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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh |Yousef Al-Dayni |Nassif Hitti
As Elon Musk pursues his “draining the marshland” in Washington D.C., his plan to reduce the size of the US federal government may have a number of unintended consequences. To be sure, few people might disagree with ending monthly payment to sole 20 million former civil servants who continue drawing their pensions years after having died and been buried.
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Yousef Al-Dayni |Nassif Hitti |Eyad Abu Shakra
In reaction to the tragedy on the Syrian coast, many voices have mixed regret and apology lately: We had not anticipated the force of sectarianism that was just exhibited. Where did this disregard that defies infinite past episodes come from? It would be unwise to ignore a lousy human tendency that disregards flatters: keep quiet about the shortcomings of our world and its flaws.
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Yousef Al-Dayni |Nassif Hitti |Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra
Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer just a prime minister waging war against Gaza. His war is against the world. He has resumed this war of relentless brutality without even pretending to target Hamas. Children, women, and innocent civilians are his victims today.
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1 month ago | 
english.aawsat.com | Nassif Hitti |Hazem Saghieh |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ghassan Charbel
The Iranian program file has returned to the forefront of developments in the Middle East, as direct political confrontation between the United States and Iran escalates and the two sides clash by proxy. Several factors are fueling this rise in tensions, which has a variety of implications for the region. This trajectory could lead to significant and protracted escalation or even a direct military clash. The first factor is that Donald Trump is back in the White House.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
turkish.aawsat.com | Gassan Şerbil |Nassif Hitti |Mişari Zeydi |İyad Ebu Şakra
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
english.aawsat.com | Suleiman Jawda |Hazem Saghieh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Nassif Hitti
The EU has joined the game of sending envoys to the Middle East, dispatching Austrian diplomat Christian Berger after naming him as its envoy to Syria. It seems, by sending him, that Europe is saying: "Why shouldn’t I have an envoy like the US and others?"Our region has received many international envoys, and the last one to end his mission without achieving anything was Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations Envoy to Libya.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
english.aawsat.com | Tariq Al-Homayed |Nassif Hitti |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ross Douthat
Since the Israeli war on Gaza following the October 7, 2023 operation carried out by Hamas and other Palestinian factions, "the day after" has been on everyone’s lips, whether in Gaza or now in Lebanon, after Israel launched its war against Hezbollah. Although this phrase has been repeated throughout the year, nothing tangible has happened. We don’t have a clearer picture of what "the day after" means. We have seen only ideas about it, whether in Gaza or Lebanon.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Tariq Al-Homayed |Nassif Hitti |Eyad Abu Shakra
"Civil war in Lebanon"... Is now on the lips of Lebanon’s politicians and journalists, and Arab and foreign diplomats are warning against it. This major and grave threat should not be taken lightly, though exaggeration that leads to panic should also be avoided. On the one hand, there are a few somewhat reassuring factors. No armed faction in Lebanon is fighting alongside the Israelis today and Israel has no political project for Lebanon, in contrast to 1982, for example.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
english.aawsat.com | Nassif Hitti |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ross Douthat |Ghassan Charbel
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
english.aawsat.com | Nassif Hitti |Eyad Abu Shakra |Ross Douthat |Ghassan Charbel
Israel’s war has significantly escalated, in terms of its geographic scope, targets, and firepower over the month. This escalation is open-ended, with Lebanon replacing Gaza as Israel’s priority.
