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Published in: openSecurityTensions rise between Israel and Hizbollah after Hariri indictimentsAll eyes are on the Hizbollah-dominated Lebanese government as the UN indicts senior members over the Hariri...
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Published in: HomeWhat Iran must learn from Turkey
What the Iranian elite needs to learn from Turkey is how to rescue Islam from the state
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Published in: HomeThe Arab revolutions: an end to dogma
The popular uprisings in the Arab world are a great disaster for a radical camp led by Syria-Iran and long indulged...
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Published in: openSecurityRapprochement across the Taiwan Strait
China and Taiwan seek to increase economic exchanges by allowing individuals to travel from Mainland China to...
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Published in: HomeSyria’s broken spring: a Damascus report
A seething revolt across much of Syria is being met with ferocious repression by the Ba’athist government’s security...
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Published in: HomeDemocracy in the Middle East: watch the Kurdish issue
Democratic transformation in the Middle East will need a recognition and resolution of legitimate Kurdish claims....
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Published in: openSecurityMaritime disputes intensify in South China Sea
Long-standing maritime disputes between China and its neighbours intensify. Afghan President Hamai Karzai visits...
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Published in: HomeRefolution in the Arab worldA new word is needed to describe these events of recent months. They should be called ‘refolutions’, radical...
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Published in: HomeSyria: dissenting Damascenes and defiant dictators
Young people in Syria are talking about their future. While Bashar al-Assad makes concessions that fail to convince,...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab spring: protest, power, prospect
What is the “Arab spring” becoming? After three months of upheaval, repression and conflict, the democracy wave in...
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Published in: openSecurityHariri returns to Beirut as Lebanon teeters on the brink of chaos
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri returns to Beirut in the face of opposition demands that he remain in exile....
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Published in: HomeSquare one for the US and Syria?
Relations were knocked back when a seemingly innocuous statement snow-balled into a something of much greater...
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Published in: HomeObama’s failing middle east policy
Avni Dogru summarises the middle east's falling in and out of love with US President Barack Obama. Without a rapid...
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Published in: openSecurityUN Security Council imposes new sanctions on Iran
UNSC imposes fourth round of sanctions on Iran. Obama meets Abbas and pledges aid. NATO helicopter shot down by...
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Published in: openSecurityUS to extend sanctions on Syria for another year
US extends sanctions on Syria for a further year. Times Square bomb suspect. Yemeni ship seized by Somali pirates....
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Published in: openSecurityUS walks diplomatic tightrope in Arab-Israeli conflict
The United States treads a narrow tightrope in Middle East diplomacy. Over a hundred insurgents are killed in a...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt convicts Hezbollah suspects
Egypt convicts Hezbollah suspects. Human Rights Watch says Iraq torture routine. Blast in Peshawar kills four...
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Published in: openSecurityHizbollah General Secretary meets Ahmadinejad in Damascus
Hassan Nasrallah meets with Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Damascus. A suicide attack kills seventeen in...
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Published in: openSecurityMossad accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai
Mossad is accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai. Russia and Abkhazia sign deal to...
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Wealthy nations are accused of 'carbon colonialism' as leaked climate draft sparks anger. General McChrystal...
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