by Ahmed E. Souaiaia More than ten years ago, the BBC published a photograph, ostensibly supplied to them by activists, claiming that the photograph was depicting the Houla massacre, allegedly committed by the Syrian government. It turned out that the photo was depicting another massacre that took place in Iraq when the United States invaded Read more
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The 2022 elections in Lebanon may change the processes of governing and that is because no traditional block or alliance secured a majority that would allow it to govern. This change is not structural since the establishment parties and political actors have maintained their level of representation mainly due to the fact that the system Read more
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by Walid Sharara* Whoever doubts that the war in Ukraine is a global proxy war still, should review the positions issued by American and Western officials over the past few days. They no longer hesitate to reveal the actual objectives of the war they are waging against Russia. The revealing statement made by US Defense Read more
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For seven full years, the Yemeni forces opposed to Saudi Arabia and their Yemeni allies did not stop resisting. In fact, they progressively and methodically built the means (military) and the narrative (ethical and political) for cause. During the first half of the Saudi war on Yemen, the Sanaa government was limited in its ability Read more
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When direct military intervention is not a feasible option, US administrations and Western allies always used economic and financial tools to achieve their foreign policy goals. Imposing sanctions has become a reflexive, automatic reaction against any government that resists the current world order—the one dominated by Western liberalism. Such Western addiction to sanctions and embargoes Read more
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by Ahmed E. Souaiaia Hybrid wars, or asymmetrical wars, did not start with the war in Syria. After all, the fall of the Soviet Union, some of whose effects are unfolding before us today, was due, in part, to the war in Afghanistan. Two nuclear powers in an intense competition to control the world, cannot Read more
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Hosni Mahalli* Some Western commentators are now talking about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to revive the legacy of the Soviet Union, who previously said “its collapse caused the disintegration of historical Russia”. Others have pointed to Putin’s religious and sectarian calculations in his military intervention in Ukraine. The roots of these accounts go back Read more
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by Hussein Ibrahim On social media, and some on mainstream media, many have raised the possibility of Islamist fighters arriving in Ukraine to fight against Russian forces, whether from Europe or the Middle East, especially after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced the formation of a corps of foreign fighters, recalling memories of the “Afghan Read more
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The world is facing a pivotal conflict that will separate history between the stage that preceded the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian military operation and its aftermath, due to the change created by this conflict in the global system and its repercussions on Europe and the Southwest Asia and North Africa. First: Effects on the Read more
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