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Ghassan Charbel

Ghassan Charbel is editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper

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Baghdad, Al-Sharaa and Trump’s shadow

Baghdad has the unusual ability to force its visitors to open up about the past and its pains. The ability becomes more pronounced when the friends choose to have dinner on the banks of the Tigris, only to find out that the current resort was once one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces.

May 19, 2025