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Articles of the author Abdullah Iskandar
Lebanon: Changing The Nation
It is no longer convincing to lament over the deteriorating security situation in Lebanon and to condemn conspiracies and bombings. Indeed, to the same extent as voices are rising to claim concern for calm and stability, the amount of explosives (...)

24 - 11 - 2013
Terrorism Hits Beirut Again
The targeting of the Iranian embassy in Beirut is a terrorist act, which cannot be justified in any way as being in response to the Iranian policy in Lebanon, in Syria, or in any other place in the world. This is true no matter how many reservations (...)

20 - 11 - 2013
American Regression and Arab Weakness
The Americans are regressing, deliberately and openly, in the Middle East. This comes after decades of active and hegemonic presence, reaching its pinnacle in an American monopoly on the region's affairs following the collapse of the Soviet Union. (...)

17 - 11 - 2013
The Methodology Of Drowning In The Technical Details
The files of the conflict in Syria and the nuclear program in Iran have become two facets of the same issue, related to the share of the resistance and rejectionism axis led by the regime in Tehran in the redistribution of power in the region. This (...)

13 - 11 - 2013
The Brotherhood Has Lost its Case
The defense of the Muslim Brotherhood's case in Egypt suffers from a fundamental flaw in dealing with the situation that has resulted from the removal of one of its leading figures, Mohamed Morsi, from the presidency, and from the army assuming the (...)

10 - 11 - 2013
Why did Brahimi not Visit Riyadh?
In order to assess joint UN-AL envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's tour of the region, the tremendous efforts he exerted and the grueling difficulties he suffered, one might wonder whether the odds of holding the Geneva II conference have improved, when (...)

04 - 11 - 2013
Why did Brahimi not Visit Riyadh?
In order to assess joint UN-AL envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's tour of the region, the tremendous efforts he exerted and the grueling difficulties he suffered, one might wonder whether the odds of holding the Geneva II conference have improved, when (...)

03 - 11 - 2013
Demands For Concessions And Settlements
In his speech two days ago, Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah noted that the balance of popular support between the March 8 forces – the code name of political Shiism represented by the party – and the March 14 (...)

31 - 10 - 2013
The Ethical Downfall of the Obama Administration
It is being confirmed that the information contained in the leaks by former IT analyst at the US National Security Agency (NSA) Edward Snowden is true. Or at least, heads of state are dealing with it as if it were. Even President François Hollande, (...)

27 - 10 - 2013
Geneva 2 Not A Syrian Need
The Geneva 2 conference to discuss the resolution of the conflict in Syria appears to be a Russian (Iranian) – American (Western) need, more than a need for the Syrian parties themselves. And it seems that the diplomacy deployed in the preparation (...)

23 - 10 - 2013
It Has Ripened... But it is not yet Time to Harvest it
The state and its institutions in Lebanon have reached a state of fragmentation, obstruction and decay unprecedented even during the darkest days of internal infighting. And as surreal as it may be, the current government situation only represents (...)

20 - 10 - 2013
The Syrian Regime And International Intersection
The Syrian regime believes it has overcome the worst stage and has started the journey towards regaining its previous status, both politically and militarily. The worst that was overcome by the regime was that it found itself forced - at a certain (...)

16 - 10 - 2013
Downsides Of The War On Terror
The current US administration is proud to have achieved substantial success in confronting the Al-Qaeda organization, and terrorist groups in general, in the world and inside the United States. Indeed, President Barack Obama, like his (...)

13 - 10 - 2013
The Long Algerian Winter
When Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned from his exile in the UAE to Algeria to participate in the first pluralistic presidential elections in 1999, many wondered when he would be arrested and tried on judicial charges connected to mismanagement and (...)

05 - 10 - 2013
The Iraqi Massacre
According to statistics, more than 1,000 Iraqis fell last week in explosions which occurred at an average rate of fifteen per day, and randomly struck any location where a car could be parked or a bomb planted throughout Iraq. Many of these (...)

02 - 10 - 2013
Sudan is in Grave Danger
President Omar Al-Bashir knows that an international warrant has been issued for his arrest, referring him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity. And although he knows that the Americans have repeatedly (...)

29 - 09 - 2013
The Nairobi Invasion
It might be understandable for the Arab League and for influential Arab states to distance themselves from Somali affairs, knowing that this country's membership was accepted in the Arab community back when the Arabs - especially Egypt - had an (...)

25 - 09 - 2013
An Iranian Need... and an American One Too
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has succeeded, in the few months since his election, to break through the many layers of hard ice that had covered and constrained his country's diplomacy towards the West and the United States – a task which his (...)

22 - 09 - 2013
Hamas and Egypt
It would not be an incredible finding to say that getting the basic necessities to sustain the minimum level of livelihood in the Gaza Strip is inherently linked to Egypt, as long as no one can force the Israeli government to lift the siege imposed (...)

18 - 09 - 2013
Sovereignty in Syria
Whatever the final result of American-Russian negotiations in Geneva over Syria, and whatever the fate of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, the way the Syrian regime has dealt with this problem has revealed a series of facts, and will have a series (...)

15 - 09 - 2013
Lies And Responsibilities
The Syrian regime suddenly announced its recanting of a sovereign decision by welcoming the placement of its chemical weapons arsenal under international monitoring, in preparation for its destruction. By doing so, it recognized the existence of (...)

11 - 09 - 2013
The Brotherhood's Predicament
Egyptian authorities are dealing with the attempted assassination of the Interior Minister as the start of a new phase of confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood. The failed attempt may very well represent not just a motive for authorities to (...)

09 - 09 - 2013
What Is Secondary And What Is Essential
After American President Barack Obama referred the decision related to the military strike against the Syrian regime to Congress, the issue went from being an essential and fundamental matter to being a minor detail. The key issue is that a (...)

04 - 09 - 2013
Arab-American Relations
Bilateral relations between the United States and the Arab countries are good in general, especially on the commercial level which is registering a major surplus in favor of the Americans, despite the cost of the energy they import. However, (...)

07 - 08 - 2013
Khomeini, "Quds" and "the Resistance"
Shortly after toppling the rule of the Shah and forming the new Iranian political regime, Imam Khomeini called for making the last Friday of the month of Ramadan of every year Quds Day ("Quds" being Arabic for Jerusalem). He did this at his time of (...)

04 - 08 - 2013
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