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Losing Erbil
Politics

Losing Erbil

[caption id="attachment_55249764" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Kurdish anti-government protesters march in the city of Sulaimaniyah on…

Dov Friedman 29 April , 2014
Trading Policies with Hezbollah
Politics

Trading Policies with Hezbollah

[caption id="attachment_55249735" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian soldiers wave as they leave Lebanon on April 26, 2005, in Masnaa. (Joseph…

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 29 April , 2014
Turkey's Liberal Twilight
Politics

Turkey's Liberal Twilight

[caption id="attachment_55249718" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish riot police use gas to disperse demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests…

Nicholas Birch 28 April , 2014
Tunisia’s Example to Libya
Politics

Tunisia’s Example to Libya

[caption id="attachment_55249709" align="alignnone" width="620"] Young Libyans release lanterns into the sky as they celebrate the third anniversary…

Youssef Cherif 26 April , 2014
Churches on the Frontline
Culture & Social Affairs

Churches on the Frontline

[caption id="attachment_55249696" align="alignnone" width="620"] Saint Michael's Church in Ebbe, Tripoli in northern Lebanon. (Courtesy of Alessandra…

Alessandra Bajec 25 April , 2014
Time to Catch the Train
Politics

Time to Catch the Train

[caption id="attachment_55249675" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man stands watching the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in the western…

Thomas W. Lippman 24 April , 2014
A Fateful Triangle
Politics

A Fateful Triangle

[caption id="attachment_55249647" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd L) shakes hands with US Secretary…

David Patrikarakos 24 April , 2014
Putting the Pieces Together
Politics

Putting the Pieces Together

[caption id="attachment_55249662" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (R) and Secretary…

Robert E. Hunter 23 April , 2014
New War, Old Faces
Politics

New War, Old Faces

[caption id="attachment_55249650" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of Iraqi Shi'ite militant group Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq carry the coffin of one of…

Stephen Wicken 23 April , 2014
Mindful Aid
Culture & Social Affairs

Mindful Aid

[caption id="attachment_55249561" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mohammad Al-Aslon, a 12-year old Syrian refugee points at a picture in the "Light…

Laura Cesaretti 21 April , 2014
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
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Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

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The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

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An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
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Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
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Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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