory seized by insurgents, Al Qaeda and Daesh.

The latest US misadventure in Syria appears to be coming to an end.  When, last week, Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,200 troops from northern Syria, he admitted defeat.  The defeat of the US effort to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad and the failure of the

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ramping up rhetoric against the US for its sponsorship of Kurdish fighters battling Daesh in Syria.

The war in Yemen has to end now. There is no time to lose. With every month, tens of thousands of Yemenis join the millions who do not have enough food to survive. In recent weeks, the figure has risen from 13 million to 20 million of Yemen's 28 million people.