Once again, Boris Johnson is big news in Britain. He’s larger than life, after all. He’s the Big Dog.It’s well known that Johnson is a huge admirer…

In 1959, Saddam Hussein was implicated in an assassination attempt on Iraqi prime minister Abdul Karim Qassim. This was 20 years before he became the…

Qamishli: On the occasion of Syria's 75th anniversary of independence, the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria (AANES) has put forth an…

Ukraine’s forces have started their long-awaited counterattack against their Russian invaders.Without any official announcement, Kyiv’s troops are…

Child labour remains a major problem in the Arab world and beyond, trapping millions of the youngest and most vulnerable people in defiance of…

All applicable international initiatives, recommendations, and agendas agree on banning and criminalising child labour in various fields.Their goal…

The crisis in Syria was worsening significantly in the summer of 2011 and it was testing the country’s relations with Turkey, for whom I was an…

Baghdad: Online and in the streets of this city filled with billboards commemorating well-known Shiite ‘martyrs’ killed by the US, Iraqi militant…

Cairo: As the hype over the Egyptian action flick “Harley” dies down (after unsurprising box office success), Egyptians are now flocking to movie…