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Given the scale and duration of MENA’s refugee crisis, the focus should be shifted from temporary to semi-permanent solutions, Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Syria, World

African, Middle Eastern refugee crises demand long-term solutions, not quick fixes

by Nasser Saidi July 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping, right, and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, center, arrive for the 8th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AFP/ Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China’s silky charming of Arabia

by Pepe Escobar July 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Burning the US flag. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

America’s self-defeating quest for global supremacy

by Ken Moak July 10, 2018July 10, 2018

Tripoli, Libya. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines

Five Filipinos kidnapped in Libya and Iraq

by Asia Times staff July 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Hadi al-Amiri (right) speaks during a joint press conference with Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Photo: Anadolu via AFP/Muqtada al-Sadr Press Office

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraq’s Sadr forms unexpected alliance with pro-Iran bloc

by Asia Times staff June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkmens protest alleged electoral fraud in the Iraqi general election in Kirkuk, Iraq on June 2. The demonstrators are demanding manual hand counts for all votes cast in the election. Photo: Anadolu Agency / Ali Mukarrem Garip

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iraqi Kurds face uncertain future after election turmoil

by Jonathan Gorvett June 9, 2018February 18, 2020

The flag of Russia painted on a cracked and peeling wall.

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

The Russian Gordian Knot begins to unravel

by Norman A. Bailey June 4, 2018June 4, 2018

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

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was one of the big winners in the Iraq election. Photo: AFP/Haidar Hamdani

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

Iraqi voters undermine Trump’s Iran strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is seen at a news conference in Beirut on May 18, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir

Afghanistan, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Tehran eyes path ahead after US withdrawal from nuclear pact

by Pepe Escobar May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jet flies over an apartment complex in Gwangju, South Korea, on May 16, 2018. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

North cancels inter-Korean talks, threatens US summit

by Andrew Salmon May 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A car drives past an election poster of Iraq's Prime Minister in the old town of Mosul. Photo: AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye

Iraq, Middle East, World

Hopes of a better tomorrow as Iraqis go to the polls

by Jonathan Gorvett May 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Image: iStock

Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Trump, Iran and the lull before the storm

by Bilal Khan May 11, 2018

Military Mission at dusk. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

What US war planners learned in southwest Asia

by William Holland April 30, 2018

A cartoon style illustration of a superhero couple with American Flag in the background. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

When pushing for war, belief is all that matters

by Andrew Brennan April 25, 2018April 25, 2018

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The sad history behind the Syria crisis

by Alexander Casella April 25, 2018

US national security adviser John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Will Trump and Bolton clash over Syria?

by Emanuele Scimia April 23, 2018

Syrian boys walk along a destroyed street in Douma on the outskirts of Damascus on April 16. Photo: AFP/Louai Beshara

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Syria, Iran and ‘chaos in international relations’

by Pepe Escobar April 18, 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

An image grab taken from a video released by the Syrian civil defence in Douma shows volunteers giving aid to children at a hospital following a reported chemical attack on the rebel-held town on April 8, 2018.
Photo: AFP/Syria Civil Defence

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

Trump needs to take drastic action against gas attack

by Stephen Bryen April 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Silhouette of military soldiers on money background.War, military and danger concept. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, European Union, Germany, Greater Bay Area, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Partition of Syria: US and Israel eye Golan Heights oil

by Christina Lin April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

Hong Kong. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

Dreaming of a vibrant past and fearful of an uncertain future

by Gordon Watts and Sherry Lee March 24, 2018February 18, 2020

The defeat of ISIS. Photo: Flickr Commons

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

ISIS caliphate consigned to the dustbin of history

by Nicos Panayiotides March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Medina del Campo, Spain - August 17, 2013: Several people take part in a reenactment of a burning witches. Photo: iStock

European Union, France, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

US media is more neo-McCarthyism than journalism

by Andrew Brennan March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Seema Devi, whose husband was one of the 39 Indians slain by ISIS in Iraq, along with a relative from Amritsar. Photo: Amit Sharma

India, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia

Kin of Indians killed by ISIS say government kept them in dark

by Kusum Arora and A K Sharma March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke rises over Mosul during clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. Photo: Reuters/Khalid al Mousily

Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia

39 abducted Indian workers killed by ISIS, bodies found in mass grave

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo taken in March 2014 shows an Iraqi Kurd man walking in a graveyard for the victims of a gas attack by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the Kurdish town of Halabja, 300km northeast of Baghdad. Some 2.4 million people are said to have been killed or died since the US invasion in 2003. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Shock and Awe revisited, as fighting drags on in Syria’s Ghouta

by Pepe Escobar March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Dasmariñas City, Philippines. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Ramon FVelasquez

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, World

‘Depressed’ woman kills baby, slashes daughter and herself

by Asia Times staff March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi police kick back in the city of Fallujah, on June 30, 2016, after recapturing the city from Islamic State jihadists. Photo: AFP / Ahmad al-Rubaye

Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

How Saddam Hussein’s old ideology may have contributed to ISIS

by Myriam Benraad February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke rises from Syria's Afrin region, pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border, on January 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Osman Orsal

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Afrin marks the point of collapse for American influence in Syria

by David P. Goldman February 21, 2018February 18, 2020

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