The Truth Hurts: Bahrain’s Government Perseveres Following Release of BICI Report

This morning, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) released its findings of the government’s response to protests that occurred in February and March. The findings were expected to be ...

Friendless in the Middle East

by Daniel Pipes National Review Online November 8, 2011 The Arab upheavals of 2011 have inspired wildly inconsistent Western responses. How, for example, can one justify abiding the suppression of ...

Arab Autumn: Elections, Crackdowns, and Sectarian Tensions Part III

Bahrain and Syria are countries ruled by sectarian minorities. Bahrain’s Sunni royal family rules over a Shia majority whereas the Assad regime, which rules over a Sunni majority, belongs to ...

“Arab Spring” – Misnomer for Middle East Upheavals

by Daniel Pipes May 31, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online “Arab Spring” has taken off as the default description of the turbulence in the Middle East over the past ...

Muslims against Muslims: Bahrain Calls for Boycott on Iran; Obama Criticizes Bahrain

The Middle East uprisings are turning Muslim Shi’ites and the Sunni elite against each other. The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce has called for a boycott of Iran, and the kingdom ...

Middle East Round Up: April 20

UAE to Iran: Butt Out! Iran should reconsider its policies in the region and respect the unity of Gulf countries, UAE foreign minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said ...

State Dept: Human Rights Abuses Span Middle East, Pakistan

The U.S. State Department reports countries in the entire Middle East, and some countries elsewhere, are riddled with human rights abuses. In its annual government-mandated report, the State Department said that ...

For Iran and Its State Media, Syrian Unrest Is Either a Non-Issue or a Foreign Plot

(CNSNews.com) – Iran officials and state media continue to ignore, downplay, or see conspiracies behind the anti-government protests and violent clampdown in Syria, in sharp contrast to their response to ...

Arab League Wants Gaza No-Fly Zone to Prevent Israel Retaliation to Terrorism

The “no-fly” zone in Libya set a precedent for possible action in Syria, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, but instead, the Arab League has targeted Israel. The Arab group, which includes ...

WikiLeaks Revelations on Israel

The latest media-barnstorm by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reveals the private concerns and assessments of Israel’s intelligence services, the Guardian reports. The documents on Israel and the Middle East come ...