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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Jeanna Smialek |Nabil Amr
The most dangerous impediment to the Lebanese authorities’ current efforts to restore the state is that the country sits atop a dangerous minefield of “zombie” weapons and “zombie” banks. The camp of illegitimate arms intimidates rivals by clinging to narratives that defend its maintenance.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Jeanna Smialek |Nabil Amr |Hazem Saghieh
There are several ways to interpret what we saw from the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. However, one thing we are sure of is that Trump knows exactly what he wants and how to get it, and he pursues it relentlessly.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Jeanna Smialek |Nabil Amr |Hazem Saghieh |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
European Union officials are taking a two-part approach to President Trump’s unfolding trade war, offering to slash tariffs on American-made cars and industrial products even as they prepare to retaliate imminently with wide-ranging levies. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU’s executive branch, said on Monday that the 27-nation bloc would be willing to employ a “zero-for-zero” approach on products including cars, eliminating tariffs on the goods if the United States did the same.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nabil Amr |Hazem Saghieh |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Sam Menassa
Since Israel, and us with it, began to be plagued by the meteoric rise of Benjamin Netanyahu, there has been a consensus around his status as the king of Israel. This is a title that even the state’s founders and its historic leaders were never given. Netanyahu has broken every record in terms of longevity at the top. He holds the record for the longest tenure as prime minister in Israeli history.
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Nabil Amr
The events that transpired on the Syrian coast were triggered by a terrorist operation at the hands of "remnants" of the deposed regime. However, it quickly morphed into something else, something much bigger that raises a series of pressing questions about our lives and our politics: How can we deal with grudges and vengeful tendencies? How should we approach the social contract in a pluralistic society?
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hanna Saleh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Nabil Amr |Abdulrahman al-Rashed
Hezbollah is not with us... It is stuck in the pre-October 7, 2023 era! That impression stands out from the televised rhetoric of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem.
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Nabil Amr |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Eyad Abu Shakra
President Ahmad Al-Sharaa prudently defused a dangerous crisis in a matter of days- a crisis that posed a dramatic threat to the country. Indeed, the powerful winds of incitement and misinformation could have turned the sparks of what happened in the coastal regions into a massive fire. Bloodshed, killing, and acts of vengeance cannot be taken lightly, even when there is only a single victim, let alone dozens or hundreds.
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nabil Amr |Abdulrahman al-Rashed |Eyad Abu Shakra |Hazem Saghieh
President Mahmoud Abbas surprised the Palestinian people with his announcement of what he called reform measures taken in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Fatah movement. In the PLO, he promised to appoint a deputy president. In Fatah- and this is what really matters- he announced a general amnesty, allowing for the reinstatement of members who had been dismissed, albeit without confirming whether senior figures would return to their previous positions.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra |Nabil Amr |Ghassan Charbel
It seems that the Syrian and Lebanese people’s way out of their ordeal is of two phases. The first, which is now nearing its end, is the phase of foreign (Iranian and, in Syria’s case, Russia as well) hegemony.
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2 months ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nadim Koteich |Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra |Nabil Amr
In light of the immense human and material costs borne by the Palestinians, the ceasefire in Gaza has brought pressing questions back to the fore: Is resolving the problems of "the Palestinian cause" the only necessary gateway to peace and stability in the region? One objective of the October 7, 2023, operation was to disrupt the dynamics of peace that had been emerging in the region.
