Saudi Arabia’s only concern appears to be a confrontation with Iran, which is seen as the Kingdom’s number one enemy. That’s what we can conclude from the Saudi media...
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Yemen Since the Russian-Syrian alliance was forged in Syria several years ago, many have wondered what could bring together the former communist Russia and Shia Iran. The Russian government is...
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Yemen The Ba’ath Party media in Syria are experts in lying and propaganda for the benefit of the regime. Over the years, it has succeeded in planting the seeds of...
Some people believe that America has lost its aura, especially since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution. What is irrational about this view is the fact that those who...
Former Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki did not stray too far from the truth when he said that the dreams of the Arab Spring have gone unheeded. There is no...
Did you notice that at the beginning of the Syrian revolution, what bothered Bashar Al-Assad’s regime the most was the people’s demand for freedom? We saw how the security...
Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, Bashar Al-Assad’s regime has tried to present itself at home and abroad as the protector of minorities. The game of “protecting minorities”...
When the Wall Street Journal asked Bashar Al-Assad about the possibility of a revolution in Syria just months before its outbreak he replied, “Syria is not the same as...
In order for us to be realistic, we must describe the Arab revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria as “takeaway” revolutions; they are like fast foods that...
It is not at all true that the conspiracy against the Syrian revolution and people began two or more years after the outbreak of the revolution, when the extremist...
The well-known former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Dayan was right when he famously said, “rest assured, the Arabs are a nation that doesn’t read, and if they read they...
A few months ago, I hosted an Iraqi media figure close to the ruling regime in Baghdad, who surprised me by saying, “If we knew that the fall of...
When generals in too many parts of the world find themselves facing urgent economic reforms and human initiatives by the people at a time when they themselves have failed...
The results of a number of security solutions to national and international issues will not last long despite their current effectiveness. While some regimes have managed to suppress their...
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Article Careful scrutiny of opposition groups that have come to power or who are fighting to gain power reveals that they are often mirror images of the tyrants they replace....
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Saudi Arabia’s only concern appears to be a confrontation with Iran, which is seen as the Kingdom’s number one enemy. That’s what we can conclude from the Saudi media...![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani (L) hold a joint press conference following the Turkey-Russia-Iran Tripartite summit in Ankara, Turkey on 4 April, 2018 [Kayhan Özer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018_04_04-Turkey-Tussia-and-Iran-Summit20180404_2_29634270_32384207-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
Since the Russian-Syrian alliance was forged in Syria several years ago, many have wondered what could bring together the former communist Russia and Shia Iran. The Russian government is...
The Ba’ath Party media in Syria are experts in lying and propaganda for the benefit of the regime. Over the years, it has succeeded in planting the seeds of...
Some people believe that America has lost its aura, especially since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution. What is irrational about this view is the fact that those who...
Former Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki did not stray too far from the truth when he said that the dreams of the Arab Spring have gone unheeded. There is no...
Did you notice that at the beginning of the Syrian revolution, what bothered Bashar Al-Assad’s regime the most was the people’s demand for freedom? We saw how the security...
Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, Bashar Al-Assad’s regime has tried to present itself at home and abroad as the protector of minorities. The game of “protecting minorities”...
In order for us to be realistic, we must describe the Arab revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria as “takeaway” revolutions; they are like fast foods that...
It is not at all true that the conspiracy against the Syrian revolution and people began two or more years after the outbreak of the revolution, when the extremist...
The well-known former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Dayan was right when he famously said, “rest assured, the Arabs are a nation that doesn’t read, and if they read they...
When generals in too many parts of the world find themselves facing urgent economic reforms and human initiatives by the people at a time when they themselves have failed...