The decision to withdraw the waiver to produce and sell oil in Syria has been presented by administration officials as a policy correction, not a shift. The Biden administration has decided to not extend a sanctions waiver granted by the Trump administration in April 2020 to a little-known American oil …

It is important to expect that whatever the deal, the Iranian regime will continue to pursue its nuclear ambitions and clandestine nuclear activities: there are historical precedents for it. Tehran claimed that the “secret atomic warehouse,” located in a village of Turquz Abad in the suburbs of Tehran, was a …

Upon learning last year that a warrant in Belarus had been issued for his arrest for allegedly organizing mass anti-government protests through a popular Telegram channel he helped administer, independent Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich appeared unsurprised about the lengths the authorities would go to stifle dissenting views. “If people are …

“India gets booted out, by Iran, of Farzad-B gas field in Persian Gulf… India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd had discovered it way back in 2008.” India began to identify itself with the countries of the anti-Iran regional front that the former US President Donald Trump was sponsoring, involving Israel, Saudi Arabia …

Jason Stanley in the book titled ‘How fascism works: The politics of us and them’ describes fascist politics as characterized by ten aspects. The different headings under which it is discussed include: The mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectual, unreality, hierarchy, victimhood, law and order, sexual anxiety, sodom and gomorrah and arbeit …

The current Israel-Gaza fighting is expected to end in the coming days but experts predict another can be expected in a few years without a radical change in policy More than a week has passed since Hamas fired seven long-range missiles toward Jerusalem, and the fighting between Israel and terror …

Harsh humanitarian conditions at shelters in UNRWA schools threaten to increase spread of COVID-19 Amid the ongoing rocket attacks and air strikes between Israel and Gaza that started nine days ago, thousands of Palestinians living in the border areas of the coastal enclave have left their homes to escape intense …

Israel’s Security Cabinet unanimously approved a cease-fire with Hamas, without any conditions, according to a statement issued Thursday night by the Prime Minister’s Office. The bilateral cease-fire, brokered by Egypt, will go into effect “at a time to be determined,” according to the statement. The cease-fire was accepted upon the …

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Monday it discovered and destroyed a marine mine planted by Iran-aligned Houthis in the south of the Red Sea, Saudi state TV reported. “The discovered marine mine is Iranian made of the ‘Sadaf’ type,” state TV added, citing the coalition. “Planting marine …

Military officials in Mali arrested the country’s president and prime minister Monday, just months into their tenure, according to multiple news reports. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, as well as Defense Minister Souleymane Doucoure, were taken to a military base outside the capital, Bamako, Reuters and Agence …