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Author Archives: Sappho
Arab forces to Syria? The mistake of 1976 once again
Image above from the headline of the Guardian 1976 Race against time before the coming Arab Summit in Baghdad next March (Three GCC countries Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain are already plotting to postpone the Summit, according to to Al-Seyassah). … Continue reading
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Tagged arab, assad, bahrain, iraq, lebanon, middle-east, qatar, saudi-arabia, syria
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How Syria, Iraq and Russia tricked the Arab League and the Anti-Assad camp!
On Wednesday, December 14, Qatar, who chairs the Presidency of the Arab League (the presidency will end in March this year and goes to Iraq) decided to transfer the Syrian unrest to the UN-Security Council after Damascus refused to sign … Continue reading
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Tagged arab, assad, gcc, iraq, middle-east, qatar, russia, saudi-arabia, syria, turkey, u.s.
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Qatar’s next target, Mauritania
A visit from the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad, and everything went according to the plan, Qatar and Mauritania singed at least 12 agreement to boost ties between both countries. But things went ugly when the Sheikh Hamad of Qatar … Continue reading
“Iraqiya List” tiny split
Pathetic article on the NYTimes. The way Al-Iraqiya-trio describe themselves as “nationalists, secular and liberals” is a sad indication shows that they are out of touch with the current world and regional developments. In less than 24 hours after I … Continue reading
The future political fragmentation of the Sunnis in Iraq
The US ended the military occupation of Iraq but its diplomatic and economic influence still present, casts its consequences on the future of Iraqi politics. In this regard we will see that the coming days will witness a political rearrangement … Continue reading
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Tagged allawi, arab, gcc, gulf-states, hashemi, hashimi, iran, iraq, maliki, middle-east, muslim-brotherhood, qatar, saudi-arabia, shiite, shiites, sunni, syria, turkey, u.s.
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Muslim Brotherhood and the root of the recent crisis in Iraq
With the recent rise of the Islamists (the Global Muslim Brotherhood) “popularity” in the Arab countries supported by the West, Iraqi Sunni Islamists are double marginalised First– by the Shiite government. Second — by the secular leadership of Al-Iraqiya List. … Continue reading
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Tagged al-sadr, allawi, hakim, ina, iraq, islam, maliki, middle-east, muslim-brotherhood, muslims, shiite, shiites, sunni
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Al-Qaeda flag in Syria
After the Spanish Newspaper ABC revealed the The Libyan NATO-Rebel are airlifted to the Syrian border in Yebel Zawi (Zawiya Mountain). Aljazeera tried to hide the facts reporting a video of a military operation against the Syrian regular army in … Continue reading
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Tagged al-qaeda, arab, assad, middle-east, qatar, saudi-arabia, sunni, syria, turkey
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The war of the press conferences
The current Iraqi crisis started bad and turned ugly, but there is one thing I should say: Even a peaceful solution means many changes in the future political map of Iraq .. in a later post, I will explain why … Continue reading