March 12, 2025
Opinion
MENA News Opinion

Statement following the arrests in the village of Babaabé in southern Mauritania on November 28, 2021.

During the day of November 28, 2021 in the village of Babaabé, the Mauritanian police forces viciously attacked peaceful demonstrators who came to demand justice on the extrajudicial executions committed on Black Fulani soldiers in 1990, these were for the most part family members of the victims that were killed in the 1990’, who took […]

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Caucasus Opinion

Azerbaijan – Armenia: Tripartite agreement of November 10, 2020 and the paths to peace

by Zaur N SadigBayli Zaur N. SadigBayli Civil Administrator, Lawyer Political commentator French of Azerbaijani origin PO: Yerevan Dear Friends and Readers, Today, November 10, is the first anniversary of the signing of the tripartite agreement between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia that ended 30 years of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. However, many questions remain […]

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Featured MENA News Opinion

History of Land Slavery and Forced Displacement, it is Still happening!

By Houleye Thiam Houleye Thiam, MPA, MS is president of The Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in The US. She is also president and founder of Youth and Hope, L’espoir pour La Jeunesse and Social Worker/ Organiser / Mauritanian Community Activist Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning […]

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Featured News Opinion Politics

What Is The Favorable Deal For Islamic Republic

By Sam Denver Since 1979, despite all negotiations between Iran and US, Islamic Republic remained one of the most anti-western governments in the world. Via a short review of JCPOA negotiations this writing will reveal the ultimate objectives and modus operandi of the regime in Tehran and how it is using negotiations to continue the […]

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Featured Opinion Politics

Idlib Conflict. Turkey’s struggle with Russia over Idlib

By Rustam Taghizade Turkey has launched four military operations in northern Syria since 2016. Each military operation serves a specific purpose and in the region responds to rapidly changing scenarios. Turkey’s military operations in Syria have strained relations with the United States. At the peak of relations, of course, Turkey’s decision to deploy a Russian S-400 missile system […]

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Opinion Sports

Result: Newcastle United 1 – Qatar 0 (120-min)

Greed, Geopolitics, Propaganda & Football. By Adrian Calamel October 7th Newcastle natives (Geordies) rejoiced in the streets as a 2-year struggle against the sale of their club unexpectedly went through with a consortium of the Saudi Public Investment Fund or PIF (80%), Amanda Staveley (10%) and the Reuben brothers (10%) finally taking the reins over […]

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Featured News Opinion

New realities after the Second Karabakh War. Will the opening of the Zangazur corridor put an end to conflicts in the region?

By Rustam Taghizade On November 10, 2020, the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia ended with a ceasefire agreement. This tripartite ceasefire agreement, mediated by Russia, changed the map of the South Caucasus. It should be noted that there are also unresolved issues. The presence of separatist soldiers in the territories controlled by Russian peacekeepers. The use of […]

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Post Arab spring and the fight against Islamists in Tunisia

By Manel Msalmi From Sudan to Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, we recall the failure of the Brotherhood’s rule in  the MENA region and its incompatibility with the secular political system that the Arab and Muslim yearns to . “We are here to protect Tunisia. We have seen all the tragedies under the rule of the […]

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MENA News News Opinion Politics

Iraq’s Election: A Fresh Start for the Country?

By Ahmad Al Jabbouri  Iraq is a country looking to the future. Its present is shaped by religious and ethnic divisions with more than a decade and a half of post-US invasion conflict and instability. Iraq’s complex demographic is diverse, roughly divided geographically between the Shia majority, Sunni population, and the Kurds. After the US-led […]

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Opinion

Global Inflation is Accelerating, and the Global Economy is about to Collapse

By Dr. Frank Musmar In March 2020, I published an article on BESA titled”The Effect of Coronavirus on the Global Economy”. In that article, I mentioned that the 2020 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will go down in history for its massive impact on the global economy and on public health, both physical and […]

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