Is Russia America's "proxy" in the management of the Syrian war and file or is Washington Kremlin's "agent" in covering up its project for a new Middle East?
This is a paradox for some of those who do not favor the Syrian regime and have started (...)
Whenever a fighter in an armed faction or a Syrian soldier raises the victory sign at the end of a fight, silent weeping ensues among families who no longer know where to escape the nightmare of death. Has killing become so futile, whether with the (...)
No one will invite Al-Nusra Front or the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant to reserve a seat in Geneva 2, just like no one can presume that the conference will be held as per the conditions of the Syrian regime, which is still insisting on its (...)
There will be no relinquishing of power and no imminent conference to negotiate with the opposition. These are the two no's issued by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, albeit in a different form. And if one were to add to them the five no's of the (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not a mere attendee in form in the Geneva negotiations over the Iranian nuclear file. Indeed, he appeared to be the greatest negotiator in the face of an "opponent" that kept calling throughout years for (...)
While Secretary of State John Kerry's praising of President Bashar al-Assad's commitment to the implementation of the agreement to dismantle the Syrian chemical arsenal constituted a scandal at the level of American foreign policy, the greater (...)
All surprises have become possible and likely to be seen in the context of international political anarchy and games. And all crimes have become probable in our Arab region under the ceiling of misleading and lies, such as the one issued by a Syrian (...)
Three no's were raised by American President Barack Obama during his speech at the inauguration of the United Nations General Assembly: No chemical weapons will remain in Syria, no coexistence with an Iranian atomic bomb, and no to the revival of (...)
If the Russians led the Syrian regime into the cage of the chemical weapons inspectors to destroy its arsenal, where does Guide of the Islamic Republic in Iran Ali Khamenei hope President Vladimir Putin will accompany him, to find a solution to the (...)
The master of Kremlin, the new Caesar who hijacked the Security Council more than two years ago, can brag in front of American President Barack Obama about the fact that his last minute initiative saved the master of the White House from a major (...)
Even if it were to go down in history that Arab children were exterminated with Arab chemical weapons, this will not be taken into account by whoever still believes in the illusion of a military settlement in Syria, because it is the spoiled child (...)
Egypt on the day of the great fire is filled with bloodshed and burned corpses in the Cairo of Al-Moez, where the blood of officers, soldiers, and protesters are mixed with that of the Muslim Brotherhood and where sparks are moving as violently as a (...)
American Secretary of State John Kerry gleefully tweeted about the re-launching of the negotiations along the path leading towards a Palestinian state and permanent peace. This is a sudden peace awakening at a time when Barack Obama's administration (...)
Speaker Nabih Birri probably wishes he was as reassured as British Foreign Minister William Hague, who appeared confident that Lebanon's stability will not be affected by the European Union's decision to place the so-called military wing of (...)
The West's pragmatism equals the protection of its interests, even if this requires hypocrisy in approaching the Arabs' situation during the Arab spring era, and its tragedies and violent repercussions on the victims of tyranny. However, Iran is (...)
Israel's rush to link the explosion crime in the Southern Suburb of Beirut to what it dubbed "the Sunni-Shiite conflict" sets off suspicions regarding the Hebrew state's wish to fuel the sectarian tensions in Lebanon and raises doubts about its (...)
An electricity crisis and fuel shortage? Not at all. Rather a lack of immunity against escapades, recklessness and lust for power after a long period of waiting, and against the wish to jump over people's heads after having earned a certificate in (...)
- "How can you tell that the people want you to leave your position?" Bashar al-Assad.
- "How can you guarantee that the weapons offered to the Syrian opposition do not reach the terrorists' hands and are not used in Europe?" Vladimir Putin.
- "How (...)
When Moscow distances itself from any moral responsibility for its contribution in the killing of the Syrians with Russian weapons, the only way for it to cover up the pretext of implementing military contracts with the regime in Damascus is by (...)
The predicament suffered by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan due to the anger wave on the street, probably reminded him – even if he denies it – of the predicament which faced leaders in Arab states, following the eruption of (...)
Why is Russia providing a safety net and intelligence-military-financial support to the so-called Shiite Crescent? And before that, one should ask about the durability of this expression following the revolutionary storms that swept the region, and (...)
On the anniversary of Palestine's Nakba, the Arab world is swimming in a sea of crises and blood. Indeed, the massacres' hours of darkness are extending and the dagger of sectarian and denominational divisions is further cutting into the veins of (...)
The concomitance between the urgent Iranian action in the region and the visit conducted by American Secretary of State John Kerry to Russia and Italy, clearly pointed to Tehran's concerns over the war in Syria entering a difficult stage, especially (...)
It is neither green nor red. Obama will not rush, just as he will not stand by and watch. And it would not be an exaggeration to say that he does not know from where to launch a new effort to redefine the red line he set to separate two stages, i.e. (...)
What similarities are there between the Iraqi army's storming of the square witnessing the Sunni sit-in in the Hawija area in Kirkuk in protest against the policies of Nouri al-Maliki's government, and the storming of the Al-Qusayr Front near the (...)