In an interview on Wednesday with the Jerusalem Post, former senior FBI counterterror official Lara Burns said that the ...

"He founded what we call the Achaemenid Empire, which is really the empire during which time we have the story of Purim.

The question of Sunni militancy, which stems from decades-long systematic marginalization of Iran's Sunni minority, has added ...

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

Again, the Sunni nations will eventually make the necessary nuclear adjustments in the manner that worked for Iran. A nuclear Middle East will be the bastard child of this treaty. Conventional ...

Since taking political power in 1979, Iran’s Shia clergy has been supporting the Shia Muslims of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. This spreading influence has caused concern to the Sunni rulers of Arab ...

Even destroying the nuclear program will not change Iran’s fundamental goals expressed in its constitution, nor the threat it ...

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The Middle East is in the midst of ever-increasing tension, as conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia is spiraling to involve more countries in the region. Saudi Arabia severed all diplomatic ties ...

Iraq’s upcoming elections could mark a turning point in regional dynamics as Iran’s influence wanes with early signs of ...

A Shiite Crescent running from Iran through Syria and to the Mediterranean would be bad for Sunni powers and Western democracies. The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter-bomber. Iran launches ...