The election victory of heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian has aroused hopes and doubts in Iran and beyond. He is a Reformist who says he will be more lenient towards women and will seek to reduce tensions with the West. Yet, his record is spotty. While defying hawkish clerics on some critical occasions, he has stood up for them on others. As with all else in I ... Show More
Oct 29
New round of war with Iran 'almost' inevitable, says award-winning author Kim Ghattas
Kim Ghattas is the author of "The Best Kind of American," her most recent book that reveals shocking new details of the 1984 murder of Malcolm Kerr, the dean of the American University of Beirut.Ghattas's account is also a compelling history of the chain of events that led to Ame ... Show More
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Oct 15
Kurdish integration with Syria’s central government remains far from complete
Syria-based American researcher Alexander McKeever, author of the This Week in Northern Syria Substack, says recent violence between Arabs and Kurds has exposed cracks in the integration process, despite Kurdish and Syrian government officials’ claims that it is proceeding succes ... Show More
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