February 20, 2018
Imad K. Harb: Mahmoud Abbas at the UN Security Council
What was most noticeable in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s peace plan was his reaffirmation that the Arab Peace Initiative (API) of 2002 remains the central piece of any peace deal, which means that he...
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Radwan Ziadeh: A change in the American rules of engagement in Syria
The American forces in northeastern Syria intervened in the Deir Ezzor area to protect and defend their local ally, the Syrian Democratic Forces. An estimated 100 pro-regime fighters were killed in air and artillery strikes....
Learn more »February 08, 2018
Imad K. Harb: Russia has abandoned all restraint in its support of Assad
It appears that Russia has decided to fully throw in its weight behind Bashar al-Assad’s regime and in fact take part in bombing civilian targets. I think Russia’s participation in this bombing was caused by...
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