Baghdad may be basking in its battlefield success now, relying on military might will not be enough in the longer term.
Updated 11 Dec, 2017 09:28am
He has rebuilt the crumbling armed forces, chased IS from the territory it had seized, and retaken disputed areas.
Published 23 Oct, 2017 11:32am
"Only a Syrian could have such a reaction each time he hears a helicopter."
Updated 13 Sep, 2016 10:19am
Mahmud Abbas heads to the UN this week for a speech expected to be closely watched.
Updated 29 Sep, 2015 09:17am
'Children there feel like a settler will come to kill them.'
Updated 06 Aug, 2015 06:54am
On the ground the Palestinians still await their own state some 66 years after Israel was established.
Updated 09 Nov, 2014 11:42am
Yet again, the 70-year-old Palestinian farmer will be unable to make the autumn harvest.
Updated 30 Oct, 2014 07:29am
Under Egypt’s electoral law, any presidential candidate needs to collect at least 25,000 signatures and Sisi has...
Published 15 Apr, 2014 07:24am
CAIRO: The deadly crackdown on Islamists across Egypt could radicalise their ranks and at the same time further...
Updated 09 Sep, 2013 07:27am
