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Lebanon: Trouble and Misery Keep On Piling Up

At a time when Lebanon is facing a severe economic and political crisis, new border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel are, quite naturally, particularly undesirable for the country. But this week, both Israel and militants of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah attacked each other across the Israel–Lebanon border. It is unclear why each side decided...

Viktor Mikhin

The Crisis, the Pandemic, and the Realities of Tunisia

After its president, Kais Saied, ousted the prime minister, dissolved parliament for a month, and stripped deputies of their immunity, the situation in Tunisia remains a top story in the media landscape of the country and the region. These decisions were announced against the backdrop of public protests on July 25, as the population at large remains dissatisfied...

Yuriy Zinin

Iraq: The Restless Centennial of Statehood

Iraq is about to celebrate its centennial of statehood established on August 23, 1921, when Faisal I bin Al-Hussein, son of the Grand Sharif of Mecca, was proclaimed king of the newly artificially created kingdom. After World War I, Britain took the future king from the Hejaz (now a region in the west of Saudi Arabia. Faisal had been chosen by British colonial officials five months...

Viktor Mikhin

How Beijing Helps Tehran

Petr Konovalov

The Persian Gulf is Once Again at the Center of Western Provocations

Viktor Mikhin

A Political Test for the New Libya

Valery Kulikov

Tensions Rise in the Gulf of Oman

Henry Kamens

Erdogan’s Troubled Path to Better Ties with the US

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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