Lebanon is falling apart
by Neville Teller Lebanese with long memories are beginning to fear that the horrors of their 15-year-long civil war that began in 1975 might yet return. The country is split…
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by Neville Teller Lebanese with long memories are beginning to fear that the horrors of their 15-year-long civil war that began in 1975 might yet return. The country is split…
by Neville Teller On October 20, under the dramatic headline “Scoop”, on-line news provider Axios posted an exclusive story – details of a conversation held on September 27 between US…
by Neville Teller Bashar al-Assad, presiding over 70 percent of what was once sovereign Syria, is at an interesting point in his career. He is a living exemplar of the…
by Neville Teller Iraq’s election on October 10 saw the lowest voter turnout of any of its six polls since the 2003 US-led invasion of the country. All the same…
by Neville Teller The two main protagonists in the Iran nuclear deal issue – the US administration and the Iranian regime – are locked in a battle of wills. The…
by Neville Teller Where the US goes, much of the Western world follows – willingly or reluctantly, depending on circumstances. From the first days of his presidency Joe Biden started…
by Neville Teller In the small hours of June 24, 2021 fourteen Palestinian Authority (PA) security officers burst into a house in Hebron, made for a room where 42-year-old Nizar…
Reviewed by Neville Teller Joel C Rosenberg has many faces. He is best known, perhaps, as the author of a series of best-selling political thrillers, most of them set in…
by Neville Teller Israel was not directly involved in the events surrounding the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and it would be reasonable to assume that the main effect on Israel…
by Neville Teller The Taliban has just won a 20-year war against America and its allies and sent them packing. The triumph is so complete that the US no longer…