Khairallah Khairallah

Khairallah Khairallah is a Lebanese writer.

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A woman holds an Iraqi flag while chanting slogans during a protest in Basra, on September 6.(AP)
Iran might still be able to manoeuvre in Iraq but its expansionist project is doomed
September 15, 2018
Gathering storm. A man walks in front of the headquarters of the Lebanese Blom Bank in Beirut. (Reuters)
Lebanon needs a credible new government, not alignment with Iran
September 08, 2018
Showing the way. A Russian soldier guides a Syrian woman at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province, on August 20. (AFP)
Russia should draw lessons from Soviet experience for its Syrian war
September 01, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. (AP)
Abadi’s stance against Iran is no small feat
August 18, 2018
A woman sits near the scene of an explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district, last June. (Reuters) 
Iranian-American collusion produced a failed state in Iraq
August 15, 2018
Iranians walk by a mural painting of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran. (AFP)
Trump needs a regional policy beyond sanctions to check Iran’s designs
August 11, 2018
No democrats. Iran-backed fighters march during a parade in Baghdad. (Reuters)
There is no hope for democracy where illegitimate militias roam
August 04, 2018
US Navy sailors lower an engine in the jet shop of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), last February. (AFP)
Can Iran afford to ignore US threats?
July 28, 2018
Iraqi security forces stand in front of protesters near the main provincial government building in Basra, on July 15. (Reuters) 
Iraq's 60 years of turmoil and destruction
July 23, 2018
Reality on the ground. Syrian government supporters wave Syrian, Iranian and Russian flags as they chant slogans against US President Trump in Damascus, last April. (AP)
After the Helsinki summit, the starting point must be Syria
July 21, 2018
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil pauses during a news conference in Arsal near the border with Syria, last June. (AP)
Hezbollah’s military power cannot give the Lebanese Christians their rights
July 14, 2018
High stakes. A forklift carries a shipping container at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, on June 24.(Reuters)
The Hodeidah battle will reduce Houthis to their real size
July 07, 2018
Out of Iran’s orbit. Iraqi men wave their national flags on the streets of Baghdad. (AFP)
Iran had no future in Iraq and it cannot change that
June 30, 2018
Sudanese soldiers fighting alongside Yemen’s pro-government forces gather on the side of a road near Al-Jah, about 50km south-west of Hodeidah, on June 22. (AFP)
Battle of Hodeidah is crucial for regional security
June 23, 2018
(L-R) Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, meet in Mecca. (SPA)
Gulf countries averted the worst by going to Jordan’s rescue
June 16, 2018
Jordanian protesters chant slogans during an anti-austerity rally in Amman, on June 6. (AFP)
Why Jordan set to survive its worst crisis in years
June 09, 2018
Time warp. A 2007 file photo shows militants from Hamas taking positions outside the Preventive Security headquarters after they took it over from Fatah loyalist security forces in Gaza City.(AP)
Hamas is impervious to change
June 02, 2018
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif (R) and Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Massoud Karbasiyanat attend a parliament session in Tehran. (AFP)
No choice for Iran but to accept the new rules of the game
May 26, 2018
A Palestinian woman argues with a member of the Israeli security forces outside the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, on May 15. (AFP)
Failure to read the balance of power led to the Palestinian Nakba
May 19, 2018
Encroachment at work. Portraits of Iranian-born Lebanese cleric Musa al-Sadr (top L), Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (top R) and the head of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on display outside a mosque in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Sir. (AFP)
Iran faces a moment of truth
May 18, 2018