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Qatar’s Diplomacy: Strengths and Limitations

Sana Richa Choucair, 2024-11-01 14:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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For over a year now, Qatar has been acting as the principal mediator, alongside the United States and Egypt, in negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023. However, this is not the first time this oil-rich Gulf emirate has emerged on the international stage. Qatar has established itself ...

Operation Days of Repentance: Israel's Strike on Iran

Malo Pinatel, 2024-10-30 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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According to the Israeli army, this attack involved no less than a hundred aircraft, including F-15s, F-16s and stealth F-35s. Drones were also employed in the offensive. Jordanian Reservations The scale of the resources deployed highlights the complexity of the operation, which was made even more challenging by the distance between Israel and ...

Middle East at 'Most Dangerous Juncture' in Decades

This is Beirut, 2024-10-29 17:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The UN's special coordinator for Middle East peace, Tor Wennesland; warned Tuesday that the region was at its "most dangerous juncture" in decades, as the war between Israel and Iran-backed groups risked spiraling into a broader conflict. "We have now entered the second year of this horrific conflict, and the region is on the verge of yet ...

Iran Moves to Triple Military Budget Amid Israel Tensions

This is Beirut, 2024-10-29 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's government has proposed to triple its military budget, its spokeswoman said Tuesday, as tensions with arch-rival Israel rise following recent tit-for-tat missile strikes. Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see "a significant increase of more than 200 percent in the country's military budget" at a news ...

Saudi ‘Davos in the Desert’ Opens With Region on War Footing

This is Beirut, 2024-10-29 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Global business leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a glitzy investor forum as conflict shakes the region and scepticism mounts over the Gulf kingdom's most ambitious development projects. The Future Investment Initiative (FII) debuted in 2017 as a showcase for de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's dream of diversifying ...

Hochstein Set to Present a New Proposal for a Solution in Lebanon

Sana Richa Choucair, 2024-10-28 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US envoy for the Middle East, Amos Hochstein, is reportedly set to present a detailed proposal to Tel Aviv aimed at resolving the conflict with Hezbollah, as reported by multiple media sources. Hochstein, who is expected in Israel, is pursuing his diplomatic efforts focused on securing a ceasefire and implementing UN Security Council ...

Middle East Aid Workers Say Rules of War Being Flouted

This is Beirut, 2024-10-28 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Flagrant violations of the laws of war in the escalating conflict in the Middle East are setting a dangerous precedent, aid workers in the region warn. Since Hamas's deadly October 7 attack on Israel from Gaza last year, humanitarians say the warring parties are flouting international humanitarian law (IHL). "The rules of war are being broken in ...

War in the Middle East: Tackling the Root Cause

Michel Touma, 2024-10-28 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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After more than three weeks of negotiations and intense discussions between Washington and Tel Aviv, Israel launched its response to the October 1 missile attack by the Islamic Republic of Iran. This response took place overnight Friday to Saturday, underscoring the Biden administration’s apparent reluctance to destabilize the Iranian ...

International Reactions to Israel's Strikes on Iran

This is Beirut, 2024-10-26 15:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The US, Britain and the European Union called for "de-escalation" after Israel on Saturday hit military targets across Iran in deadly retaliatory strikes as Muslim countries and Russia blamed Israel for exacerbating the conflict. Israeli planes hit military bases, missile sites, and other systems in several Iranian regions in ...

The Maronite Church, Prisoner of Its Own Memory

Fady Noun, 2024-10-26 13:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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For some Lebanese Christians, the 1860 massacres remain an open wound — a persistent thorn in their collective memory. The painful recollection of this brutality resurfaced during the canonization of the Massabki brothers, who were martyred in Damascus on the night of July 9-10, 1860. How did it come to pass that over 20,000 Christians — half ...

Blinken Ends Latest Round of Shuttle Diplomacy Without Resolution

This is Beirut, 2024-10-25 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday ended his eleventh round of the Middle East shuttle diplomacy without achieving a Gaza ceasefire. But after persistent disappointment, Blinken this time is trying a new approach that starts by figuring out what happens after the war ends. When he last visited Israel in August, Blinken publicly said ...

The Support Front in a Tight Grip!

Marc Saikali, 2024-10-25 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The title of the nightmare could well be "Support Front." A major strategic mistake that will haunt generations of Lebanese for the next 50 years. How could the perception of events have become so distorted that the decision of a few ended up plunging an entire population into the abyss? For a whole year, the warnings were repetitive and clear: ...

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