On August 18, 2020, several days following the announcement of the normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel, which inter alia stated that all Muslims are permitted to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to pray there,[1] the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, issued a fatwa …

In early May, a Spanish court sentenced a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin to seven years in prison for financing and supporting terrorism. The convict, Ataul Haque, brother of the head of Islamic State’s technological wing (killed in a targeted U.S. drone strike in Syria in 2015), had reportedly sent …

Two Lebanese government ministers are to be sanctioned by the US over their support for the Iran-backed Shia militia group Hezbollah and accusations of corruption.

Égypte, Jordanie, Émirats arabes unis et Bahreïn reconnaissent désormais l’État hébreu. Tout le monde ne s’est pas réjoui des accords passés récemment entre Israël et des nations arabes. Pour preuve un titre ambigu du journal Le Monde. L’analyse d’Yves Mamou.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has expressed its objection to a recent agreement between the United States and the Greek Cyprus for the construction of a new training center, warning that the move could further undermine peace and stability in the region.

As the U.S. Air Force considers how to follow orders to move assets away from Germany, the head of U.S. Air Forces Europe is pledging a “deliberate” plan that includes transparency for both European allies and the military members involved.

The Islamic Republic is still looking to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani, officials said. The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen …

The commander in charge of the U.S. military’s nuclear arsenal has warned that increasing China’s nuclear stockpile is “next” on Beijing’s “to-do list.”

Ashraf Rifi, Lebanon’s former justice minister and one-time head of the country’s security forces, has told IranWire that the French government had worked to bring about a new government in Lebanon, measures that had included discussion with Iranian officials and Hezbollah. The talks, Rifi said, may well result in an …

In an article published by the Carnegie Moscow Center, analyst Dmitry Trenin warns that Russia’s relationship with Germany is nosediving thanks to Alexey Navalny’s poisoning. In fact, Moscow’s ties to Europe generally are now teetering on total alienation, Trenin says, arguing that a series of scandals has ousted the last …