The intermittent skirmis- hes in northern Lebanon, specifically Tripoli, can be termed a natural extension of the current tension in neighboring Syria.
The reaction of the international community, and likewise the Arab and Western media, toward the explosion of huge demonstrations in Aleppo is infuriating.
After the tumultuous events that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak from the presidency of Egypt in February 2011, the country remains amidst a protracted transition with significant economic ramifica
A bitter rift with Iraq has exposed Turkey’s role in a wider Middle East power struggle, with Ankara acting to protect its stability and prosperity from an Iranian-Iraqi “Shiite axis” it fears i
For those who loved Shaima Alawadi, the Iraqi-born mother of five and California resident, the recent media storm around her case likely provides very little solace.
Last Monday (May 14, 2012), the GCC mid-year, informal summit moved the project of the Gulf Union a step closer by tasking the GCC ministers of foreign affairs, together with the Union Commission chai
A Surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, US, EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC resolutions, bilateral signed acco
That the Middle East, with the rest of the world, is looking East is old news. Pundits have been obsessing about the coming shift in balance of power from the West to the East for years now.
