On The Menu For The Remainder Of 2022: War, Pestilence, Famine

Jordanian police threaten to jail Israeli pilgrims for praying

Aaron’s Tomb near Petra, Jordan. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia)

Warning to visitors at Aaron’s Tomb comes as tensions between countries skyrocket over stabbing at Israeli Embassy

Saudi Arabia-Iran row spreads to other nations

In the Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict, a clash of civilizations

File: Iranian protesters raise their fists in front of a portrait of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr during a demonstration against his execution by Saudi authorities, on January 3, 2016, outside the Saudi embassy in Tehran. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)

The cold war between the two regional powers is likely to heat up, reviving an age-old sectarian war between Sunni and Shiite Islam in which every country and group in the Middle East will have to choose a side

Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of ‘full-scale’ Russia invasion

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko

President Petro Poroshenko has told MPs the military must prepare to defend against a possible “full-scale invasion” from Russia, amid a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine

Yemen conflict: Aden a ‘ghost city’ as death toll rises

A man stands beside a tank manned by pro-government militia in Aden

The head of the ICRC in the Yemeni city of Aden has told the BBC the country’s conflict has made it a “ghost city”

Is US-Israel crisis a speed bump or sign of a long-term conflict?

President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

 

Despite tensions, top lawmakers say relationship base on ‘shared values,’ not personalities of Obama and Netanyahu

Yemen turmoil escalates as Arab states plan ground invasion

Yemeni Houthi rebels and members of the security forces loyal to the Shiite movement inspect the damage at the scene of a Saudi airstrike targeting the group, which controls Sanaa near the airport in the Yemeni capital, on March 26, 2015. (photo credit: Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

Exiled president appears on TV in Saudi Arabia; Riyadh accuses Iran, Hezbollah of fighting for Houthis

Al Qaeda fighters pressing closer to Israel’s border in Golan Heights

Nusra Front members waving their brigade flag on Jan. 11, 2013. (AP / Edlib News Network ENN).

China-Japan Conflict Could Lead to World War III, Warns Former UN Ambassador

Zukang cautions against hostilities over “those two tiny rocks”