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Items by Dr Mohammad I. Aslam
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Iran’s ballistic bunker-busters: Smashing Israel’s rules of war?
The deafening wail of the ‘Tzeva Adom’ (Colour Red) siren cuts through the air, a chilling signal that renders Israelis in every nook and cranny to shudder. It echoes from loudspeakers, streaming through texts and radio broadcasts, warning of incoming rocket attacks. In a 90 second window, they scramble to…
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Ceasefire intransigence: Palestinian prisoners and Israeli reluctance
Even as ceasefire proposals aimed at ensuring a long-term cessation of Israel’s brutal war on Gaza go through the motions of indirect exchange, a major sticking point remains the issue of high-profile Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Indeed, the fraught history of prisoner exchanges with Palestinians have always been…
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Lebanese Maronites: A community at a crossroads?
Maronite Christians, the largest Christian sect in Lebanon and second largest concentration of Christians anywhere in the Middle East, find themselves amid a profound moral and political dilemma. The community’s stance – or perceived lack of one – towards the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict which has hitherto displaced more than a…
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Lebanon: Israel’s synchronised mass terror attack
It is not just an atrocity; it is also the next form of deadly pursuit in warfare. The escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has witnessed a surge of attritional dimensions since October last year. Yet, by any measure, a sophisticated Israeli attempt at mass murdering around 5,000 Lebanese citizens…