The Soviets sought to establish the PLO not only as a counterweight to Western influence in the Middle East but also as a ...

A decadeslong history of violent conflict is among the reasons that countries in the region are opposed to providing a haven ...

Hazem Ayyad, a prominent Jordanian researcher specialising in Palestinian affairs, said Mr Arafat brought about “disaster upon the PLO and the Palestinian people” when he signed the Oslo Accords.

Understanding the complexities of the love/hate relationship between Syria and the PLO requires a return to the mid-1960s of the last century when Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat moved to Syria ...

Arthur Blessitt, a onetime street preacher in Los Angeles who set off on a cross-country trek on Christmas Day in 1969 hauling a 12-foot cross to begin what became a more than 43,000-mile pilgrimage ...