The Institut des Cultures d’Islam is presently comprised of two buildings located in the French capital’s densely populated Goutte d’Or neighborhood, many of...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday chaired a cabinet meeting for the first time as head of state, in a move aimed at cementing his role as...
Once France’s most unpopular postwar president, Francois Hollande has experienced a dramatic surge in approval ratings over his widely praised response to the...
Oil fell to the lowest level in more than 5 1/2 years after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale SA reduced their price forecasts and Venezuela...
During a recent gathering for Grand Serail employees, Prime Minister Tammam Salam was quoted as saying: We will not celebrate New Year in Lebanon and we will...
The funeral has been held for a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard who was killed during a battle against ISIS in Iraq.
The Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS has claimed the killing of a senior Iranian officer advising Iraqi forces in their fight against the jihadis, in posts on...
A sniper killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander who was training Iraqi troops and Shiite militia fighting ISIS militants in the Iraqi city of...
Former US president George H. W. Bush, 90, has been admitted to a Texas hospital suffering shortness of breath, a family spokesman said Tuesday.
Kuwait said it accepted an Iraqi request related to reparations imposed by the U.N. Security Council over its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
Among the thousands of militia fighters who flocked to northern Iraq to battle the militant group ISIS over the summer was Qais al-Khazali.
Apart from modifications in 1947 (the creation of Pakistan) and 1948 (the creation of Israel), and the birth of the Gulf states, the core of the Islamic world...
You can’t be indifferent to Shirin Neshat, nor to what she has to say about Iranian women. Her oeuvre is, to say the least, controversial.
An intriguing new figure is gaining prominence in the Iranian government just as regional conflicts in Iraq and Syria intensify and nuclear talks with the...
Much of the chaos in the region today has its roots in Versailles and its treaties
Weeks into its air campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. Defense Department has announced a name for the operation: Inherent Resolve.
The Obama administration is boxed in by its promise to limit U.S. military engagement against ISIS extremists, making it tough to agree to Turkey’s condition...
The Obama administration is boxed in by its promise to limit U.S. military engagement against ISIS extremists, making it tough to agree to Turkey's condition...
The effectiveness of the U.S.-led coalition effort in Syria is under scrutiny as ISIS fighters try to overrun a strategic Syrian town on Turkey’s border.
Saudi Arabian shares retreated the most in a year, leading declines in the Middle East amid investor concern that Arab nations may be at risk of retaliatory...