Author: Daniel Sógor

            The last week, or in to a certain degree the last few weeks in the Middle East were without major events, as only this “Royal visit… canceled”

            Ever since ‘Abd al-Fattāḥ as-Sīsī took power in Egypt in the summer of 2013 it was questioned by all “As-Sīsī goes shopping”

            This week Monday, on 25 November Turkish President Erdoğan arrived to Qatar. This has been his ninth official visit, and the third since the “Misplaced”

           Algeria faces new presidential elections this year. There is nothing new in it, they were indeed scheduled for 18 April, but they will eventually “Life after Bū Taflīqa”

            In our present age many talk about the clash of civilizations and in general the agitation against the Middle “Enlightened ones”

            Last week we saw how the events started to unravel in Lebanon. Long unseen protests shook the government, which hasn’t even lived a complete “Protests by demand: Iraq”

            Last week we dealt with Tunisia, which relatively neglected in the world press, regardless of its puzzling results. Even though few years ago the “Protests by demand”

                       Though in the last few weeks the Middle Eastern scenery was loud with the events in the Gulf, in Yemen, and most especially in “Tunisia voted”

            Since the middle of last week the Middle East once again got the attention of the media and it was once again Syria. The “The winners take it all”

The B-Team is clearly losing ground in the last few weeks. The fall of Bolton was just one sign of it, and as expected that “The Empire tried to strike back”