Added on 01/03/2012
Michael J. Totten
Algeria , Arab Spring , Army , Bashar al-Assad , Ben Ali , Budapest , Cairo , Democracy , East Africa , Eastern Mediterranean , Egypt , Iran , Islam , Islamist party , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Middle East , North Africa , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Prague , Prime Minister , Sahara , Sharia Law , Syria , Tripoli , Tunisia , United States
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Largely forgotten in the West, Tunisia is where the great movements and ideas of the Arab Spring are fighting a huge battle.
Added on 22/02/2012
Tabsir
America , Anthony Shadid , Beirut , Healthcare , Journalism , Lebanon , Levant , Middle East , Mount , Mount Lebanon , New York , Oklahoma , Syria , The Washington Post , United States
ANOUAR MAJID, TABSIR: The sudden demise of Anthony Shadid calls to mind the work of one of his relations.
Added on 18/02/2012
Michael J. Totten
Army , Assad , Beirut , Damascus , Facebook , Hizballah , KGB , Lebanon , Syria , The Wall Street Journal , YouTube
MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: There isn’t a lot to laugh about in Syria at the moment but try telling that to the Syrians themselves.
Added on 12/02/2012
David Roberts
Aleppo , Arab League , Army , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , China , Energy , Free Syrian Army , Golan Heights , Hafez Al Assad , Hama , Hizballah , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean Sea , Oil , President , Qatar , Quds Force , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Syrian army , Tehran , Turkey , United Nations , United Nations Security Council
DAVID ROBERTS: Working out exactly what must be done is fiendishly difficult; anyone who says they have a solution is grossly underestimating the complexities.
Added on 28/01/2012
Juan Cole
Alan Grayson , America , Benjamin Netanyahu , Binyamin Netanyahu , Department of State , Egypt , Fatah , Florida , Food and Drink , France , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Germany , Governor , Haifa , Hamas , Hannah Arendt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Israeli army , Italy , Jerusalem , League of Nations , Lebanon , Likud Party , Middle East , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , Obama , Palestine , Palestine Authority , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Republican Party , Romney , Sheldon Adelson , Syria , Tel Aviv , United Nations , United States , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The maths speaks for itself – a country of 7.5 million people is surrounded by 400 others with whom it seems to be at constant odds.
Added on 05/01/2012
Richard Silverstein
Barack Obama , gas prices , Hizballah , Iran , Israel , Israeli Air Force , Lebanon , Oil , Oil production , oil shipments , The NY Times , U.S. military , UN Security Council , United States
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: The NYT today departs from its usual cheer leading of the U.S. military, acknowledging Iran could close the Straits of Hormuz.
Added on 29/12/2011
Common Ground News Service
Common Ground News Service , Egypt , Iran , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Maryland , Middle East , Middle East Opinions of America , Morocco , New Jersey , Obama administration , Palestinian Territories , United Arab Emirates , United States , University of Maryland
SALIBA SARSAR: Surveying 3000 people in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and the UAE, the poll assessed attitudes toward US- MidEast relations.
Added on 27/12/2011
Jonathan Cook
Ankara , Benjamin Netanyahu , Cairo , Egypt , Ehud Barak , Fatah , Gaza , Golan Heights , Hamas , International Criminal Court , Iran , Israel , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Mahmoud Abbas , Middle East , Mossad , Oslo , Palestine , Palestine Liberation Organization , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian national movement , Pennsylvania , President , Prime Minister , Recep Erdogan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi intelligence , Security Council , Sinai , Syria , The New York Times , tremors , Tunisia , Turkey , Turki al-Faisal , United Nations , United States , Washington , West Bank
JONATHAN COOK: 2011 marked the point at which the Palestinians called Israel’s bluff and revealed Oslo to be nothing more than a stalling tactic. What does the upcoming year hold?
Added on 26/12/2011
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Army , Beirut , Cairo , Christianity , Christmas , Egypt , George W. Bush , Hizbullah , Hosni Mubarak , Iraq , Lebanon , Middle East , Mosul , Nancy Ajram , Northern Iraq , Palestine Liberation Organization , President , US Federal Reserve , Wafd , Wafd Party , West Bank
JUAN COLE: The some 12 million Arab Christians (out of plus 350 million Arabs) are very much agents in their own fates. They make alliances, and sometimes switch them.
