Iran's recent parliamentary elections, conducted on Friday, stuck closely to a script familiar from the past four years: Conservatives predictably won the majority of seats from a ballot cleansed of reformists by the Guardians Council; turnout in ...
The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, likes to spy on his own people. In that, he is upholding a modern Arab autocratic tradition. Dubai's ruler, however, is not looking for conspirators, fifth columnists or political opponents. He' ...
As Arab presidents, emirs and kings lined up alongside the United Nations secretary general and the Pakistani, Malaysian and Turkish heads of state in last month's Arab League summit in Riyadh, one key player was missing at the highest level: Iran. ...
AMMAN: Lama and Dima Hattab are 26-year-old Jordanian twins with adventure in their souls. Experienced marathon runners, the women have turned to mountains - and now have Everest firmly in their sights. Their aim is to become the first Arab women to ...
BAALBEK: Israeli air raids in Baalbek killed one child and caused damage to the ancient Roman Temple of Bacchus on Saturday, the town mayor said. Israeli fighter-bombers carried out two raids on Saturday morning in the old town square near the ...
Masters of ambiguity, Iran's leaders don't want war with Israel and the U.S. -- and are more alarmed by the Lebanese crisis than the West realizes. On the sidelines of a recent security conference in Oman, a former high-ranking Iranian ...
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