Khairallah Khairallah

Khairallah Khairallah is a Lebanese writer.

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A family picture dated 1985 shows Syria’s late president Hafez al-Assad and his wife Anissa Makhlouf (seated) and, behind them, from R to L their five children: Bushra, Majd, the late Bassel (1962-94), current president Bashar, and the youngest son, Maher. (AFP)
The Makhlouf episode raises questions about regime’s fortune abroad and Alawites’ future
May 21, 2020
Syria’s President Bashar Assad and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet in Damascus, Syria, April 20. (SANA/Reuters)
The upcoming Middle East upheaval in the post-COVID-19, post-oil crisis world
April 25, 2020
Turkish and Russian soldiers wearing face masks are pictured during a joint patrol in the northern Idlib province, Syria, April 15. (Reuters)
Russia needs to reconsider its Syria policy
April 23, 2020
Several hundred Lebanese protest in the northern city of Tripoli despite the country’s coronavirus lockdown, April 17. (AFP)
Collapse of the banking system could mean the end of Lebanon
April 18, 2020
A member of the Yemeni Civil Defence sprays disinfectant on his colleagues in the Yemeni capital Sana’a amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
Will the Houthis seize on the opportunity of the ceasefire?
April 18, 2020
A nurse cares for a new-born baby in a maternity room incubator, in Najaf, Iraq. (AFP)
The face of the world is bound to change after COVID-19
April 11, 2020
A Houthi supporter looks on as he carries a weapon during a gathering in Sana'a, Yemen April 2. (Reuters)
Yemen five years on after Operation Determination Storm
April 03, 2020
US Brigadier General Vincent Barker shakes hands with Iraqi General Mohammed Fadel, as he wears face mask and gloves, following the outbreak of coronvavirus disease, during the handover of Qayyarah Airfield West from US-led coalition forces to Iraqi Security Forces, in Mosul, Iraq, March 26. (Reuters)
17 years ago, the US target was Iraq not its regime
March 28, 2020
Iraqi’s national security adviser Faleh Fayyad, who also is a leader of the Popular Mobilisation Force known as the Hashed al-Shaabi, addresses a memorial service held in Baghdad on February 11, 2020 to mark 40 days since the killing of Iran’s Qasem Soleimani. (AFP)
Iran fighting for the survival of its regime and that of regional proxies
March 21, 2020
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on March 11, 2020 shows Prime Minister HassanDiab delivering a statement at the governmental palace in the capital Beirut. (AFP)
Diab must face reality if he is to steer Lebanon out of its crises
March 14, 2020
Tribesmen loyal to Houthi rebel raise their weapons during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters for the Houthi movement, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP)
The Houthis will have to shrink to their real size in Yemen
March 07, 2020
Arye Deri (R), the chairman of Israel's Shas party, whispers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting of the right-wing block at the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 4. (AFP)
Election results are indicative of changes in Israel and the region
March 07, 2020
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said gives a speech after being sworn in before the royal family council in Muscat, Oman January 11. (Reuters)
The many challenges of Oman’s Sultan Haitham
February 29, 2020
Turkish military convoy drives in Idlib province, Syria, Saturday, February 22. (AP)
Erdogan’s scheme in Syria behind showdown by proxy with Russia
February 22, 2020
Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani attends a news conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs, Februray 17. (Reuters)
Larijani's visit to Beirut made Lebanon's predicament more dire
February 21, 2020
Syrian refugees head northwest through the town of Hazano in Idlib province, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP)
The big picture in Syria
February 15, 2020
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a celebration of the 41st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.(DPA)
Iran’s iron curtain is falling
February 08, 2020
Palestine supporters gather outside the American Embassy, as a protest is held against the proposed peace deal for the Middle East by President Donald Trump, in London, February 1. (AP)
The new realities of the Deal of the Century
February 01, 2020
A girl stands in her family’s hut at a camp for internally displaced people in Khamir of the northwestern province of Amran. (Reuters)
The lessons of the Marib massacre
January 25, 2020
Supporters of the pro-Iran Shia Hezbollah movement watch as the movement’s leader Hasan Nasrallah delivers a speech on a screen in Nabatieh on January 12, 2020. (AFP)
Nasrallah’s disconnect cannot conceal the region’s realities
January 18, 2020