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1990年11月22日，美國前總統老布殊在沙特阿拉伯與美國軍人共度感恩節。相片：David Valdez, White House via CNP

Jordan, Middle East, World

老布殊及中東的「美國時代」

by Sami Moubayed December 5, 2018February 18, 2020

A man sews an Iraqi Kurdish flag that will bear a portrait of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed

Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

In Iraqi Kurdistan, hereditary politics come full circle

by Sami Moubayed December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

United States President George HW Bush shares Thanksgiving with US military personnel in Saudi Arabia on November 22, 1990. Photo: David Valdez, White House via CNP

Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

George HW Bush and the ‘American era’ in the Middle East

by Sami Moubayed December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Head of the Jewish Agency for Palestine Chaim Weizmann, in dark glasses, listens in Oct 1947 as a member of the Arab Higher Committee explains why Palestine should not be split by the UN. But a month later the General Assembly voted to split Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. Photo: Acme News Pictures / AFP

Bahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

The partition of Palestine relegated to history

by Sami Moubayed November 29, 2018February 18, 2020

俄羅斯總統普京於2017年10月出席在俄羅斯索契舉行的峰會。相片：Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

Middle East, Syria

普京在阿斯塔納會談中為敘利亞尋求突破

by Sami Moubayed November 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a summit in Sochi, Russia, in October 2017. Photo: Reuters / Maxim Shemetov

France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Putin seeks breakthrough for Syria at talks in Astana

by Sami Moubayed November 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's Tahrir square on March 2, 2018. His cousin-in-law is a contender to become prime minister. Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

The man who may become Iraq’s next Prime Minister

by Sami Moubayed May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A man gestures as he drives a car with the picture of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on it, on election day in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Photo: Reuters/Aziz Taher

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Hezbollah in shock election win, gets control of Lebanese parliament

by Sami Moubayed May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh. This photograph was released by the Saudi Royal Court on November 11, 2017. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia aims to sway Lebanon elections

by Sami Moubayed April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian Sukhoi Su-25 ground-attack planes at the Hmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: AFP

China, France, Iran, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia’s military offer stalls in Lebanon, for now

by Sami Moubayed April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Palestinian singer Rim Banna died, aged 51, on Saturday. Photo via YouTube.

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Palestinians mourn Christian ‘angel’ who revitalized traditional song

by Sami Moubayed March 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Pompeo will do Trump’s bidding with regard to the Middle East

by Sami Moubayed March 19, 2018February 18, 2020

A file shot from Sept 2010 showing Lebanese women walking along the Beirut Corniche late in the afternoon. Photo: iStock

Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

111 women running in May election but Lebanon cool on female politicians

by Sami Moubayed March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers are seen on the construction site for the Al-Wakrah Stadium, a World Cup venue designed by celebrated Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, some 15 kilometers outside Doha, on February 6, 2018. Photo: Karim Jaafar / AFP

Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, France, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

Saudi claims that Qatar to be stripped of World Cup: no basis

by Sami Moubayed February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon's Energy Minister, Cesar Abi Khalil (second right), exchanges contracts with Stephane Michel, Total's head of exploration and production in the Middle East and North Africa during a signing ceremony in Beirut on February 9. Photo: AFP/Anwar Amro

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Lebanon willing to use force to resolve oil row with Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) in Ankara, Turkey February 15, 2018. Presidential Palace Handout via Reuters/Kayhan Ozer

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Tillerson throws Erdogan a bone in Syria

by Sami Moubayed February 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Israeli security personnel inspects fragments of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile found in Alonei Abba, about two miles from where the remains of a crashed F-16 Israeli war plane were found in the village of Alonei Abba, in Israel, on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Plane’s downing sends message to Iran as well as Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya delivers a speech on December 7, 2017. Photo: AFP / Said Khatib

Egypt, European Union, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, World

US calling Hamas leader a ‘terrorist’ – does it actually help him?

by Sami Moubayed February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Putin’s Sochi conference on Syria looks to be a talking shop

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Steven Spielberg poses on the red carpet before the European premiere of the The Post, in London, on January 10, 2018. Photo: AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Attempt to ban Spielberg film raises liberals’ fears in Lebanon

by Sami Moubayed January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) greets Copts at the new "Nativity of Christ" Coptic Cathedral in Cairo. Photo: The Egyptian Presidency / Handout via Reuters

Egypt, Israel, Middle East

Egyptian election appears wide open. Appearances are deceptive.

by Sami Moubayed January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970). Photo: AFP

Egypt, France, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Nasser at 100: how to remember the ‘godfather’ of Arab Nationalism?

by Sami Moubayed January 14, 2018February 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on January 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ludovic Marin

Cyprus, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Macron’s snub sends Erdogan further into Putin’s embrace

by Sami Moubayed January 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Ruins on Suakin Island by the Red Sea with a vessel in the distance. A revamp of the ancient port is part of a $650m deal Erdogan signed with al-Bashir late last month. Photo: Wikimedia

China, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan snares an ancient port on the Red Sea – with funds from Qatar?

by Sami Moubayed January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A file pic of Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah security chief, in his office in Abu Dhabi in the UAE in Oct 2016. Photo: Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East

Exiled Fatah leader Dahlan planning political comeback

by Sami Moubayed January 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria, on December 11, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev via Reuters

AT Finance, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

As guns fall silent, Russia to shape Syria’s political endgame

by Sami Moubayed December 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Christmas decorations are seen in old Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sanadiki

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Christmas lights re-appear after dark years for Syria’s Christians

by Sami Moubayed December 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Mehmet Hakan Atilla is depicted in a court room sketch. Photo: Reuters / Jane Rosenberg

China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Plenty of spice in New York trial Erdogan wishes would go away

by Sami Moubayed December 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Oceania, Syria

Netanyahu continues to look the other way as pressure mounts

by Sami Moubayed December 11, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and ‪Vice President Mike Pence‬ arrive for Trump to deliver remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Jonathan Ernst

Israel, Jordan, Middle East, World

With his Jerusalem play, Trump grasps a nettle others feared

by Sami Moubayed December 7, 2017February 18, 2020