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Iraqi

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Electronic crimes bill snuffs out freedoms in Iraq

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An Iranian man walks by a billboard of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran, on November 30, 2020. (AFP)

The killing of Fakhrizadeh reduces Iran to its true size

Khairallah Khairallah

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Members of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga stand holding flags of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region on the outskirts of Arbil.( AFP)

Federalism is not about dividing Iraq

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives an honorary degree from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi on May 1, 2017. (AFP)

The funny, sad history of intellectual pandering

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Lebanon

Members of Lebanon’s militant movement Hezbollah take part in a parade in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on November 11, 2020. (AP)

On its independence anniversary, Lebanon is but a shadow of itself

Khairallah Khairallah

Palestine

A Palestinian woman stands in middle of a road during a demonstration against Jewish settlements in the village Kafr Malik in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 20, 2020. AFP

Palestinians suffer from isolation of their own making

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Saudi drive to bring Iraq out of Iran's orbit

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A supporter of pro-Iran militias holds a poster of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Shia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis during a protest in Basra, Iraq. (AP)

Who’s afraid of Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement?

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A 2019 file photo shows a reported foreign pilot whose plane was shot down by troops loyal to Libyan National Army troops, while in custody near Tripoli. (AFP )

Growing reliance on mercenaries spells more chaos in the region