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'We are living by the sword': The regrets of an Israel founder's son

In a wide-ranging interview, Yaakov Sharett, the son of one of Israel's founding fathers, says he regrets settling the Negev in the 1940s - and the entire Zionist project

Khashoggi, one year later: 'A promise not yet fulfilled'

Six memorable Middle East moments from the UN General Assembly

Ergenekon: The bizarre case that shaped modern Turkey

'I'm being punished': Guantanamo's 'most tortured detainee' still can't leave Mauritania

Jimmy Aldaoud's death confirms worst fears about Trump's deportations

Hamza Yusuf and the struggle for the soul of western Islam

How Iranian MEK went from US terror list to halls of Congress

Iran’s 1999 student protests: The hot summer that shook Tehran

George Nader: How a convicted paedophile became key to an Emirati hook-up with Trump

Abdul Hakim Belhaj: Why I rejected bin Laden’s invitation to join al-Qaeda

Somali. Black. Muslim. Woman. Refugee. American: The making of Ilhan Omar

Manchester City, Abu Dhabi and the rise of English football's new order

Mourning the missing in Israel's 'cemeteries of numbers'

Massacre in Mali: How the 'war on terror' fuels tribal violence in the Sahel

The new faces of Jewish-American resistance to Israel

The fraught and unforgettable: How Malcolm X's legacy lives on in America

Blaming the West is not enough: We too are responsible for this calamity

Separating children from parents: A sordid modern practice

If this happened in Alabama there would be uproar. In Israel, it's the norm

What the 1930s can teach us about Syria and our brutal world order