Following the eruption of new conflicts between Amal-Hezbollah groups and the members of the Lebanese Forces due to their generally divergent positions on the Lebanese issues and specifically on the investigation of the Beirut port explosion, the possible scenarios for another internal war in Lebanon revived again in Lebanon. A new civil war seems highly unlikely in Lebanon as the memoirs of the destructive impacts of the previous civil war
Senior government leaders in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of involvement in war crimes in Yemen, according to human rights lawyers who have filed a complaint with British police. On Wednesday, the Guernica 37 legal team in London presented their case to the Metropolitan Police Service and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the city. 22 high-ranking Saudi and Emirati political and military leaders
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Following the eruption of new conflicts between Amal-Hezbollah groups and the members of the Lebanese Forces due to their generally divergent positions on the Lebanese issues and specifically on the investigation of the Beirut port explosion, the possible scenarios for another internal war in
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The Iraqi elections came out with important results that could change the
The casting of nine million votes out of 26 million in the
Reducing Iran’s role in the energy market and its foreign exchange earnings
Abdennour Toumi: The Taliban have formed a caretaker government, weeks after they took control of the country. What is your take on their new way of governing? How will the Taliban’s new caretaker government deliver for the Afghan people? Asst. Prof. Imran Ashraf: The Taliban’s new political set-up in Afghanistan, in contrast to their government from 1996 to 2001, has four distinct features. The first of these is that the Taliban’s leadership is willing and trying to be engaged with
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Abdennour Toumi: Lebanon is currently experiencing developments that could take the Lebanese people back to the painful years of the civil war. What are the options for the next government and political activities in the country? What is the main reason for the immediate interruption of the work of the Saad al-Hariri government? Prof. Khattar Abou Diab: Lebanon has been grappling with deep political, economic, and social problems for some time. The economic crisis in Lebanon in recent years, in
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Abdennour Toumi: Algeria has gone through pre-legislative elections on June 12, which led to the National Liberation Front (FLN) leading the results of these elections. The FLN is calculated on the variable of continuity and not the break that was a legitimate demand in the peaceful movement of 2019. What are the options of the administration of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the political events arising from the new political structure produced by the June 12 elections? Prof. Yahia Zoubir: The
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Abdennour Toumi: How would you describe the main directions of France’s Middle East policy? Prof. Bertrand Badie: To understand France’s policy in the Middle East, we need to look to the past. When the Arab-Israeli war broke out in 1967, France, under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle, had an Arab policy capable of transforming power. This policy has three axes that no longer exist today. The first axis is that, in the bipolar political system brought by the Cold
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Abdennour Toumi: What is the thing that caught your interest the most about the MENA region, politically and geopolitically, in the 21st century evolution? Prof. Anoush Ehteshami: There have been publications written about the twentieth century, and much of the twentieth century was described as the shortest century because so much happened in such a short period of time. For example, two World Wars that shaped the rest of the century happened during this period. I fear that within this
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Jordanian Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Bisher al-Khasawneh, stated that the draft laws prepared by the Royal Committee to Modernize the Political System (RCMPS) and the constitutional amendments to the Lower
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On Thursday, Britain’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Liz Truss, paid an official visit to Qatar. The visit has been her first foreign trip since she took her new post as Foreign Minister.
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Following the eruption of new conflicts between Amal-Hezbollah groups and the members of the Lebanese Forces due to their generally divergent positions on the Lebanese issues and specifically on the investigation of
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Senior government leaders in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been accused of involvement in war crimes in Yemen, according to human rights lawyers who have filed a complaint
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Assad regime forces and Iranian-backed terrorist groups have targeted a marketplace early Wednesday in the rural town of Ariha in southern Idlib with artillery shells. The attack took place while the innocent
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On Wednesday, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah has ordered to launch a process to determine the principles for pardoning political dissidents. This came while negotiations between the appointed government
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Witnesses and Ethiopian state media have confirmed that the Ethiopian government launched airstrikes on the capital of the troubled Tigray region. According to reports from the rebelling Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF),
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Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani welcomed the US Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley. Malley’s visit came in midst of deadlocked nuclear talks aimed at reviving the 2015
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On Tuesday, Lebanon’s parliament has voted to schedule a parliamentary election on March 27 next year. The vote came as members of parliament distinctly decided against adding six additional seats to represent
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Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Envoy to Afghanistan, has stepped down following the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The US State Department confirmed Khalilzad’s resignation
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Azerbaijan and Qatar sign an agreement granting reciprocal visa exemptions to persons with regular passports, boosting tourism between the two countries. The deal was revealed during a news conference between Azerbaijani Foreign
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Abdennour Toumi: The Taliban have formed a caretaker government, weeks after they took control of the country. What is your take on their new way of governing? How will the Taliban’s new
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In a decision released on Tuesday, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani reshuffled a number of ministerial positions. The latest appointments, which include two more women, bring the total number
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The Iraqi elections came out with important results that could change the map of power and influence in Iraq. This may affect its relations with the countries of the region, but the
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