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Western sources claim that the Leader of the Iranian Republic, Ali Khamenei, was furious when he learned that the death sentence of former Defense Minister Alireza Akbari had been implemented on January 14. In fact, he had asked Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to use his authority to change Akbari’s…

The “Fakhr El-Din” play by the Rahbani brothers begins with the scene of actor Roger Assaf sitting in a public place trying to listen to what is happening around him. A passer-by suspiciously asks him: “What are you doing here?” With his apparent naivety, he replies: “I am spying.” At a time…

A few days ago, enraged mobs set fire to a building in the British city of Liverpool after rumors spread that the children of asylum seekers housed by the government in the building assaulted a local girl. Whether the story is true or a figment of someone’s imagination, no group should suffer the…

In a pre-recorded message broadcast yesterday at the World Government Summit held in Dubai, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "In Türkiye, we always say that our stability and security are closely linked to the stability and security of the Gulf region." The Turkish president's speech…

Since he was a youth, the industrial revolution that was making its way through Europe had taken took hold of the German sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920). He got a sense, early on, of its implications, seeing them in the expansion of cities, the formation of large corporations, and the emergence…

It is undeniable that the region is plagued by persistent crises, hindering stability, peace, and sustainable development for its people. Furthermore, these crises are now increasing in frequency. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Reflecting on…

In the heat of debate about Germany sending tanks to Ukraine, it’s easy to forget that just two months ago, the authorities arrested 25 people for planning a radical right-wing coup to overthrow the German government. The would-be insurgents — followers of the antisemitic Reichsbürger (“citizens…

The Syrian earthquake appeared in its few days and limited geography as an amplification of what has afflicted the people of Syria and their country over the past twelve years. In less than one week, more Syrians were killed, wounded, and displaced, and their property destroyed, than in any…

In every life there are a few indelible dates: the birth of a child, the death of a parent, a national tragedy such as 9/11. An indelible date for me is Sept. 19, 1985. I was an 11-year-old boy living in Mexico City, in a car on my way to school, a few minutes after 7 a.m. Suddenly the road…

Everyone is frantically hunting for clues about whether Joe Biden will run again. His State of the Union speech was dissected for intimations. When he kept using the phrase “finish the job,” was that a hint? Where is Daniel Craig’s “Knives Out” detective when we need him? Asked about his…

The first edition of the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990, after the Syrian army entered the Baabda Palace and ministry of defense, with General Michel Aoun, the country’s prime minister at the time, fleeing to the French Embassy. February 14, the day Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was…

How hard it is to write about an earthquake! It is impossible for language to express the extent of the tragedy. No words are enough. All the flowers of the world cannot appease the gushing river of funerals and the masses of the betrayed. How ugly is the smell of deceit! If the betrayal…