I suddenly awoke to the nightmare of a government decision to remove us, along with other Kurdish families, from our homes in the vicinity of the strategic oil fields in Kirkuk. It was 1975. President Saddam Hussein had begun to implement a (...)
After the declaration of the United Nations and the European Union at the Brussels II Conference on Syria in April that included terms for the integration and resettlement of Syrian refugees in host countries including Lebanon, placing the emphasis (...)
After the declaration of the United Nations and the European Union at the Brussels II Conference on Syria in April that included terms for the integration and resettlement of Syrian refugees in host countries including Lebanon, placing the emphasis (...)
The Syrian crisis, which generated the worst refugee crisis since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has jeopardised the stability and security of neighbouring countries, such as Lebanon.
Meanwhile, fearful of the waves of refugees and in contrast to (...)
The Syrian crisis, which generated the worst refugee crisis since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has jeopardised the stability and security of neighbouring countries, such as Lebanon.
Meanwhile, fearful of the waves of refugees and in contrast to (...)
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For some world powers, such as Russia and France, 2017 was an opportunity to forge ahead in the Middle East, while the US, of course, made an impact at critical moments. Meanwhile, the balance in the region continues to tip back (...)
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The resignation of prime minister Saad Al-Hariri took the Lebanese entirely by surprise, especially given Al-Hariri's reiterated assurances regarding the need to preserve stability in Lebanon after an understanding was reached a (...)
Arsal is located in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate on the Lebanese border with Syria, with a 50km border. It has an area of 316.9 square kilometres, five per cent of Lebanon's total. It lies on the slopes of the Anti-Lebanon mountains opposite the (...)
The people's movement called the “Arab Spring” began in 2011 in Tunisia, a marginal state in the Arab region, and soon spread to Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria. The result was the fall of regimes loyal to the “axis of Arab moderation”, led (...)