Indeed the Arab world is surrounded by myths and generalization, both in the West and in the Middle East. In the West someone hears “Arabs like none other: Oman”
Author: Daniel Sógor
Cornered Part II
And now the continuation from last week. Should Iran tremble? The international reaction seem to take it for granted that Iran crossed the line “Cornered Part II”
Cornered
Last week we saw the fall of one figure from the B Team, John Bolton. Since than Israel had its second scrap elections and “Cornered”
Resistance and resilience
A very hot summer is behind us. A number of times it seemed that Washington will finally go to war against Iran. Starting with “Resistance and resilience”
Cry, ‘Havoc’! …
Last time we already saw mysterious explosions hitting Iraq for weeks, which is causing ever more tension in the Iraqi politics. Prime Minister ‘Ādil “Cry, ‘Havoc’! …”
And Iraq said: No!
The inner dealing of the Iraqi politics, though they are very delicate matters and no Iraqi government is in an enviable situation, became severely “And Iraq said: No!”
Who is outsmarting whom?
Last week we already foreshadowed that there are big changes on horizon for Syria. And then came the last, “Who is outsmarting whom?”
America, Syria and the big map
Syria, which was one of the last countries to be hit by the so called “Arab Spring” back in 2011 for years ruled the “America, Syria and the big map”
Oil and Water, Iran and Egypt
While most of the Middle Eastern attention now turns to the Persian Gulf amidst possible confrontation between Iran and the US with its Gulf “Oil and Water, Iran and Egypt”
Egypt on the Damascene road
Original Date 3-31-2017 Ever since Egyptian president as-Sīsī took power in the summer of 2013 he seemed close to Riyadh, but the question “Egypt on the Damascene road”