Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
As the Assad regime’s grip on northern Syria collapsed at the end of 2024, Druze armed groups in Suwayda decided to end the uneasy status quo that had prevailed for years: a
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With the fall of the Assad regime overnight and a transition process now underway, it feels good to be able to write more freely and freely use the term regime without having
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As was predictable from the nature of the massive Israeli strike on Beirut yesterday (clearly designed to penetrate through to underground structures used by Hezbollah beneath apartment blocks in the Dahiya region
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Israel’s strong performance in this year’s Eurovision, which primarily came down to the huge number of points the country received in the popular vote as opposed to the vote of national juries, prompted
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Alongside the slogan ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ chants calling for ‘intifada’ have become among the most controversial aspects of the protests being held in support of
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I am sure many of my readers were up late last night live-tracking the strikes by Iran and its ‘axis of resistance’ against Israel in retaliation for the Israeli bombing of the
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An interview clip with Richard Dawkins on LBC in which the prominent atheist declared himself to be a ‘cultural Christian’ is presently doing the rounds on social media. Expressing dismay at the
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Today, the Islamic State’s al-Furqan media released a new speech from Islamic State spokesman Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari. The speech, entitled “And kill them wherever you find them” (taken from Qur’an 2:191), focused primarily
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Considering Tsurkov’s high profile, the case has understandably roused strong emotional responses. A lot of these responses are however unhelpful for understanding the case and its undeniably broader implications for the realm
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Syria’s economic situation- particularly in areas held by the Syrian government- has only continued to deteriorate with time, and with this deterioration, living standards have continued to diminish. Perhaps the most familiar
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