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Buildings are seen on a coast line in Doha, Qatar June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Iran’s Jaw-Dropping Hypocrisy on Qatar Crisis

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion

There is a famous saying that “in politics, there is neither a lasting friendship nor a permanent enmity, but rather a permanent interest.” It is true. The most successful policies are the most realistic ones, in which pragmatism trumps principles. Take the US,...

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US Ex-Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian counterpart Jawad Zarif shake hands, AFP

Iran’s Nuclear Deal Is Two Years Old

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 19, 2017 | Opinion

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last” (Winston Churchill) Marking two years since Iran’s nuclear deal (JCPOA), we would be badly mistaken if we assumed that the ‘architects’ of Barack Obama’s policy of handing over the keys of the...

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Buses wait to evacuate people from a rebel pocket in Aleppo, in the regime-controlled al-Hamadaniah Stadium of Aleppo, Syria December 14, 2016. Reuters photo

History’s Suicide and Geography’s Disintegration

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 14, 2017 | Opinion

The last hours were significant, highly revealing and had long-term effects. From Hamburg we heard, for the first time, of US-Russian “common understanding” on Syria. From Baghdad came the good news about the “liberation” of Mosul, and from Lebanon we heard how eager...

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Iranian soldiers from the Revolutionary Guards march during the annual military parade in the capital Tehran, in 2015. (AFP)

Is it Still Possible to Coexist with the Tehran Regime?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 5, 2017 | Opinion

Over the weekend, the French capital Paris played host to a massive rally organized by the Iranian opposition and attended by many international political figures. The timing of this rally was particularly significant, given the historical and exceptional current...

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Israeli soldiers walk near mobile artillery units near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

It Is Southern Syria, Smart Guys!

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jun 28, 2017 | Opinion

Waiting for Washington’s position towards old nationalist Kurdish aspirations, at least in Northern Syria, more interest is silently being accorded to what may be the most serious flashpoint in the Near East today. It is Southern Syria. Recently, Asharq Al-Awsat...