“The Western attitude towards democracy: It is fine as long as its outcome is the one we want.” Hundreds filled the Ewart Memorial Hall at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on Tuesday to attend…
Category: Mid-East
Abstract: This paper aims to explain the rise of political Islam in the last two decades in Turkey and its effects on Turkish Syrian relations. I believe, without referring to the historical and theoretical background…
“Syria is Iran’s only ally in the Arab world. It’s their route to the sea. It’s the route for them to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon, which threatens, of course, our ally, Israel. And so seeing…
U.S. Officials Created a False Link Between Iraq and 9/11 5 hours after the 9/11 attacks, Donald Rumsfeld said “my interest is to hit Saddam”. He also said “Go massive . . . Sweep it all up….
Secret legal advice states pre-emptive strike could be in breach of international law as Iran not yet ‘clear and present threat’ Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support…
They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire — dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans — and incongruous blue hospital booties, they strode around “the world,” stopping to stroke their chins…
Bombing of factory in Khartoum is neither confirmed nor denied by Israel, but there are precedents for this sort of attack No one in Israel is admitting that its pilots carried out a long-range raid…
The Libyan city of Bani Walid is reported to be under heavy attack from pro-government forces and militias. Witnesses say that more civilians are being killed by shelling, while houses are engulfed in flames. Earlier…
Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter (L) and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, met in Moscow on October 25, 2012. Bern does not support unilateral sanctions against Iran: Swiss FM Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier…
A Syrian insurgent fires towards an army position in Karm al-Jabal district of the northern city of Aleppo on October 22, 2012. (File photo) Russia says the United States assists and coordinates arms deliveries…