Iraq’s opposition leader, Muqtada al-Sadr said Saudi Arabia and regional-rival Iran should engage in “serious dialogue” to avoid a potential sectarian war. Saudi Arabia and regional-rival Iran should engage in “serious dialogue” to avoid a [ More … ]
The International Crisis Group has found that Lebanon’s Hezbollah has alienated key support by using sectarian prehistoric in its strategy in Syria. Hezbollah risks alienating supporters over its current strategy in Syria, a report by [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül* They have decided to raze to the ground the Muslim middle zone which forms the main axis of the earth from the Atlas Ocean to the Pacific coasts. They made separate plans and [ More … ]
BY: ÇETİNER ÇETİN* The Anti-DAESH fight has gained a new and critical dimension with the Mosul war. DAESH militants’ determination and resistance to withdrawing from the city reveals the importance of Mosul, which is the capital [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* Daesh rose to prominence because of a series of mistakes committed in the name of political opportunism, communal/sectarian dominance and proxy wars. Avoiding those mistakes of the recent past is key to [ More … ]
-Qatari FM al-Thani says ‘atrocities committed in Fallujah and Tikrit’ should not occur in offensive to retake Mosul – Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdurrahman al-Thani has voiced concern over a potential sectarian conflict in [ More … ]
BY: YAHYA BOSTAN* Ankara is intensely of the opinion that the people of Mosul should live in Mosul and any attempts that will increase sectarian tension should not be allowed in the city A similar [ More … ]
Egypt’s parliament approved on a long debated law that governs building and renovating churches that used to trigger repeated attacks on Egypt’s Christian minority, reported Reuters. Egyptian Christians make up about a tenth of the [ More … ]
Muslim mob armed with gas cannisters, rocks and bird shots allegedly attacked Christians over rumors of a new church led to the destroying of a village in Saft el-Khirsa, 180 km south of Cairo, according [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay* Turkey’s new steps in its foreign policy, particularly those including Israel and Russia, provided important opportunities to see the scale and nature of Turkey’s weight in world politics. Turkey’s power in foreign [ More … ]
By: Azmi Bishara* Arabs are not alone in the crisis of Syria and Iraq, including affecting the Arab identity of the two countries and their unity. In fact, Iran is undergoing a real crisis there, [ More … ]
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