What will the school history books say about the Syria conflict?
When we look back at history, the things that “went wrong” can seem obvious – from war to political uncertainty and economic crisis. So what…
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The New Middle East
A new Syria is emerging. And with it, a new Middle East and world are presenting themselves. Our new world is not a peaceful or…
Shimon Peres – loser, schemer or romantic?
The last of the founding fathers of Israel who was also its ninth president is dead. Just looking at the array of dignitaries attending the funeral…
Is it dangerous to be gay in the Middle East?
Just after it became known in June that the attacker of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub had pledged allegiance to ISIS, Egypt’s foreign ministry immediately moved to…
If we lose this generation, we lose Syria
When 10-year-old Rahaf Alewi remembers Syria, she does not think about the bombs that drove her family from their Aleppo home. She pictures their sunny…
Is Putin starting a nuclear war?
The weapons believed to be thermobaric tipped missiles have been fired from Russian rocket launchers, which have been spotted in Syria, according to The Sunday…
Why USA must respect diversity?
President Barak Obama’s speech at the seventy first session of the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September carries great significance. This is not only…
Who fights ISIS? The truth
The occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviets and the occupation of Iraq by the Bush administration prepared the ground for the germination and flourishing of…
The tragedy of the Palestinians
Speeches made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday at the United Nations sum up the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Led…
Resettlement policy of the Russian empire in the Caucasus Part II
Since ancient times, in order to consolidate their political power, conqueror-states, such as the Sassanids, and later the Arab Caliphate carried out the resettlement policy…