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Opinion: Agreements on Syria

by Ali Ibrahim | Dec 29, 2015 | Opinion

More hopes are being raised that the situation in Syria is developing and leading to tranquility and an end of a war which escalated from local, peaceful uprising to a civil war and finally to a war with international and regional dimensions. There is a fear that what...

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President of the Court Judge Peter Tomka (C) during the verdict on genocide claims brought up by Croatia against Serbia, at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands, on February 3, 2015. (EPA/Robin Van Lonkhuijsen)

UN Court: Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide in 1990s

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2015 | World

The Hague, Netherlands, AP—The United Nations’ top court ruled Tuesday that Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide against each other’s people during the bloody 1990s wars sparked by the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The ruling could help put to...

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A statue of Josip Broz Tito, the late Yugoslav Communist leader, is seen in Kumrovec, some 45 kilometers (29 miles) northwest of Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)

Opinion: The lessons of Yugoslavia

by Ali Ibrahim | May 29, 2013 | Opinion

Supposedly, time moves forwards, not backwards. Although the past must not be forgotten, no matter how cruel and horrible it was, psychologically healthy people should treat it as history or heritage that they can learn from. However, being nostalgic for the past and...

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A U.S. Marine watches a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdaus Square in downtown Baghdad on April 9, 2003 file photo. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Ten Years On: The Iraq War Was Justified

by Azad Jundyany | Mar 31, 2013 | Debate

The debate over the 2003 international intervention in Iraq is ongoing, and many people continue to express the view that the toppling of the Ba’athist regime by the US and its allies was an example of foreign occupation. Some of those espousing this view rely...