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Severing Hezbollah’s grip is Lebanon’s only salvation

  • Two years after Beirut’s port catastrophe — which was an apt metaphor for the wider state of Lebanon —the port’s huge grain silos continue to disintegrate and toxic fires feed upon their decomposing contents, terrorizing locals and prompting fears about stinking clouds of carcinogenic dust visi...
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Iraq on the cusp of anarchy as Tehran’s grip falters

  • Iraqis are terrified that renewed internecine Shiite strife could plunge the country into all-out war. Both sides have hundreds of thousands of militia fighters and supporters at their disposal. Neither appears motivated to back down. “The fire of dissention will burn us all,” warned Prime Mini...
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Humiliation piled on humiliation for Iran’s spy agencies

  • It turns out Iran’s intelligence services aren’t so intelligent after all. After a series of mortifying failures, Hossein Taeb — Iran’s “untouchable” spy chief, with close ties to the supreme leader — has been summarily thrown overboard. This was a man who enjoyed immense power and unima...
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Iran’s henchmen stage a coup in Baghdad

  • Iraq is witnessing a brazen coup d’etat. Nine months ago, the Iran-backed Fatah paramilitary coalition suffered a devastating electoral defeat, plunging to just 17 out of 329 seats. That should have meant political extinction. Yet, after months of cynical obstruction tactics, it has forced a ...
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Muslim world calls out radical narratives from India’s BJP

  • In a few short years, under the stewardship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has lurched from secular democracy to demagogic theocracy. Although Hinduism has traditionally coexisted amicably with many other religious beliefs, India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party champions Hindutva —...
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How Iran’s malign proxies are tearing a nation apart

  • The Iran-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary movement has adopted a “divide-and-conquer strategy” in its efforts to dominate Iraq’s ethnically diverse Nineveh province. A new report by the International Crisis Group also warns that the activities of these Iranian proxies risk triggering a ...
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Shireen Abu Akleh: A martyr to the truth of Israeli inhumanity

  • I did not know Shireen Abu Akleh, but I mourn her as a friend. For millions of us, she was our heartfelt window into the Palestinian cause for 25 years. In the mindset of Israel’s security apparatus this is why Shireen had to die — because she bore witness to a truth they could not bear to hear...
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We Lebanese will get the parliament we deserve

  • Lebanese citizens are reminded every minute of every day what the political status quo has brought us to: It is in the constant sensation of hunger in everybody’s stomach; the agony of medical conditions for which basic drugs are unavailable; power cuts, chronic shortages, endless queues, insti...
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How to avenge the Lebanon boat disaster? Get out and vote

  • With each passing day the Lebanese ship sinks deeper under water. The drowning of more than a dozen desperate citizens on an overloaded migrant boat off the coast of Tripoli last week was stark evidence of why elections are necessary to transform this appalling reality, but still there are thos...
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Iran-Russia-Israel love triangle trembles under Ukraine tensions

  • Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s relationship with his closest superpower ally, Vladimir Putin, has been going through a complicated patch. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has also struggled to retain Russian affections while not burning his bridges with NATO states. It was ...
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