
Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan
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- November 23, 2022 Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan
What did Russia lose from the Ukraine war?
The Russian military setback that took place recently in Kherson, after the Russian President had annexed it to his country weeks ago, is in fact a strategic military setback for Putin personally, despite him distancing himself from the withdrawal decision made by Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu. However, everyone inside and…
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- December 1, 2021 Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan
Afghanistan and the sanctions model against Iraq
There are similarities between the reality of Afghanistan and the Taliban, which emerged victorious in its confrontation with an international coalition led by America, and the situation of Iraq after the 1980-1988 war with Iran. After the Taliban victory, the US imposed sanctions on the new regime in Kabul in…
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- November 16, 2021 Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan
Marzouki: the icon of the Tunisian Spring
Dr Mohamed Moncef Marzouki was not a product of the Tunisian Spring, which was the first of the Arab Spring revolutions. He was truly one of the actors behind this stand against tyranny very early on, having been one of its victims for decades because of forming and supporting human…
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- November 3, 2021 Ahmed Muwaffaq Zaidan
From punishing the Taliban to punishing the Afghan people
Following the departure of American occupation forces from Afghanistan it seems that the international community, especially the US, is moving from trying to punish the Taliban to punishing the Afghan people. It was the Taliban fighters, of course, who basically defeated US troops in the longest war in American history.…