Every country has struggled to come to terms with the reality of a deadly pandemic. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei’s first reaction was to
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Trump Splashes Into Nile Dispute to Gain Leverage in Middle East
The Trump administration has weighed in to back Egypt in its long-running dispute with Ethiopia over a crucial hydroelectric dam about to come into operation.
General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin’s Libya Summit
Berlin’s Libya summit ended without any real changes to the status quo despite all relevant foreign parties to that country’s civil war superficially agreeing to
Egypt and the Destruction of Civil Liberties in America
There are lots of things wrong with the conviction and incarceration of 54-year-old Mustafa Kassem, who died last week in Egypt. Kassen was an American
The Battle for Libya: The UAE Calls the Shots
This week’s inauguration of a new Red Sea Egyptian military base was pregnant with the symbolism of the rivalries shaping the future of the Middle
‘As the Clever Hopes Expire’: A Look Back at the Ending Decade
I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade. These are
The New Middle East Revolutionaries Share This One Fatal Flaw
Revolutions are like electricity. An electric shock of the most unexpected kind. The victims think at first it must be a powerful wasp sting. Then
Baghdadi Is Dead But the West’s Backing for Dictators Keeps the Fires Burning
When US Defence Secretary Mark Esper was asked this week to confirm President Donald Trump’s assertion that Islamic State group (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died
