Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Gulf states emerged out of the wreckage of Ottoman Empire and British- French line-drawing. ..…

I was reminded of that experience after reading an article by Uri Avnery, one of the leading peace activists in Israel, on the need for a … . . . ... Fifteen years after it started, the Iraq war has nearly destroyed the country, one of the most prosperous in the Middle East, and..…

Noting that Iraq's security and identity is reviving, that Hashd al-Shaabi forces or their leaders have demanded withdrawal of all the 5,500 US military troops from Iraq and are opposed to the US use of military bases Iraq for possible attacks against Syria and Iran.. Atwan added that Hashd..…

“The inconvenient truth is that only military action like Israel’s 1981 attack on Saddam Hussein’s Osirak reactor in Iraq or its 2007 destruction of a Syrian reactor, designed and built by North Korea, can accomplish what is required. ..…