Claude Salhani

Claude Salhani is a regular columnist for The Arab Weekly.

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A Lebanese anti-government protester waves the national flag as she prepares to head to the south of Lebanon on a 'revolution' bus from central Beirut on November 16, 2019. (AFP)
The bright side to the Lebanese October revolution
November 17, 2019
Lebanese students take part in a protest in the southern city of Sidon, November 5. (AFP)
In Lebanon, going back to 'business as usual' might not be an alternative
November 09, 2019
A demonstrator holds an anti-U.S. placard during an annual rally outside the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4. (AP)
Anniversary of Iran hostage crisis marks four decades of repression of dissent, hostility to the West
November 08, 2019
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri announces the resignation of his government Beirut, October 29. (Dalati and Nohra via AFP)
Despite Hariri’s resignation, the Lebanese revolt may still flutter and wither away
November 02, 2019
In this file photo taken on June 28, 2019 US President Donald Trump (R) attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka. (AFP)
Trump’s moves will forever change the map of the Middle East
October 28, 2019
Lebanese riot policemen separates between anti-government protesters, left, and Hezbollah supporters, right during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, October 24. (AP)
'Switzerland of the Middle East' is on the brink of failure
October 25, 2019
An Iranian boy pulls a hand cart at the old main bazaar in Tehran. (AP)
Iranians suffer as Tehran’s appetite for regional power grows
October 19, 2019
An elderly man is evacuated from a building in Akcakale, a town near the Turkish border with Syria on October 13, 2019, after it was hit by a rocket reported to be fired from within Syria. (AFP)
The lessons of Trump's moves in Syria will not be forgotten
October 17, 2019
In this file photo taken on October 7, 2019 US President Donald Trump speaks during a signing of a US-Japanese trade agreement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)
Trump's 'great and unmatched wisdom' is neither
October 09, 2019
Former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat attending a meeting with then Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (not pictured) at the beginning of the Egypt-Israel peace talks. (DPA)
Remembering the October War, 46 years on
October 06, 2019
The shadow of an Iranian paramilitary Basij member is cast on the image of the Israeli flag in Tehran. (AP)
How deep is your hate?
October 05, 2019
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi leave the room after the signature of 10 billion euros of trade contracts between the two countries at the Elysee Palace in Paris, December 10, 2007. (Reuters)
Qaddafi as controversial in life as in death
October 05, 2019
A man takes a picture of an illustration depicting an astronaut with the Emirati national flag outside Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai on September 25. (AFP)
Mansoori's space quest inspires all young Arabs
September 28, 2019
The United Nations building is pictured in New York, New York, US, September 24, 2018. (Reuters)
The United Nations -- what is it good for?
September 26, 2019
US Representatives Rashida Tlaib (L) and Ilhan Omar discuss travel restrictions to Palestine and Israel during a news conference at the Minnesota State Capitol Building in St Paul, Minnesota, August 19. (Reuters)
In the 2020 vote, there is no monolithic Arab-American bloc
September 21, 2019
An Israeli election banner depicts US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hanging on the facade of a building in occupied Jerusalem, September 14. (AFP)
Palestinian peace plan postponed indefinitely
September 14, 2019
A long way to go. A man using crutches walks in the northern Syrian city of Raqa, the former Syrian capital of ISIS, August 21. (AFP)
Wanted: A comprehensive US policy for Syria
September 13, 2019
Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied US entry because of his friends’ social media postings, at his home near the El Buss refugee camp in Lebanon. (UNRWA)
Living in Trump’s America
September 07, 2019
Displaced Syrians demonstrate along the border with Turkey near the town of Atme in the northwestern Idlib province on August 30. (AFP)
The Mideast boiling pot is bubbling
September 07, 2019
A long way to go. A man using crutches walks in the northern Syrian city of Raqa, the former Syrian capital of ISIS, August 21. (AFP)
Wanted: A comprehensive US policy for Syria
September 06, 2019