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Opinion: Aleppo and the Syrian People at the Mercy of Washington’s Barber

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 8, 2016 | Opinion

Although Syria’s tragedy is too painful to be associated with humor, the suffering that both Moscow and Washington are inflicting on the Syrian people reminds us of a kind of a ‘black comedy’ joke. It goes like this: A barber was very keen on his son inheriting his...

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Opinion: Iranian Trusteeship with Israel’s Blessings

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 29, 2016 | Opinion

In July last year, I wrote an article entitled “How Will Our Region Look Come November 2016?” on this page. Of course what I meant then was the end of Barack Obama’s second term in the White House. In that article I pointed to how Washington made ISIS a pivotal...

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Opinion: Do Lebanon’s Christians Know What They Are Doing?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 22, 2016 | Opinion

Being a Lebanese myself I can claim that I know how the Lebanese think; this is why I expect the initial response to the above question from the Christians among them to be: “Who are you to tell us what to do? Are we so unqualified or brainless that a non-Christian...

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Opinion: A Syrian Wedding With the Bride and Groom in Geneva

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 16, 2016 | Opinion

Two significant developments, both connected to conflict raging between Iran’s creeping influence and the remaining defenders of Arab identity, took place in the Arab ‘Mashreq’ last week. The first is the undisguised attempts of demographic changes in the environs of...

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Opinion: What Happens in Damascus Decides Syria’s Fate

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 7, 2016 | Opinion

When everybody was talking about Turkish troops entering the northern Syrian border town of Jarablus, the dirty deal in greater Damascus was approaching its completion. The long suffering suburb of Darayya was being handed to the cut-throats of Bashar Al-Assad’s...