by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 1, 2011 | Opinion
More than a hundred days have passed since fighting in Libya broke out between Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and those revolting against him. Today the picture is clearer; Gaddafi may still be standing on his feet but he is suffering losses every day, and his...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 27, 2011 | Opinion
Hezbollah’s mission, since the group’s establishment in 1982, has been extremely easy in that it has been limited to confronting Israel. This mission allowed Hezbollah to obtain Arab respect, Iranian funding, and local influence. However today Hezbollah...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Up until a couple of weeks ago, Rami Makhlouf was not a well known media personality outside of his country, as Syria’s notable figures are generally involved in politics, military affairs or culture. Makhlouf, a relative of the President and one of the...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 15, 2011 | Opinion
In an art exhibit held the Arab World Institute in Paris, the then Iraqi ambassador to France Abdul-Razzak al-Hashimi was seen shaking with rage outside of the gallery and angrily proclaiming that one of the exhibits within the gallery insulted the well-loved...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 9, 2011 | Opinion
Did it ever cross the mind of the Syrian regime when it was at the peak of its power (prior to the assassination of the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri) that it will find itself one day on the run on the international level and besieged on the internal...
