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July 23, 2025

‘Asia Times’: A Bridge between Middle East and Rest of Asia

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics | For readers across the Middle East, understanding Asia is no longer optional, it’s essential. As the balance of global power tilts eastward,…
June 24, 2025

Iran’s Strike on U.S. Base Tests the Gulf’s Fragile Stability

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics | On the evening of June 23, 2025, the volatile trajectory of Middle Eastern geopolitics reached a new flashpoint as Iran launched a…
June 23, 2025

U.S.’s Sudden Entry into Iran-Israel Conflict

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics | In the early hours of June 22, 2025, the United States decisively entered the escalating Iran-Israel conflict with a coordinated, high-stakes military…
June 21, 2025

Iran-Israel Direct Military Confrontation Erupted from June 13

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics | On June 13, 2025, a new and direct military confrontation erupted between Iran and Israel, marking an unprecedented escalation in the long-standing…
December 24, 2024

Syria Focuses on Regional Cooperation and Reconstruction under New Leadership

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics | Syria is witnessing a significant diplomatic shift following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. The new leadership under Ahmed al-Sharaa…
December 9, 2024

End of Assad’s Rule Marks Turning Point in Syria’s War

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics | The long reign of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, as rebel forces swept into Damascus and declared the…
October 30, 2021

Robert Fisk’s Legacy of Exposing War Lies

By any measure—byline count, battlefield scars or political enemies—Robert Fisk was not just a journalist. He was a force of nature. Over the course of five decades, Fisk redefined what…
September 21, 2019

Iranian Intelligence Agents Operating via Iranian Embassies

[Syafruddin Arsyad] The thwarted Paris explosion-plot gives a clear picture of how Iran’s intelligence agents operate under Iranian diplomatic cover, via Iranian embassies, inside other countries.
August 15, 2019

The 13-Years-Old Syrian Boy

| MEP Desk | Middle East Politics Hamza Al-Khateeb was a Syrian boy, whose age was only 13 years when he died. His death, which was widely condemned, came in…
May 11, 2019

Minorities’ Role in Challenging Iranian Regime

[Rahim Hamid] Disregarding the vital role of Iran’s non-Persian minorities can only divide and weaken the opposition, leaving it with insufficient support to challenge or overthrow the current regime.