Middle Orient

The visit is Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s first since the start of the civil war and follows the Syrian foreign minister’s trip to Saudi Arabia last week. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan landed in Syria on Tuesday, the first such visit since the start of the civil war …

Reza and Yasmine Pahlavi arrived in Tel Aviv on Monday in a visit that could further fuel tension between Iran and Israel Reza Pahlavi, the son of late Iranian Shah, arrived in Israel on Monday on a trip that showed Israeli embrace of the Iranian figure who is seeking a …

Mekdad’s three-day visit to Tunis marks the first by a Syrian official since the North African country cut ties with the Syrian regime in February 2012 over its brutal crackdown against peaceful protests. Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad headed to Tunisia on Monday for a three-day visit in the latest …

At a moment of escalating war of words, Iran’s president said Israel will face destruction should it strike his country, which the Jewish state has long considered as an existential threat. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi threatened Israel with annihilation in an address marking the Islamic Republic’s Army Day in Tehran …

The planned visit by a Hamas delegation to Riyadh reflects Saudi Arabia’s new diplomatic priorities, which do not include normalization with Israel. Meeting in Jerusalem with US Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel wants normalization and peace with Saudi Arabia. “We view [normalization] as …

Western Mainstream media (MSM) are reporting the Israeli police violence against worshippers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, token rocket responses by Palestinians, and horrendously disproportionate Israeli bombing of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. While the West rightly condemns the Russian invasion and occupation of 20% of Ukraine, it fervently supports genocidally racist …

Nakhala is set to deliver a speech at the Quds Day rallies in Baghdad on Friday. A delegation of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist movement visited Baghdad on Wednesday at the invitation of Iraqi officials. The delegation was led by the movement’s secretary-general, Ziyad al-Nakhala, and was set to meet …

The RIC said this marks a doubling of attacks and fatalities from the previous month, with four military personnel and four civilians killed. In March, ISIS carried out 20 sleeper cell attacks, five of which were claimed by the terrorist group, according to a new monthly report by the Syria-based …

US forces captured an ISIS operative and two of his associates in eastern Syria on Saturday evening, the US military announced on Wednesday. The operative, Hudayfah al Yemeni, is an “ISIS attack facilitator,” a news release from US Central Command said. He and his associates were captured by US forces …

A new order may be emerging in the Middle East, but how it is emerging does not fit the core narrative written by Washington. Two decades after the U.S. invaded Iraq in search of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that didn’t exist, and to implement the George W. Bush “freedom …