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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces. The US backed group is dominated by the Kurdish YPG militia, which stands to lose significantly if a proposed safe zone in northeast Syria under negotiations between Washington and Ankara is realised . AFP

Syria’s social engineering experiment

August 18, 2019
An Aramco oil tank at the Production facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter. Reuters, file

Damage at Saudi gas field 'limited' after Houthi drone attack, says minister

August 17, 2019
Syrian civilians in Idlib who fled Russian and regime bombardment south of the governorate to areas considered relatively safer nearer to the Turkish border to the north. August 4, 2019. AFP

Syrian fighter pilot has fallen into hands of furious victims

August 15, 2019
A Syrian volunteer helps dig a trench in Salqin, a rebel town in the northern Idlib governorate threatened by the Russian-backed regime offensive June 23, 2019. REUTERS

Future of Syria on the table when Russia, Turkey and Iran meet

August 15, 2019
US soldiers in the Syrian town of Ras Al Ain near the Turkish border July 28, 2019. The mixed town is part of large areas in eastern Syria captured by the Kurdish YPG militia, whose rule risks demise because of Washington's troop drawdown. AFP

Pentagon warning of a resurgent ISIS shows strategic shortcomings in Syria

August 7, 2019
Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, who is Shiite. AFP

Major initiative to solve Lebanon’s political crisis fails

August 6, 2019
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi' as he purportedly appeared in a video released on April 29, 2019. The UN says Isis has been relying for months on attacks inspired by Isis ideology and carried out by its sympathisers rather than rank and file members of the weakened group.      

ISIS still has $300 million to use for terror attacks, UN says

August 6, 2019
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a leading voice against the Syrian regime, is under mounting pressure by the Iranian-backed militia cum political party Hezbollah to toe lines set by Tehran and Damascus. AFP

Hezbollah allies intensify hunt for main critic of Syrian regime

August 5, 2019
 Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, 27 July 2019. EPA

Mohammad Javad Zarif: the velvet glove of Iran's iron regime

August 1, 2019
US Navy Capt Putnam H Browne, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, speaks during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck in the Arabian Sea. EPA

UAE stands with initiatives that secure stability in Strait of Hormuz, Dr Anwar Gargash says

July 31, 2019
King Mohammed VI spoke in Tetouan, Morocco earlier this week on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his accession to the throne. EPA

King’s Speech: Moroccan monarch acts as an arbiter from above

July 31, 2019
Iran's Revolutionary Guard circle the Stena Impero on Sunday, July 21, 2019 in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Tasnim News Agency via AP

Owner of British-flagged tanker seized by Iran concerned about crew's safety

July 30, 2019
A composite image showing Dominic Raab, Britain's new foreign secretary and the Iranian Grace 1 supertanker, held by Gibraltar, above, and the British-flagged Stena Impero, held by Iran off Bandar Abbas. Photos Bloomberg, Reuters and EPA 

Dominic Raab: UK will not exchange seized oil tankers with Iran

July 29, 2019
US traveller Sam Goodwin, who was captured by Syrian regime forces in the Syrian city of Qamishli in May and released this month. The National

American tourist freed in Syria is beneficiary of arcane Middle East chess game

July 29, 2019
Hatta, an inland enclave 134 km east of Dubai straddling the Hajar mountains bordering Oman. Alamy, file 

How Oman's carbon-capturing rocks can help save the Earth

July 25, 2019