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Tabula Rasa in Saudi Arabia

November 12, 2017 9:40 am

Images of the reception of members of the Saudi royal family and other dignitaries, exchanging loyalty and complicity, were boring, but the purge of last weekend in Riyadh may end all this. Could the young

Turkey’s Swing Towards Russia

October 14, 2016 4:01 pm

There has been an incredible acceleration of friendly ties between Turkey and Russia in the last year. In November 2015, Turks shot down a Russian Sukhoi jet, and the two countries were about to continue

Syria Is Everybody’s War.

September 23, 2016 5:10 pm

In light of the recent bloody chaos, it is legitimate to ask again: what is going on in Syria? We have known from the beginning who the victim is in this war. Between 400 and

Tower Of Babel Politics In The Middle East

May 20, 2016 5:01 pm

A year ago, when the U.S. and Iran were about to sign the nuclear deal, the Middle East came bursting to life again. The speculation on how the Iran deal might change the stagnantly macabre

What are Vladimir and Barack Really up to in Syria?

March 25, 2016 3:43 pm

On March 14, Russia 1, a state-owned TV channel, ran a news segment that showed what was supposed to be an intense discussion between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and Foreign

The Final Burial of Homs

February 5, 2016 3:12 pm

This video, recorded by a drone flying low above the streets of the death city of Homs, is devastating. Homs, an ancient trade center during the Egyptian and Hittite Empires, and a long-time Roman colony,

Is Syria Becoming Our Black Hole?

November 29, 2015 3:48 am

In searching for an image that could help to illustrate the dreadful, complex and totally out-of-control situation in Syria, I stumbled upon an article in the Marginal Revolution that compares the events in Syria to