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Items by Hassan Abu Haniya
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Different kinds of protests in Algeria
Over the years, Algeria has witnessed many protests. The number of protests in 2017 was nearly 12,000, which continued through 2018. However, there is consensus that the current wave of protests, which started on 22 February, is different in nature, effectiveness, goals and reach. Although previous demand-based protests of labour and sectorial...
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Why is the ‘war on terrorism’ failing in Sinai?
Following the horrific attack last week against the worshippers at Al-Rawdah Mosque to the west of El-Arish in North Sinai, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said, “We shall respond to this act with brutal force.” The fact of the matter is that it has been the use of excessive...
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American-Russian rivalry in east Syria
The US-Russian rivalry over the legacy of Daesh in the eastern part of Syria is raging, especially in Deir Ez-Zor. While the US launched a violent air and artillery attack on the city of Raqqa on 6 June, relying on the Syrian Democratic Forces on the ground which is...
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State of emergency and targeting churches in Egypt
Egypt did not need an exciting event to enter the horizon of tyranny and dictatorship. Since the military coup in July 2013, the authoritarian measures have increased and exceptional provisions have grown. The coordinated attacks on the churches have pushed the country towards completing a totalitarian despotic government. This...
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America’s blatant pragmatism and Middle East policy
In their foreign policy dealings, successive US administrations have adopted pragmatic approaches based on “national interests”. Despite the debates about the differences between Obama and Trump, both are pragmatists in their own way with regards to their empirical, imperialist and human rights policies. However, pragmatism is ambiguous, not least in...
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An American colony from Mosul to Al-Raqqa
The US continues to prove that it is the worst imperial state in the world when it comes to the Arab-Islamic and wider world. America’s tradition of military intervention around the globe is a new form of neo-imperialism, in which Western countries feel a responsibility for managing chaotic Middle...
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Human shields and the destruction of Sunni cities
Under the umbrella of the war against Daesh and other groups which are classified as terrorist organisations in Iraq and Syria, the majority of Sunni cities have been destroyed. Thousands of Sunni civilians have been killed although the international community had claimed that the intention was to save them...
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Russia’s constitution for Syria has Chechnya as its model
When the US invaded Iraq on 20 March 2003, as part of the “War on Terror”, Russia was holding a referendum on the constitution it had offered to Chechnya; approval was a foregone conclusion. At that time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the issue of Russia’s territorial integrity...
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Has the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan overcome the danger of fragmentation and danger?
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood’s participation in the legislative elections held on 20 September did not cause the usual ruckus like it did in the past. This is because the group’s objectives for its participation this time was specific and modest. It primarily aimed to re-legitimise the existence of the group,...
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The US and Russia are breaking up the Syrian opposition
Russia’s intervention in Syria at the end of September last year was not far from the Putin-Obama understandings; it was related to the war on terrorism. The UN and its allies have gambled from the beginning that Russia will eventually persuade Bashar Al-Assad to leave office by the end...