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The United Nations says famine is likely to set in by May. For those living under Israel’s attacks and a crippling blockade, every day is a race against time. By Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair ... Read More

The world’s most promiscuous nations revealed

The world's most promiscuous nations have been revealed. However, the list was full of sultry surprises. Countries thought to have more liberal views on sex, such as Brazil and France, were ... Read More

The Coming Arab Backlash

Arab leaders, after all, are among the world’s most experienced practitioners of realpolitik, and they have a record of ignoring their people’s preferences. The protests, although large, have been ... Read More

‘Armstrong of the Arab World’: Syria’s first astronaut Mohammad Faris dies in exile

(CNN) — Mohammad Faris, known as the “Armstrong of the Arab World” and Syria ... Following Hafez’s death and the ascension of his son Bashar al-Assad to the presidency, Faris was supportive of the ... Read More

Israeli airstrike demolishes Iranian Consulate in Syria, kills two Iranian generals

While Iran’s consular building was leveled in the attack, according to Syria’s state news agency ... to support Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces. An Israeli airstrike in a Damascus ... Read More

Arab nations express need for restraint following Iranian attack on Israel

Governments across the Arab world ... toward Israel, raising concerns over a regional war after Israel attacked Iranian military leaders in Syria earlier this month. Nearly all the rockets were ... Read More

Israeli airstrikes in Syria reportedly kill 44 people

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group in Aleppo’s southern suburb of ... Read More

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Iran signals to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way that aims to avoid major escalation. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is the latest in an ... Read More

Israeli strike on Iran's consulate in Syria killed 2 generals and 5 other officers, Iran says

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have also been launching long-range missiles toward ... While Iran's consular building was leveled in the attack, according to Syria's state news agency ... Read More

Arab nations call for restraint as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies

(Vahid Salemi/AP) ISTANBUL — After Iran launched a retaliatory wave of missiles and drones toward Israel ... of confrontation between the region’s most powerful adversaries. Read More

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The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Monday the Middle East stood "on the edge of the cliff" and called for de-escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Information ... Read More