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An experienced man once advised me: “Don’t forget the wounds of history when you write about the crises of the present.” I paused at his statement. The speaker believes that the world is headed towards a new dangerous phase where the world’s sole superpower loses its hegemony and empires of the…

One of the "ingenious innovations" of the Russian Civil War that broke out following the 1917 October Revolution, was the establishment of "blocking units," communist forces positioned behind the soldiers fighting on the front lines. As for their task, it was to shoot the soldiers fleeing battle…

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed former US President Donald Trump's claim that the Iranians had given prior warning to Washington before launching its attack on Ain al-Assad (a US base in Anbar, west of Baghdad) in retaliation for the killing of Qasem Soleimani in 2020…

It’s official — we have a rematch. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump officially secured the delegates needed to win renomination in their respective primaries. This will be the first contest since the 1892 race between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland where a former challenger, now incumbent,…

World Water Day casts a spotlight on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' journey towards sustainable water security—a remarkable feat given their extreme water scarcity. The GCC countries face a stark reality: the absence of surface water and their unsustainable use of groundwater…

Although the tragic narrative that started with Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel isn’t yet completed, do-gooders and virtue-signalers are rushing to write their postscripts. British and European Union leaders say the time has come to formally accept the creation of a Palestinian state. UN…

Halfway through the sixth month of Hezbollah’s “distraction” war in support of Gaza, the time has come to unpack the push to embroil Lebanon in a destructive war. We have a right to raise questions about the death and destruction in the South and across the country, as well as the disregard of the…

As has become clear for all to see, there are two stages in the negotiations regarding Palestine-Israel: The first deals with an immediate question of security, and it is essentially aimed at bringing about a six-week ceasefire during which dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian…

The intra-Palestinian "struggle" between the Palestinian Authority or Fatah and Hamas has resurfaced. It is a real "struggle" that only ever disappeared in the delusional minds of dreamers. I say "struggle" because it is an existential threat to the struggle for the Palestinian cause itself. …

This question is asked with every wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. And here it is now, imposing itself on Palestinians and Arabs once again in light of the war that has been raging in Gaza since October 7, 2023, the most destructive in the history of this conflict. Humanitarian…

Hassan Nasrallah’s talk about not wanting to "drag Iran into a war with Israel and the United States" and his insistence that Hezbollah would wage this battle alone, is highly indicative. I wouldn't be surprised to see people commenting that they "Wish he cared as much for what remains of Lebanon's…

Nearly 400 years ago, Walloon-speaking religious refugees from near what is today roughly the French-Belgian border arrived in a Lenape-speaking archipelago, marking the colonial founding of Manhattan as we know it. Ever more global waves of migration have arrived since, not just enriching the city…