Opinion

In Cairo’s Garbage City — as with many other places in Egypt — there is little optimism about the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. “We don’t know anybody. We only …

This month’s mid-term elections in the United States will show us the direction the country will head in the coming two years and indicate the future shape of American foreign …

The man playing the gold-plated piano on the Meydan stand at this year’s Cityscape exhibition in Dubai was reminiscent of a scene in the blockbuster film Titanic: as the famous …

  The fallout from Ankara’s continuing and widening estrangement from Israel has seen some unaccustomed diplomatic bedfellows cozying up together in recent weeks. Close military ties between the two states …

  For several excruciating months the Lebanese press has been subjecting us all to a whirlwind of speculation over the prospect that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will issue …

  Hosting a global sporting event can do wonders for a country’s image, proving it’s a sophisticated, advanced nation able to meet demanding international standards and put on a good …

  In a recent conversation with a Hezbollah fighter, up popped the subject of the Shebaa Farms, that sparsely populated mountainside tucked into Lebanon’s southeast corner. The fighter hinted that …

When Iran introduced gasoline rationing in 2007, Ehud Olmert, then Israeli prime minister, said the torching of some Tehran gas stations showed “economic sanctions are working increasingly well.” Threats to …

Two separate editorials on the same day in the Israeli press last month underlined the confusion that informs analysis on Syria’s intentions regarding the resumption of peace negotiations with Israel. …

It’s been a long hot summer. Temperatures hit all-time highs and Ramadan demand put power grids under serious strain across the Middle East. Few countries were spared as power outages …