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Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

Jun 3, 2026, 3:18 PM

After the fall, will Iran be free or just different?

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The country I loved was the people, the language, the mountains... What will it take to bring it back and not risk suffering under a post-Islamic Republic regime?

Benjamen Gussen

May 26, 2026, 10:33 AM

The Death of the Middle East: The Abraham Accords and the Birth of the Med East

The Abraham Accords were not only a diplomatic breakthrough. They were the first clear sign that the region long called the "Middle East" had begun to outgrow the map that gave it that name. "Middle East" was never a native...

Domicela Heijmeriks

May 18, 2026, 5:10 AM

Trust Me, I Have Sources

Crowdfunding, conflict journalism and the performance of insider access For more than a decade, the disappearance of Austin Tice has remained one of the most haunting unresolved stories to emerge from the Syrian war. Governments searched for him, intelligence agencies...

May 14, 2026, 11:31 PM

Gulf Capital Bets on Syria’s Revival

Syrian Flag Raised in Patriotic Demonstration, photograph by Hala Hejazy, 2025. Source: Pexels
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In May 2026, two events occurred within days of each other that, taken separately, might have registered as routine diplomatic and financial news. Taken together, they represent the first credible outline of a post-war Syrian economy. Earlier in May, a...

Nancy Parish-Plass

May 9, 2026, 12:16 AM

From Hostility to Coexistence

I have been active both here in Israel and internationally with both therapists and theorists who work with people suffering from trauma, specifically but not only in the context of animal-assisted psychotherapy. Five years ago, I became friends with...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 7, 2026, 4:21 AM

Hezbollah’s Assault on the New Syrian Regime

The new Syrian government is under direct assault from Hezbollah remnants determined to wreck the post-Assad transition. Since toppling Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Damascus has thwarted five major terrorist operations and dismantled ten Hezbollah-linked cells. These plots expose...

Justine Johnston Hemmestad

May 6, 2026, 1:01 AM

By The Nameless One (my good friend in Israel who would rather me not publish his name, but from whom I get an insider’s account of what’s really happening) Iran The “Roaring Lion / Epic Fury” operation by Israel and the...

Michael Arizanti

May 3, 2026, 1:50 PM

Capitol Institute’s Maria Maalouf Meets Trump: A MENA Moment

For many years, I have worked with The Capitol Institute - a nonprofit organization founded by my colleague and friend Maria Maalouf, dedicated to facilitating dialogue and bridging understanding between the Middle East and the United States. Our mission...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 2, 2026, 9:46 PM

Sweida Druze Flag Israel’s Buffer Zone

United States envoy Tom Barrack told the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17, 2026, that the Middle East only functions under powerful leadership regimes — benevolent monarchies or monarchial republics. Everything else, he said, faded away after the Arab...

Apr 30, 2026, 6:58 AM

Back to the Future. Did Anything Become Better?

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk- Ger Sterk in the Sinai in 1978

Back to the Future. Did Anything Become Better? Today it is April 30th, 1978. My father opened the tent after a good night’s sleep somewhere in the desert near Palmyra. As a disciplined soldier, he dropped to his knees and began...

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