Analysis

By PAUL LARUDEE A month ago, the city of Idlib fell to opposition fighters, mainly al-Qaeda and its affiliates and allies.  It was a major blow to the Syrian army.  Last Saturday, the nearby town of Jisr al-Shughour also fell, mostly to the same groups. Fighting against the Syrian government …

By Marlow Stern The documentary Among the Believers provides an eye-opening behind the scenes portrait of the Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, which trains young children for jihad. Among the Believers, a chilling new documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, opens on a terribly cute 5-year-old …

By Michael Tomasky You don’t have to say you love her, because the election isn’t even directly about her. It’s about finally undoing the Reagan revolution. In the last few days, I’ve heard from a couple of relatives who have, or know of friends who have, come down …

By CHRISTOPHER R. HILL The Middle East has not been easy on US presidents over the past seven decades. Historically, support for Israel and its right to exist within defensible borders has been tenuously balanced against the need to defend shipping lanes for oil and otherwise protecting world energy …

GREECE has long seemed a decent bet to crash out of the euro zone, and perhaps also the European Union. But during the current election campaign in Britain, Britain’s exit (or a “Brexit”) from the EU has also started to seem a real possibility. David Cameron, the prime …

By Rakesh Krishnan Simha There are 7.2 billion people on this planet but the United States fears only one man — Vladimir Putin. That’s because on virtually every front of the new Cold War, the Russian president is walloping the collective challenge of the West. Fear can make …

Rachel Shabi If it were ever in doubt, the protests in Baltimore have shown us once again that only some types of violence are visible, or really matter. As demonstrations in this US city surged following the death in police custody of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, the terrible violence …

When Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ascended to the throne this past January, he took the reins of power at perhaps the most crucial period of time since his father, King Abdulaziz, founded the kingdom some 83 years earlier. With Yemen boiling over to the south, the ISIL threatening …

The Peninsula An expert committee appointed by the GCC countries has prepared extensive rules and regulations for preparing a blacklist of terrorist organisations and individuals. The criteria are waiting for approval by the authorities and would be implemented soon after to counter terrorist threats to member countries from …