• Negotiate With Iran or the Whole of the Middle East Could Burn

    Spencer Ackerman If the US is going to avoid a regional war, Biden has no choice but to talk with Washington’s regional adversary.

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    How a family-run bistro became the Middle East’s best restaurant

    By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his grandfather would prepare “Treet Bel Laban” — an omelet with meatballs, served on top of garlic yogurt, and eaten with warm bread. “I have so many memories of food,” says

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    How a family-run bistro became the Middle East’s best restaurant

    By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his grandfather would prepare “Treet Bel Laban” — an omelet with meatballs, served on top of garlic yogurt, and eaten with warm bread. “I have so many memories of food,” says

  • Channel 12 Reporter In WSJ: “Biden’s Middle East Is A Fantasy World”

    Popular Channel 12 journalist Amit Segal penned an opinion article, published in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, called “Biden’s Middle East Is a Fantasy World.” When Joe Biden and officials in his administration talk about the Israelis and the Palestinians, they describe two peoples that don’t exist in reality, Amit began. According to the […]

  • United Solar Holding lays foundation stone for Middle East’s first polysilicon factory

    The polysilicon factory will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons and is expected to be operational in 2025.

  • U.S. Maritime Administration Issues New Advisory Amid Rising Maritime Threats in Middle East

    In response to escalating regional conflicts in the Middle East, the U.S. Maritime Administration has issued a new advisory to shipping that enhances previous guidelines for U.S.-flagged commercial ships navigating

  • Uzi Rubin on Iran's Missiles and Iran's Ambitions

    Uzi Rubin, senior researcher at both the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) and the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), spoke to a March 11 Middle East Forum Podcast (video). The following summarizes his comments: The

  • It’s difficult for Igbo Muslims to get partners in S’East – Imo Chief Imam

    Chief Imam of Imo State, Sheikh Suleiman Njoku, tells ABDULLATEEF FOWEWE the challenges Muslims are facing in the South-East and the importance of Zakat during Ramadan How did your family become a Muslim family in Igboland? I am Sheikh Suleiman Njoku, and currently serving as the chief Imam of Imo State and also holding the Read More

  • How AI Investments Could Change the Middle East

    Saudi Arabia’s reported $40 billion artificial intelligence (AI) investment fund represents a leap to redefine the Middle East’s role in the global technology landscape. The fund is part of a trend of Middle Eastern countries scrambling to position themselves as leaders in the global AI race. The vast investments underscore AI’s potential to reshape industries […]

  • Urging a stronger Middle East response

    The response of The United Methodist Church to the hostilities in the Middle East was characterized as “very weak and timid” during the joint meeting of the boards of United Methodist Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry.

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    Housing minister mocks Doug Ford’s concerns with fourplexes. Here’s what happened at Ontario’s Queen’s Park this week

    Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...

  • The United States and the Middle East: the Politics of Miscalculation

    The U.S. experience in the Middle East is a classic study of political and military miscalculation leading to strategic failure. President Joe Biden’s political support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which is being sorely tested, and his military support for Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which is making the United States complicit in Israel’s genocidal campaign, is the latest and worst example of U.S. miscalculation. Overall, the exercise of U.S. military power in the Middle...