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In The Newsnationalism

To Save The Regime, Iran’s Islamist Rulers Are Latching On To Persian Nationalism

by Arya Chamroush July 10, 2025July 10, 2025
People attend a memorial ceremony in Tehran, Iran on July 2, 2025.
Geopoliticssaddam hussein

How Regime Change In Iran Could Unfold — Without Repeating Iraq And Afghanistan Mistakes

by Potkin Azarmehr July 6, 2025July 6, 2025
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stands as people greet him ahead of his annual speech to mark Persian New Year​.
Geopoliticsopposition

Shia Cleric Or Revolutionary Guards? How Khamenei Succession Will Play Out Inside Iran

by Bahram Farrokhi March 27, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a woman with red paint on her face protesting against iran
Women Worldwidewomen's rights

How Iran’s Women-Led Protests Have Exposed The ‘Islamist Racket’ Everywhere

by Worldcrunch October 7, 2022May 23, 2025
Photo of Taliban troops during a military operation in Kandahar
In The Newsafghanistan

Taliban And Iran: The Impossible Alliance May Already Be Crumbling

by Worldcrunch December 3, 2021May 19, 2025
A photo of two women walking past a poster of Iran's president
Geopoliticsgeopolitics

Interests Or Ignorance? What Drives The West’s Appeasement Of Iran

by Worldcrunch October 29, 2021May 22, 2025
Tattooed fighter in Qandil, Iraq
Geopoliticsiraq

How Iran’s Regional Meddling Could Eventually Backfire

by Worldcrunch October 16, 2020May 22, 2025
Iranians wearing face masks walk past a mosque in Tehran.
In The Newsiran

Iranian Holy Water as Coronavirus Cure Risks Further Spread

by Worldcrunch March 28, 2020May 22, 2025
Black-and-white Beirut
In The Newselection

Lebanon, Why The Crisis Is Only Just Beginning

by Worldcrunch November 21, 2017May 22, 2025
Mosul on July 3
In The Newsbrazil

How ISIS’ Defeat In Mosul Could Make It Stronger Worldwide

by Worldcrunch July 11, 2017May 22, 2025
Cooking in Tripoli
In The Newsviolence

A Lebanese Recipe For Intra-Islamic Reconciliation

by Kaylyn Mattick May 1, 2017May 20, 2025
On the beaches of Kish
Food / Traveltourism

Kish, Iranian Oasis Of Freedom Far From Pious Mainland

by Giacomo November 25, 2016May 23, 2025
blogimmigration

Hajj Boycott, Big Enchilada, Bleached Reef

by Bertrand Hauger May 30, 2016May 22, 2025
Merkel Plays Defense, New UK Newspaper, Leo Finally Wins
blogterrorism

Merkel Plays Defense, New UK Newspaper, Leo Finally Wins

by Worldcrunch February 29, 2016May 22, 2025
An ISIS fighter
Ideasisis

Understanding What Draws People To ISIS

by Bertrand Hauger February 7, 2016May 24, 2025
U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef at the White House in May 2015
Geopoliticssaudi arabia

The Crucial American Role In Calming Saudi-Iran Turmoil

by Worldcrunch January 13, 2016May 22, 2025
Demonstration against Saudi Arabia's execution of Nimr in Tehran on Jan. 4
Geopoliticssaudi arabia

The “Gray ISIS” — What Drives Saudi Obsession With Shia Expansion

by Worldcrunch January 8, 2016May 22, 2025
What if...?
Eyes on the U.S.geopolitics

Origins Of ISIS, Imagining If Saddam Was Still In Power

by Worldcrunch December 16, 2015May 24, 2025
Iran Violation, Chaos Candidate, Fed Watch
blogdonald trump

Iran Violation, Chaos Candidate, Fed Watch

by Bertrand Hauger December 16, 2015May 22, 2025
blogfrance

Extra! L’Obs On Islam’s Competing Branches

by Worldcrunch June 12, 2015May 20, 2025
Digging graves after a Saudi airstrike in Yemen's Bani Matar district on April 4
Geopoliticsgeopolitics

Cover Your Eyes, Yemen Is Dying

by Bertrand Hauger April 8, 2015May 23, 2025
Egypti's al Sisi (R) receives Qatar Sheikh al Thani upon his arrival ahead of the Arab League Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Geopoliticsegypt

Why Egypt Has Joined The Gulf Coalition In Yemen

by Patrick Randall March 31, 2015May 23, 2025
Shia soldiers look over an ISIS-controlled area near Kirkuk, Iraq
Geopoliticsiraq

Shia Counteroffensive Against ISIS In Iraq, A Pandora’s Box

by Patrick Randall March 6, 2015May 23, 2025
Houthi fighters in Sana'a, Yemen
Geopoliticsyemen

Yemen, The Perfect Storm Of Middle East Peril

by Bertrand Hauger March 4, 2015May 23, 2025
In another Beirut hospital
Geopoliticsisis

Exclusive: Inside The Secret Beirut Hospital Treating ISIS

by Bertrand Hauger November 6, 2014May 24, 2025
Saudi army drills earlier this year
blogsyria

In ISIS, Saudis And Other Sunni Face Monster They Created

by Worldcrunch September 9, 2014May 22, 2025
In Raqqa, in north central Syria, in November 2012.
Societysyria

In A Broken Syria, Romeo And Juliet Casualties Of War

by Sixtine Lechère August 15, 2014May 23, 2025
Nabeel Rajab in white
Geopoliticshuman rights

Released From Jail, Bahrain’s Freedom Fighter Rides Again

by Meiqi An July 3, 2014May 23, 2025
Like this family, thousands of residents have fled Iraq's second largest city Mosul.
Geopoliticsiraq

Mosul To Baghdad, Iraq’s Worst-Case Scenario Unfolds

by Sixtine Lechère June 23, 2014May 22, 2025
Aftermath of a car bomb in Beirut on July 2013
Geopoliticssyria

Next Door To Syria, Fears In Beirut Of “Total War” Scenario

by Patrick Randall September 11, 2013May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsiraq

Targeted Bombings In Baghdad Kill 44 Shia Muslims

by Lucille Fonteny August 28, 2013May 23, 2025
At the Great Umayyed Mosque of Damascus
Geopoliticssyria

Along The Sunni Divide In War-Torn Syria

by Simon Benoit-Guyod June 26, 2013May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsbaghdad

At Least 13 Dead In Iraq Bomb Attacks

by Charlotte Fichou May 30, 2013May 21, 2025
Geopoliticsbombing

Karachi: 45 Dead, 150 Wounded In Bomb Blast

by Leo Tilmont March 4, 2013May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsbaghdad

Dozens Killed In Iraq Bombs Targeting Shia Neighborhoods

by Jeff Israely February 8, 2013May 22, 2025
Geopoliticsbombings

Pakistan’s Bloody Thursday: Three Days Of Mourning For More Than 100 Killed

by Julie Farrar January 11, 2013May 23, 2025
Geopoliticsbaghdad

Wave Of Bombings Kills At Least 14 In Iraq On Eve Of Muslim Festival

by Bertrand Hauger November 14, 2012May 21, 2025
Syrian refugees center around a Koran
Geopoliticssyria

The Poison Of Sectarianism Seeps Into Syria

by Jeff Israely September 11, 2012May 23, 2025
Societyopposition

Bahrain Court Upholds Sentence Against Activists Leaders

by Simon Benoit-Guyod September 4, 2012May 21, 2025
Geopoliticssyria

Persian Gulf States Urge Citizens To Leave Lebanon After Kidnapping Of Rebel Syrians

by Kasia Kasprowicz August 16, 2012May 21, 2025

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