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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel
It has been said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was displeased by US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of his National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, as well as President Trump’s stance on Iran and Syria. There is a big difference between the Iranian nuclear file and what I now call the Syrian file, except in Netanyahu’s disturbed mind. So the question becomes: What is the difference between Trump and Netanyahu and the way they think about things?
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1 week ago | 
arabnews.com | Eyad Abu Shakra
The Druze experience … an opportunity for everyone to save Syria Short Urlhttps://arab.news/262wt I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s branches stretch across no fewer than 10 villages and towns.
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1 week ago | 
aawsat.news | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s branches stretch across no fewer than ten villages and towns.
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1 week ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri
I have been following the rapidly developing events in my beloved Syria over the past four days with a heavy heart, especially concerned by the events unfolding in the south, where my family’s roots stretch across no fewer than ten villages and towns.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel |Emile Ameen |Hazem Saghieh
It would be reckless, very reckless... to speculate that developments in the Arab region between now and the Arab League summit scheduled for May 17 will follow a logical trajectory! Anything could happen, as there are no guardrails or constraints between us and the abyss.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Ross Douthat |Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra
Pope Francis, who passed to his reward on the morning after Easter at age 88, was a version of the liberal pope that many Catholics had earnestly desired all through the long reign of John Paul II and the shorter one of Benedict XVI — a man whose worldview was shaped and defined by the Second Vatican Council and whose pontificate sought a renewal of its revolution, a further great modernization of the Catholic Church. In one way, at least, he succeeded.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra |Mamoun Fandy
To say that our history moves slowly is not a great discovery. We have seen, and continue to see, generation after generation living on "causes" that revert back to square one every time a solution that ends the struggle seems possible. This is particularly true of the Palestinian cause and the "vicious attack" on it and us, but it is also true of the Kurdish cause and sectarianism in the Levant and even applies to the conflict in the Western Sahara that dates back to 1975.
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3 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Eyad Abu Shakra
In the Lebanese municipal elections … the heart of the coexistence crisis Short Urlhttps://arab.news/425v4 While many Lebanese, along with their brothers and neighbors, are focused on major national and regional threats, a considerable segment of the Lebanese population is currently obsessing over a more trivial side story … an issue that may seem insignificant in comparison to the existential threats looming over the Levant.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nadim Koteich |Eyad Abu Shakra |Mamoun Fandy |Ghassan Charbel
The war between Lebanon and Israel has reared its head once again. This comes after the ceasefire announced on November 27 was extended to February 18. While it was in effect, Israel violated the agreement 1,500 times, and Israel's Defense Minister announced that the occupied positions in Lebanon would be turned into a buffer zone. Assassinations of Hezbollah's military apparatus have accelerated, with several senior field commanders recently targeted.
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3 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Eyad Abu Shakra |Mamoun Fandy |Ghassan Charbel |Mustafa al-Kadhimi
While many Lebanese, along with their brothers and neighbors, are focused on major national and regional threats, a considerable segment of the Lebanese population is currently obsessing over a more trivial side story... An issue that may seem insignificant in comparison to the existential threats looming over the Levant. Next May, Lebanon is set to hold municipal elections.
