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Haftar’s true agenda in Libya

  • As he managed to stretch his control over most of eastern Libya, including the oil fields, after ridding Benghazi of militant threats, Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar is now looking to capitalize on his gains in a bid to have the final say on his country’s future. His entry into the Libyan poli...
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Southern Syria clashes: A test to Jordan’s security

  • Jordan’s efforts to pacify Syria’s southern front by striking a truce between moderate opposition groups on the one hand, and Syrian government forces in Daraa governorate on the other, appear to have been scuttled following a sudden flare-up of violence that started two weeks ago. Amman wants ...
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Europe’s far-right parties and the future of European Muslims

  • If polls are not to be trusted — which seems fair, especially after the polls wrongly predicted the outcome of the US presidential election and the Brexit vote last year — then the party of the most controversial politician in the Netherlands is projected to win the most seats in the March 15 p...
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Manbij now a symbol of conflicting agendas on Syria

  • Nowhere is the conflict in agendas over Syria more evident than in the northern city of Manbij. In recent days, it has become a magnet for a multinational military build-up that includes major players, most at odds with each other. The city of 70,000 citizens, 130 km northwest of Raqqa, is un...
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Israel — the price of appeasement

  • The withdrawal last week of a UN agency report accusing Israel of being an apartheid state will not change the stark findings and harsh conclusions reached by two distinguished researchers. The report, entitled “Israeli Practices Toward the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid,” was...
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What to expect from the Arab Summit

  • Arab leaders meeting at the Dead Sea on Wednesday are not expected to adopt momentous resolutions that could spell a departure from previous positions on key issues including Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Libya and the war on terror. But the overall message from the 28th Arab Summit will be one of...
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Balance of power in Syria is changing once again

  • Two coordinated surprise offensives by Syrian rebels last week have rattled the Damascus regime and threatened to derail the start of the fifth round of political talks in Geneva. An alliance of rebel groups fighting under the banner of Tahrir Al-Sham had managed to launch lightening raids aga...
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Trump’s regional priorities

  • One day after Arab leaders, gathered in Jordan, recommitted themselves to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative and to a comprehensive political deal between Israel and the Palestinians, while rejecting Israel’s unilateral actions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
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After Mosul: Al-Abadi’s biggest test is yet to come

  • It was over a month ago that Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi announced that the battle to recapture Mosul was entering its final stages. But seven months after the operation began, Iraqi troops are yet to take control of the heart of the heavily populated western sector of the city. Daesh ...
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Russia-Iran alliance is a contradiction in terms

  • At the end of the day it all boils down to perceptions, impressions and risk-taking. US President Donald Trump has raised the ante in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea and even Somalia. His foes, as well as his close allies, are bracing themselves for what could unfold in the coming days. T...
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