by Paula Astih | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- The Lebanese government is facing a chain of challenges that are seriously threatening its stability for the first time. Major challenges are the economic file and the obvious push of 8 March alliance towards normalization with the Syrian regime. Days after...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 25, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East
In order to limit violence in Syria and explore ways to encourage a military coup, former and current US officials have revealed that the United States made secret calls with members of President Bashar Assad’s government at the beginning of the Syrian civil war in...
by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 13, 2013 | Opinion
I don’t understand how US president Barack Obama conceives his plans. I doubt that those close to him, or those, like me, monitoring the scene from afar, can understand his strategy towards the Middle East as a whole. . . . That is, if he has one in the first place....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The battle continued to rage in the Golan Heights yesterday following a sudden offensive by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to take control of the Quneitra border crossing from Assad regime forces. Ultimately, the Syrian rebels were only able...
