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A man with blood stained hand reacts at a damaged site after what activists said was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, in Masaken Hanano neighbourhood in Aleppo December 22, 2013 (REUTERS/Hosam Katan).

Opinion: The scars of dictatorship are not just physical

by Samir Atallah | Dec 28, 2013 | Opinion

I dislike reading history, but reading it is a necessary evil. I dislike it because it reminds me of the present rather than of the past. When you read how many times violence, horror and injustice have been repeated, you might begin to feel that the whole world...

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Tariq Aziz. (AFP)

Opinion: Tariq Aziz and “The Mistake of the Wise”

by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Apr 25, 2013 | Opinion

In an interview conducted after the fall of Saddam, Tariq Aziz—who held several posts at the time of Saddam Hussein—appeared on the television channel Al-Arabiya. Ali Al-Dabbagh, the former minister and spokesperson for the Iraqi government, hosted the interview, in...

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Iraqi women living in Yemen hold up the Iraqi flag used during the Baath Party’s rule under ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, as they take part in a protest in front of the Iraqi Embassy, in the capital Sanaa on January 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Iraqis Have a Chance: What Will They Do With It?

by Amir Taheri | Mar 15, 2013 | Opinion

Almost a decade ago a four letter word divided political opinion across the board. The word was “Iraq” whose regime had acted as a rogue state since the late 1960s. The debate that caused the division achieved new intensity when a “coalition of the willing” led by the...