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Opinion: What Middle East are we to Expect in 2016?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jan 5, 2016 | Opinion

Pictures of an emaciated man from the besieged Syrian town of Madaya in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, who died after failing to exchange his car for some food, may best reflect the latest development of Syria’s debacle which welcomes 2016 with new and old baggage that...

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Opinion: The War of Islamic Tweets

by Ali Ibrahim | Dec 23, 2015 | Opinion

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a statistical study that included 7 million tweets in Arabic, which in turn portrayed the image of social networking as an arena employed for means of egging sectarian conflict and waging verbal wars among...

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U.S. President Barack Obama extends his hand to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Opinion: Has Washington Given its Blessing to Moscow’s Middle East Ambitions?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 2, 2015 | Opinion

Barely a day goes by without a significant development that gives an idea about what might befall the Middle East during Barack Obama’s remaining days in the White House. A few weeks ago press reports suggested that Washington’s strategy in the region includes its...

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Migrants sit near a fire next to a Eurotunnel train depot on August 5, 2015 in Fréthun, near Calais. The European Commission offered August 4 to help France and Britain deal with the migrant crisis at the Channel Tunnel, as police on both sides braced for new attempts at the crossing. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN

Opinion: Migration to and from Europe

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 6, 2015 | Opinion

European leaders have recently been preoccupied with the crisis of boat migrants as more asylum seekers continue to cross into Europe from Africa via the Mediterranean. By choosing to take the perilous journey, those illegal migrants risk everything, including their...

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Opinion: How Will our Region Look Come November 2016?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 7, 2015 | Opinion

Against the backdrop of genocide committed by the rump of the Syrian regime against its people in the service of the agreed regional script for the Arab Mashreq (East), and the accelerating collapse of the concept of the “State” throughout the Middle East and North...