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The level of destruction in Sudan has reached its peak. The country now faces a cruel challenge that it must overcome sooner rather than later. It is a heavy burden carried by the weary shoulders of the Sudanese people. The time has come to cast it aside and rid themselves of its deadly philosophy…

It has been over four years since the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out, and neither side is managing to decide the battle militarily. This has been an exceptionally grave conflict. The first of its kind on the European continent since the end of the Second World War, it has placed NATO countries in…

Between the corridors of the Grand Mosque, the plains of Makkah, the valley of Mina, the plain of Arafat, and the grounds of Muzdalifah, millions of pilgrims move these days answering the call of their Lord. They have come from every corner of the earth, with their diverse races, languages,…

I first encountered the term “the Lebanonization of Iraq” in the headline of a Reuters story published shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, when the American occupation authorities were considering the adoption of an ethno-sectarian quota system resembling the political system that has been in…

My brother, friend, and foster brother through nursing, Hassan Yassin, passed away. May God have mercy on him. I knew him for fifty years, from the time he was working independently as a consultant on oil affairs, drawing on the experience he had gained as director of the office of the late…

With the partial formation of Ali Faleh al-Zaidi’s government, the greatest dilemma facing both the man himself and Iraq as a whole is beginning to crystallize. His background as one of Iraq’s leading businessmen, combined with the support of the Coordination Framework, the coalition of Shiite…

At the moment Hamas launched the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, Qassam Brigades Commander Mohammed Deif called on “the Palestinian youth in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and inside Israel to rise up... Whoever has a rifle should bring it out; its time has come.” Deif also urged the Arab and Islamic nations…

Ignoring the noise and claims surrounding the negotiations, their continuation is a good indicator that both parties are desperate to reach an agreement. The cost of the current lingering crisis is high, and war, if resumed, would be devastating. The Trump administration cannot wage a major war…

The difficulty of reaching an agreement on an amnesty law has been a prominent news story in Lebanon. The reason for this difficulty lies in the distribution of those prisoners among three sectarian blocs and the insistence of each major sect’s representatives that their sect’s prisoners are the…

Fatah, or at least its official wing, has concluded its eighth conference, introducing new figures from within the same faction. As usual, tents of celebration were held to honor the victors, while mourning tents were reserved for the losers. The winners presented the conference as the pinnacle of…

A memorandum of understanding is not a wedding invitation. It is neither a declaration of victory nor a surrender. Many devils will arise once the table expands to address the details. The negotiators will swallow doses of poison on behalf of those whom they represent, if they choose not to resume…

As I followed the state of regional and international politics with sorrow, I was reminded of the saying attributed to Imam al-Shaabi. Speaking about the four “masterminds of the Arabs,” he said that “The masterminds of the Arabs are four: Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan for patience and deliberation; Amr…