Turkey, Syria and HTS
Westerners who think the new government in Damascus will turn out to be moderate and willing to compromise with the west are kidding...
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Erdoğan’s dilemma: Al-Julani, radicalism and Syria’s power struggle
Their differing ambitions—revival of the Ottoman Empire vs. restoration of the Umayyad Caliphate—place them on a potential collision...
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Joseph Aoun and the New Middle East: Lebanon at a pivotal moment
Aoun's election offers Lebanon a chance to reclaim stability and sovereignty, but only if Lebanon's leaders, backed by international...
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The roots of nationalism and territorial claims of Palestinian Arabs
Some background behind the historical ties between the people of Gaza, the West Bank, British Mandate Palestine and the wider Muslim...
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JCPA: The Attack on Iran’s IRGC Leaders in Damascus and the Iranian Attack on Israel: An Iranian View
Political leaders make policy based on their perceptions, not those of others. Americans/Westerners tend to believe that people who speak...
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JNS:
The idea of a two-state solution being pushed by the U.S. State Department does not attract the Palestinian Arabs. They are not...
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JNS: Muslims understand compassion differently than we do
The origins of Islam are twofold. It was a revealed religion, but grew out of pre-Islamic Arabian tribal—that is, Bedouin—culture. When...
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