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Residents walk near damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Syria: Is It Over?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 17, 2017 | Opinion

Russian air strikes and cruise missiles, foreign militias and Assad armed forces continue to use coercive force as towns and land stretches from eastern Aleppo to southern Raqqa are brought back under regime control. Syrian rebels, or what is left of them, fight with...

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Donald Trump Jr. with his father US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Donald Jr.-Russia Revelations are a Tipping Point but not Treason

by Eli Lake | Jul 16, 2017 | Opinion

It’s fashionable among President Donald Trump’s defenders to dismiss the reports of his eldest son meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton as yet another “nothing burger.” You’ve heard the...

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A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 9, 2016. (Reuters)

Qatar: The Wolf Protecting the Sheep

by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 16, 2017 | Opinion

Hallowed be Allah! (Subhan Allah) After it spent months attacking and warning against Donald Trump becoming a president. After spending six months in cautioning against his administration and disastrous policies, and after attacking its neighbors for strengthening...

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An artillerymen from the 82nd Airborne Division is photographed on a base north of Mosul.(Loveday Morris/The Washington Post)

America Can Succeed Militarily in the Mideast

by David Ignatius | Jul 15, 2017 | Opinion

What lessons can we take from ISIS’ defeat in Mosul and its coming eviction from Raqqa? The collapse of the so-called “caliphate” tells us that the United States can succeed militarily in the Middle East if — and probably only if — it works with local forces who are...

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Inter-Arab Ties Remain Bound to Dreamy Intellect

by Abdel Rahman Shalgam | Jul 15, 2017 | Opinion

Two speeches of late Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba have left a mark in the Arab world. The first was in Jericho, West Bank, in 1965, when he called on Arabs to implement United Nations Resolution 181 issued on Nov. 27 1947. The second speech was delivered at le...

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French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Reuters

The Dark Side to Macron’s Bright Idea in France

by Megan McArdle | Jul 15, 2017 | Opinion

Emmanuel Macron has completed a political revolution. The man swept out of nowhere, with no party behind him, and in a few short months, managed to secure the French presidency, then lead his new movement to a substantial legislative majority. Now he’s proposing to...