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Opinion: Syria 2016 – A Replay of Syria 1920

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jan 26, 2016 | Opinion

The unfolding Syrian crisis is now looking more and more like a carbon copy of the Palestinian crisis. Almost all the ‘constants’ of world powers towards the near east in the aftermath of the First World War remain unchanged. We are still living the same religious,...

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Sunni MPs Boycott Iraq Parliament in Protest

Sunni MPs Boycott Iraq Parliament in Protest

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 19, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament suspended its meeting on Tuesday amid protests by Sunni Muslim MPs over violence that targeted their community in eastern Iraq and left dozens killed in apparent retaliation for anti-Shi’ite bombings claimed by ISIS. Sunni...

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Opinion: Syria – Hunger as a Political Tool

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jan 11, 2016 | Opinion

I have had the honour of knowing two exceptional men, both of whom passed away with undying love for their birthplace: Damascus. They were my former professor and mentor Professor Yusuf Ibish, and the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani. For those interested in Arabic...

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Neither Sunni nor Shiite, Terrorism Is Their Sect!

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

KSA has turned a new page into 2016 with continuous decisiveness and internal and external messages from Riyadh. With the execution of Saudi Arabia to the most prominent theorists Nimr Al- Nimr and Faris Al Shuweil, and dozens of others that authorities proved their...

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Opinion: The GCC and Iran- Between Blindness and Hallucination

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 23, 2015 | Opinion

The American Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter in an interview with The Atlantic magazine blamed the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of not opposing Iran regionally. He said “We see Iran everywhere, but we do not see a Gulf presence”. Contrary to his observation,...