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What Happens When Arab Autocrats Left to Fend for Themselves?
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We provide intelligence reports and news on political affairs, security and defence, counterterrorism, and various topics about culture in the Middle East.

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Middle East Politics & Culture Journal

We provide intelligence reports and news on political affairs, security and defence, counterterrorism, and various topics about culture in the Middle East.

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    • Israel/Palestine
    • Jordan
    • Lebanon
    • Syria
    • Turkey
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Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (AP)
31 May 201601048 James M. Dorsey

What Happens When Arab Autocrats Left to Fend for Themselves?

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The Growing Breach in Muslim Unity: Causes & Effects (Part Two)

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8 May 20161977 Hakim Khatib

The Growing Breach in Muslim Unity: Causes & Effects (Part One)

Needless to say, the global Muslim community and its Weltanschauung stand at the Abyss, in which Muslims are steadily approaching threshold of unimag

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29 April 201601005 James M. Dorsey

Women: A Benchmark of Saudi and Iranian Reform

In a slick document, entitled Vision 2030 that was drafted by Western consultants, Saudi Arabia identifies sports “as a mainstay of a healthy and bal

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Reformists Set to Make Gains in Iranian Election

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This Is How Iranian Women Dressed in the 1970s

Iran before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 was quite a different country from the one we see today. It was secular, Western-oriented and allowed a cer

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Rivalry Between Saudi Arabia and Iran Is Not About the Victim but the Aggressor

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been increasing recently. Although the narrative developed to describe the execution of a Saudi Shiite cl

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The US and Russia in Syria and Iraq – Foes or Allies?

Battlefields are chaotic. In the turmoil created by forces in conflict, it is often difficult to discern a clear pattern until the smoke of battle ha

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In March 2011 a few teenagers in a southern Syrian city – fired up no doubt by the revolutionary fervour sweeping the Middle East at the time – daube

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