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- At the outset of the Arab Spring, President Bashar Assad’s Syria was part of a very clear regional setup. Despite its sister Baathist regime in Baghdad toppled and its hidden hand pried off of Lebanon, Syria relished its unchallenged mantle of Arab nationalism in a region where only Jordan and ...
- This week, viewers were amazed to see Queen Elizabeth II speak candidly and at length about her coronation 65 years ago, as the famously camera-shy sovereign opened up to the BBC. This was the first time the Queen and indeed the public had seen the Crown Jewels since that extraordinary day in 1...
- Eighty years ago, Ahmad Kamal Suroor began his first BBC broadcast with the words “this is London.” Few would anticipate that these words would lead to Arabic becoming the largest of the BBC’s non-English language services. Fewer still would realize that this pioneering group of Arab broa...
- The self-immolation of street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi in December 2010 became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring. Having grown up in a rural town blighted by corruption, where he was rejected from public jobs and therefore unable to earn a living, h...
- It is concerning when a head of state has counts of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering levelled against him, worse still when there were allegations of rape. Last week, Jacob Zuma finally yielded to growing pressure from the African National Congress and resigned as president of...
- As temperatures in southern Iraq soar above 50C and mothers cool down their children in buckets of dirty water, it is little wonder the population of Iraq’s Shiite heartlands are riotous. On July 8, Iran cut back energy supplies, triggering protests in Basra as residents struggled to keep thems...
- A combined continental force of 65,000 servicemen and women is a constant reminder of America’s role in guaranteeing European security. The US’ commitment to European peace and stability was marked during the Cold War through the presence of approximately 2,500 nuclear warheads. This presenc...
- Gen. Benny Gantz declared “We will never relinquish the Golan Heights” as his 6-foot-4-inch frame towered over his bodyguards on a visit to the Syrian border last week. The former Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces has been steadily rising in the polls ahead of...
- Prime Minister Theresa May has been under pressure to forge softer divorce deal. (AFP) In an almost unbelievable turn of events, UK Prime Minister Theresa May hopes to bring her Brexit deal back to Parliament this week for a fourth attempt at gaining the backing of MPs. However, with a ...
- Aside from the easygoing demeanor and friendly uncle-in-chief charm, the American public never could quite place “Cup O’ Joe” Biden’s politics. Aside from the fact he served diligently as Barack Obama’s steady vice president and spent 40 years as a representative of the leafy Atlantic coast sea...
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