Added on 21/12/2011
Steve Royston
Abdulaziz , Abdullah , America , Anglo-Iranian Oil Company , Beirut , Churchill , co-author , Cyprus , David Ben Gurion , Egypt , Faisal , Gamal Abdul Nasser , Hafez Assad , India , Iran , Iraq , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Jordan , Kim Philby , Lawrence , Lebanon , Literature , London , Middle East , Moscow , New York Times , Paul Wolfowitz , Politics , Prime Minister , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tehran , United Kingdom , United Nations , United States
STEVE ROYSTON: Book Review: Here you’ll find the Britons and Americans – proconsuls, agents provocateurs, spies, politicians – that shaped the Middle East.
Added on 13/12/2011
Juan Cole
Ali Sabat , anthropologist , BBC , Lebanon , Prime Minister , Sa'ad Hariri , Saudi Arabia , United States , Women , Women's issues
JUAN COLE: The recent execution of a woman for practicing sorcery by Saudi authorities points to issues more complex than a simple narrative of ‘medieval’ Saudi theocracy.
Added on 12/12/2011
Mich Cafe
Catholic Church , Christianity , Christmas , Damascus , Deir Mar Musa , Lebanon , Life , Mediterranean , Middle East , Paolo Dall’Oglio , Protests , Red Crescent , Red Cross , Rome , Syria , Syrian Desert , Syrian government
MICH CAFE: A fortnight ago, Fr. Paolo posted a Christmas message on the monastery’s web site. The message did not go down well in Damascus.
Added on 07/12/2011
Steve Royston
Abbas , Anglican Church , Canada , Church of the Nativity , Egypt , Germany , Haifa , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Lebanon , Levant , Middle East , Nablus , Netanyahu , Palestinian Territories , President , Prime Minister , Syria , United Nations , West Bank , World Council of Churches
STEVE ROYSTON: The diversity of faiths, races and cultures in the Levant is one of its great strengths but this diversity is under threat.
Added on 06/12/2011
Syria News Wire
Damascus , Democracy , Gaza , Lebanon , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Syria
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: The Syrian authorities’ patience with one of their most consistent and trenchant critics has snapped with Razan Ghazzawi’s arrest.
Added on 29/11/2011
Juan Cole
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab League , Arab Spring , Bashar al-Assad , Democracy , Egypt , Gulf Cooperation Council , Interior Ministry , International Criminal Court , Iran , Iraq , Journalist , Kuwait , Lebanon , Middle East , Morocco , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tawakkul Karman , Tunisia , Turkey , United Nations , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Events are moving quickly in the region, and here are some notable developments with implications for democracy in the Middle East.
Added on 27/11/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Ahmet Davutoglu , Aleppo , Ankara , Bashar al-Assad , Damascus , Foreign Policy , France , Free Syrian Army , Iran , Israel , Istanbul , Lebanon , Libya , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Syria , Syrian government , Syrian National Council , The Financial Times , the Palestine Chronicle , Turkey
RAMZY AL BAROUD: However, the Syrian uprising in March leading the country down the road to civil war – has forced Turkey to abandon its ‘zero-problems’ foreign policy.
Added on 16/11/2011
Tabsir
Al Qaeda , Arabian Peninsula , Civil society , France , Lebanon , Muscat , Oman , Omani government , security official , the Associated Press , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: For many years foreigners taken hostage in Yemen had little to fear. That was until Al Qaeda killings in the mid-2000s.
Added on 15/11/2011
James Mullan
Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , Lebanon , MTV , Syria
It seems to be more ‘war, war’ than ‘jaw, jaw’ on talk shows these days. Two Lebanese politicians gave their interpretation of the ‘Solidere Shuffle’ on a show late Monday night.
Added on 10/11/2011
James M. Dorsey
2014 World Cup , Arab League , Asian Football Confederation , Assad , Bashar al-Assad , Brazil , FIFA , Football , Homs , Lebanon , Mosab Balhous , national soccer goalkeeper , President , Soccer , Syria , Syrian military , Tajikistan , United Arab Emirates , YouTube
JAMES M. DORSEY: ‘Bread and circuses’ are what the Roman emperors offered the people. ‘Bullets and soccer’ are what the Syrian regime appear to be offering today.
Added on 08/11/2011
Juan Cole
Aleppo , Arab Spring , Ba'athist , Bashar al-Assad , Ba’ath Party , Beirut , Bush Administration , Cairo , Christian Palestinian , Damascus , Democracy , Egypt , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Orthodox Catholic Church , Palestinian Territories , President , Republican Party , Rick Santorum , Syria , The Daily Star , Turkey , United States , Washington
JUAN COLE: In their quest to find an ABM (‘Anyone But Mitt’), the American Right have hit upon Gingrich. Let’s hear what he has to say about the MidEast.
