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‘Resisting’ Israel from Jordan, Iraq and Yemen

  • For the past six months, Iran and its proxies have toyed with the Gaza war; dialing tensions up and down for their own propaganda ends, while shying away from any significant escalation that could cast them fully into the conflict. Tehran has consistently sought to diminish threats facing it di...
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‘Islamic resistance’ weaponizes Arab states against their people

  • US Central Command’s leader Gen. Michael Kurilla warned senators last week that Tehran had “every proxy operationalized” across the region, creating “a convergence of crises” and “the most volatile situation in 50 years,” with US forces and global shipping among the primary targets of these “re...
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Yemen’s implosion endangers global trade

  • The Yemen war is often regarded as a remote, localized conflict in Saudi Arabia’s backyard. But US military strategists warn that developments in Yemen pose a geostrategic threat to world trade and the regional balance of power. For those concerned with global shipping, the Suez Canal and Bab...
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World must seize opportunities offered by Soleimani’s death

  • The fateful final journey of Qassem Soleimani — through Beirut, Damascus and, ultimately, Baghdad airport — resembled a pilgrimage to the localities upon which he repeatedly unleashed carnage and chaos during his 30-year tenure. Former CIA Director David Petraeus described Soleimani’s death as ...
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World must prepare for consequences of Turkish invasion

  • A convoy of US armoured vehicles near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij. (AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally got his way; convincing Donald Trump to immediately withdraw US forces from northern Syria to all...
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World ignoring warning signs of Iraq’s relapse into conflict

  • Despite complacent “mission accomplished” statements about Daesh having been defeated, glaring indicators of future regional conflict centered on Iraq are all too obvious. Daesh has been pushed out of urban areas, but elsewhere it is staging a comeback, benefiting from strategic depth afforded ...
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Women bear the brunt of Taliban’s gender apartheid

  • In a country where financial, health and welfare systems have collapsed, half the population are starving, there are four million drug addicts, and 20 percent suffer mental health problems, the Taliban are obsessed with one policy agenda — robbing women of any kind of purposeful existence. Am...
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With Iran’s eastward shift, nuclear talks are dead in the water

  • Iran is taking Western nuclear negotiators for fools. The newly announced talks for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal are about running down the clock, while advancing nuclear capacities and neutralizing the impact of sanctions by enmeshing Iran’s economy with that of Asian neighbors. How do we kn...
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Winning the race for economic prosperity — the European hare or the GCC tortoise?

  • At each Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, it is irritating to see endless media and public speculation over whether this year will be blessed with the announcement of the birth of a Gulf Union. The media is obsessed with superficial issues such as labels. Call it what you want; closer...
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Winners and losers in Iraq’s struggle for supremacy

  • Iraq can be a brutal place, both on and off the battlefield. There has been continued wrangling for control of the most powerful government positions, with three senior posts — defense, interior and finance — remaining empty for six months....
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