Middle East
Turkey Summons Danish Ambassador Over Anti-Islam Protests
ANKARA -- Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned Danish Ambassador Danny Annan over "an attack targeting Quran and Turkish flag" at a public demonstration in Denmark.
The ministry...
Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem is Not Just Smotrich but Zionism
RAMZY BAROUD
BY his own admission, Israel’s new Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe”. This declaration, which he made on January 16, should...
To Reconstruct Turkey, Rebuild Its Democracy
Daron Acemoglu and Cihat Tokgöz
BOSTON – The devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey (and at least 7,000 in northern Syria) in February...
Ramadan 2023: The Non-Muslims Who Are Fasting During the Holy Month
Jennifer Bell
DUBAI -- Being a Christian by religion does not prevent Jisha Kurian, 40, a Dubai-based private hospital nurse, from fasting during Ramadan from dawn to...
20 Years On, George W. Bush’s Promise of Democracy in Iraq and Middle East Falls Short
Brian Urlacher
President George W. Bush and his administration put forward a variety of reasons to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
In the months before the...