Posted on Wed, June 26, 2013 at 21:56 pm CEST
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Arab World War Two: Sunni versus Shia

The Arabic-speaking world is gearing up for a massive Sunni versus Shia bloodbath… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Culture • Global Islam • History • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Tue, June 11, 2013 at 23:16 pm CEST
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Can Assad’s Syria Survive Revolution?

How the Assad regime has managed to survive the revolution, for the time being and in contrast to other recent upheavals in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Culture • Democracy • History • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, August 8, 2012 at 20:41 pm CEST
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Syrian Civil War

Ammar Abdulhamid may know more about Syria’s civil war than anyone else in the world. That’s no exaggeration. Barry Rubin interviewed Abdulhamid on the latest developments and trends… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, July 29, 2012 at 20:19 pm CEST
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Lebanon: Fractured Past, Bleak Present

Bill Harris is one of the world’s leading authorities on Lebanon. In this interview he discusses politics there; the possibilities of war with Israel; how Western policy let down the moderates; and the dramatic effects of the Syrian civil war on that neighboring country… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Hezbollah • History • Lebanon • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, July 17, 2012 at 19:05 pm CEST
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Will the Rebels Win Syria’s Civil War and What That Means

The tide seems to be turning in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 01:21 am CET
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Syria: No Longer Revolution, It is A Civil War, A Guide to the Battle

The only honest answer to the question of what will happen in Syria is… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Christianity • Democracy • Kurdish People • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 15:16 pm CEST
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The People Have Voted and Barack Obama Is Not The Next “Muslim Idol”

How can anybody continue to spout nonsense about how President Barack Obama’s policies and endless attempts to… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamic Countries • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, April 21, 2011 at 00:11 am CEST
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Assad’s Bloody Crackdown Protest Threatens Sectarian War

President Bashar Assad, while abrogating Syria’s detested 48-year old emergency laws Tuesday, April 19, immediately replaced them with… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Democracy • Kurdish People • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, April 12, 2011 at 19:01 pm CEST
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Saudi Arabia, Gulf States: Iran Is Attacking Us; Obama Administration: Excuses, Excuses!

How sadly ironic. A few years ago, the two previous U.S. presidents were trying to get Gulf Arab states to do more to foster an… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Iran • Kuwait • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Arab Emirates 
Posted on Tue, April 5, 2011 at 19:26 pm CEST
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The Syrian Revolution 2011: First Protest Shooting in Damascus

The Syrian uprising took a new turn Tuesday, April 5, when armed protesters opened fire for the first time on security forces… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Muslim Brotherhood • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, January 25, 2011 at 22:14 pm CET
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Hizbullah Candidate Mikati to Form New Lebanese Government

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman appointed ex-premier Najib Mikati today as Lebanon’s new prime minister and tasked him with forming a cabinet… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Lebanon 
Posted on Fri, September 10, 2010 at 12:44 pm CEST
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Israel, Islamism and the War Within Islam

I would stress that “Islam” as a religion functioning in the world is not at war with anyone as such. There are those who want to steer Islam toward an active war against how the majority of Muslims live at present and almost all the governments… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Israel • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, April 5, 2010 at 20:33 pm CEST
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The Hariri Tribunal goes Hunting for Hizballah

Since the February 2005 assassination of Hariri and the establishment of the UN-mandated inquiry into the killing, the primary public focus of the investigation has been on Damascus. Then, in May 2009 Der Spiegel published an article that reported in great detail on how Hizballah operatives participated in the murder, and how… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Lebanon • Shi'ism • Syria • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, December 23, 2009 at 21:22 pm CET
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The Middle Eastern Cold War

A cold war is “the key to understanding the Middle East in the 21st century.” So argue Yigal Carmon and three of his colleagues at the Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) in a recent study, “An Escalating Regional Cold War.” They have identified a major confrontation that the media has somehow missed… Continue reading

Topics: The Middle East