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Attacks on Iran, past and present
The assassination of General Qasem Soleimani On Friday, 3 January, 2020, progressives in the United States and all peace-loving people…
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Lebanon’s revolutionary wins amid regional losses: Iran in the Arab Spring 2.0
By Jasmin Lilian Diab In a little over a month and a half now, anti-government protests against corruption, economic incompetence,…
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U.S. and European assets and interests might come under attack
As the Iranian leaders are now feeling the pressure of the full sanctions on Iranian oil and the terror-designation of Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps…
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A second Arab Spring brewing?
What has been happening in Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan for the past one and half months is nothing short…
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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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