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In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, Libyan military soldiers fire their weapons during clashes with Islamic militias in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Mohammed El-Sheikhy, File)

Opinion: Libya must not be left to ISIS

by Osman Mirghani | Jun 11, 2015 | Opinion

Can anyone claim that they have been taken aback by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) recent attempts to expand within Libya, or by Arab impotence towards stopping the constant collapse of the North African country? Unfortunately, the answer to this...

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US President Barack Obama (R) meets with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Naif of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington DC, on May 13, 2015. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Opinion: Obama’s Message to the Arabs

by Osman Mirghani | Jun 4, 2015 | Opinion

“Crisis? What crisis?” These three words brought down the labor government of former British Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1979, and became part of the country’s political folklore. In late 1978 and early 1979 Britain was going through one of its worst political...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on during a meeting with former South African President and head of African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki (unseen) in Khartoum on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)

Opinion: The Losing Equation for Sudan

by Osman Mirghani | May 28, 2015 | Opinion

Next week, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will be inaugurated for a new term in office after lukewarm elections that failed to attract public attention or secure a high turnout of voters who preferred to stay at home knowing that the result was a forgone...

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In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 photo, Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders demand that Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi sends forces to protect their city and regain Ramadi shortly after Iraqi security forces withdraw from the city following an advance by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), during a press conference in Habaniyah town, 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Conspiracy Theories on ISIS Gains in Iraq

by Osman Mirghani | May 21, 2015 | Opinion

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) takeover of Ramadi, the largest city and the administrative center of the Anbar governorate in Iraq, is not the first incident that raises questions about the ultra-radical group’s bizarre nature and the way it operates. ISIS...

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Damaged buildings are seen at Al-Amriya frontline in Aleppo March 3, 2015. (Reuters/Hosam Katan)

Opinion: What about our own responsibility to Syria?

by Osman Mirghani | May 16, 2015 | Opinion

The Syrian crisis is one of the worst humanitarian disasters that the Middle East has ever witnessed, if not the worst. In one of its most recent reports, the European Union went so far as to say that the Syrian conflict has created the worst humanitarian disaster...