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Conflicts Forum Weekly Comment

This 'Weekly Comment' is produced most Fridays by Conflicts Forum with links to key articles published in the regional and international media during the past week.

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7 – 14 June 2013 The polls on the eve of the Iranian Presidential elections (14 June) mark some important shifts in the positioning of the leading

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20/12/2012 Article

The Sharaa interview and the Iranian proposal: the need for a political solution

/ Amal Saad Ghorayeb

Tags: Iran, Syria

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Originally published in Amal Saad-Ghorayeb’s counter-hegemony unit blog, 18 Dec 2012 The concurrence of two important Syria-related developments today—Farouk al-Sharaa’s interview with Al-Akhbar and Iran’s 6 point proposal to resolve

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19/12/2012 Article

Al-Sharaa’s Proposal: Syria’s Last Chance

/ Ibrahim al-Amin

Tags: Syria

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Originally published in Al-Akhbar English, December 18, 2012. The fighters on the ground in Syria are getting increasingly caught up in the minutiae of their daily

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28/11/2012 Article

US lurching toward Middle East quagmire

/ M K Bhadrakumar

Tags: Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, USA

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Published November 28 2012 on Indian Punchline   Barack Obama’s second term as president hasn’t yet begun, but it is going to be a tumultuous one

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27/11/2012 Publication

Peace on new terms in the post-Arab Spring Middle East

/ Ismail Patel

Tags: Arab Spring, Middle East

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In the post Arab Spring milieu, the democratically elected government of the Palestinian people, Hamas, has found an ear from quarters once viewed by them

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26/11/2012 Article

The New Hamas: Challenges of Resistance

/ Ibrahim al-Amin

Tags: Hamas, Political Islam, Resistance

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Originally posted on Al-Akhbar English  November 23, 2012 The great praise being voiced for the steadfastness of the people and resistance in Gaza cannot blind us to

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19/11/2012 Article

Gaza: Questions for Egypt and Hamas

/ Ibrahim Al-Amine

Tags: Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestine

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This Article is published with the permission of Al-Akhbar English. Israel has dealt a harsh blow to the resistance in Palestine. Its assassination of the

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