Politics

Alain Gresh, Mustafa Bassiouni
An interview with National Salvation Front leader Hamdeen Sabahi, who epitomizes the squandered opportunity of the 2012 Egyptian presidential...
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Maysam Rizk
Saad Hariri is hard-pressed to make a decision without carefully consulting his coterie of advisors. But unlike those individuals who surrounded his...
Monday, May 6, 2013
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Ali Haydar
In an unusual step, an Israeli official recently contacted The New York Times to issue threats that Israel is prepared to bring down the Syrian...
Friday, May 17, 2013
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Ahmad al-Moussawi
The first batch of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have crossed into Iraqi territory. The Iraqi government was quick to reject the...
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Elie Chalhoub
Tehran’s effort to court Saudi Arabia on a Syria settlement has failed after an outwardly friendly meeting between the two countries’ foreign...
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Amal Khalil
This week, the Grand Mufti of Lebanon Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani officially appointed Sheikh Ahmad Nassar to the mufti post of Saida and South...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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Hiyam Kossayfi
The Lebanese Parliament was all set to pass the Orthodox Gathering Law. The parliamentary election law, which would allow each sect to vote only...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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Ahmad al-Moussawi
Baghdad – The battle to succeed Iraqi President Jalal Talabani began on Monday, May 13, with the public prosecutor calling for a replacement. As for...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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Elie Chalhoub
Close to 900 candidates registered to run in Iran’s presidential election, due to be held in mid-June. Of the 37 well-known politicians that entered...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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