MIDDLE EAST
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New Versailles for the Middle East
For nearly two years, the international community has been like a remote bystander observing the situation in the greater Gulf…
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Saudi Arabia and Israel – an overdue embrace
By Jonathan Honigman Iran and Turkey Given its ancient history, large population, and leadership amongst the Shiite community that accounts…
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Cracks in a prosecution far from home
By Lloyd Green The fraud and money-laundering trial of Jean Boustani, a Lebanese boat salesman, is in its third week…
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Women at the Peace Table: Building from the grassroots to the tree tops
“Some people change when they see the light; others when they feel the heat”. Caroline Schoeder, former US Congress…
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Lebanese protest unity triumphs decades of sectarian division
By Younes Mahmoudieh Selective media coverage in the West often results in a fragmented and inconsistent understanding of events in…
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Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey
By Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighboring Syria to…
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Turkish Call of Duty: A game the POTUS wishes he had a restart button for
By Sabyasachi Biswal The words spoken by a fictional character – Captain Price in the famous Call of Duty franchise…
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“Transparent war” against ghosts of war
By Theodor Zima Our technologically advanced and progressive world is literally overwhelmed by daily flows, or rather avalanches, of information.…
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As Turkish troops advance, dangers escalate
On 9 October, Turkish troops began a long-anticipated cross-border assault against the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led militia in northeastern…
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Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds
By James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff…
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