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The Arab Spring – 10 Years On by Ali Al-Enazi

Written by Ali Al-Enazi Tahrir Square, Cairo was the centre of the Egyptian Arab Spring Revolution. What occurred 10 years ago in the Mid...

The assassination of Iran's top scientist: Masterstroke or miscalculation?

By ARTHUR KLEINMAN How does one define a nominally clandestine activity principally designed to illustrate beyond doubt the culpability o...

The death of Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah marks the end of an era

BY ARTHUR KLEINMAN For the Middle East, the current moment is a foreboding one. With a number Arab states riven by conflict – in most cas...

Bahrain has normalised relations with Israel. Is Saudi Arabia next?

Earlier this month, it was announced that Bahrain would establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. This makes Bahrain the fourth Ar...

US and Taliban deal: progressive or problematic?

On February 29th 2020, history was made in a conditional peace agreement signed between the US and the Taliban. The deal was signed by Za...

Yemen should not be suffering in silence

Journalists in Yemen are being silenced, whilst the West holds its hands over its eyes. In 2019, Reporters Without Borders released a rep...

Is There A Future For The Israeli Centre-Left?

At what point does procedure descend into farce? For many Israelis, one would imagine that this threshold was met in abundance when the c...

Oman: Death of a sultan

Sultan Qaboos bin Said ruled Oman from 1970 until his death in January 2020 at age 79, to be succeeded by one of his cousins, Haitham bin...

Why I’m choosing solidarity with Soleimani’s victims, instead of my comrades

Earlier this month, the world woke up to the news that Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian Major General had been assassinated by a drone strike...

Is the ‘Anti-War’ President Keen on Conflict?

General Qasem Soleimani, a man who has killed Americans, both plotted a bombing in Washington DC and armed Hezbollah in Lebanon with rock...

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