Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of car bomb explosion Baghdad's al-Wahda neighborhood on May 14, 2017 At least eight civilians and soldier have lost their lives and one of them blew up among personnel and ordinary people.. ..…

In 2015, 23 of the 198 countries in the study had very high levels of government restrictions, up from 16 countries in 2014.13 Some countries like China, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran have had very high levels of restrictions every year since 2007, the year for. ..…

Speaking to group of senators gathered at White House on Tuesday, our soldiers fighting like never before Iraq and Arab country was on in pushing back terrorist groups... ..…

By armed in the capital, Print. The government of Central African Republic and United Nations peacekeepers should address violence against women and girls, Bangui. ..…

The campaign appears to fly in the face of the recommendations last December of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which urged President Bush to engage diplomatically with Syria to stabilize Iraq and address the Arab-Israeli conflict. . . . The officials say the campaign bears the imprint of Elliott..…

Two new surveys of the country, both written since the Arab Spring by veteran American journalists, arrive at dramatically different answers. Karen Elliott House, a former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, sees a country whose people are “seething” with discontent and whose..…

The Palestinian Authority, since Fayyad became prime minister, has twice ranked lower in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index than any other Arab government. And Freedom House now gives the PA the same rating for political rights that it does for civil liberties—“not..…

The outside experts on the Middle East who have the most credibility with the Administration seem to be Bernard Lewis, of Princeton, and Fouad Ajami, of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, both of whom see the Arab Middle East as a region in need of radical remediation. Lewis..…

American idea of individuals being responsible and taking responsibility is foreign to the elite, care for them, dole out money to them, and in general control their lives. ..…