It seemed all but a done deal: Israel is finally managing to bend the Arabs to its will, and Palestine is becoming a marginal issue that no longer defines Israel’s relations with Arab countries. Indeed, normalization with Israel is afoot, and the Arabs, so it seems, have been finally tamed. Not so fast. Many events […]
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Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, Political and Media Advisor to Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad There are two common terms that are very important in American thinking: “planning is everything” and “timing is everything.” These two phrases are the essence of politics, economy, and achievement in any area of life. In comparison, in a serious attempt by…
Dr Bouthaina Shaaban, Political and Media Advisor to Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad Do you remember the main objective that was announced by ISIS in Syria and Iraq? Was it not the creation of an ISIS state in the region between Syria and Iraq? Wasn’t this the main purpose of its presence in Anbar, Mosul, Raqqa and Deir, along the Iraqi-Syrian […]
“We will fight from house to house, from village to village. We will fight than live humiliated. We are building our country, our history, our future.” ~ Gamal Abdul Nasser 20th June 2017 Dr Bouthaina Shaaban – Political & Media Advisor to Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad One does not know whether the Arab scene…
It is received wisdom among many, that because Iran has not declared war on any foreign power for centuries, that this somehow automatically makes contemporary Iran something of a sainted player in the Middle East. But this is not entirely the case.
For decades, under both the Imperial reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi as well as under the Islamic Republic, Iran was deeply desirous of having a more active presence in the Arab world.
