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Obituary

Veteran journalist and senior contributor to The Arab Weekly Ed Blanche. (Tamara Blanche)

Saying goodbye to Ed Blanche

US

Cover of Andrew Bacevich's “America’s War for the Greater Middle East,” 2016.

The disaster of US democratic imperialism

Iran

Iranian women walk past a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran. (AP)

Will 2019 usher in Iran’s transition to the rule of state?

Khattar Abou Diab

Iran

Former Iranian Labour Minister Ali Rabiee. (Twitter)

1979 again? Spectre of unrest hangs over Iran

Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, last September. (Reuters)

What safe zone? Turkey’s margin to manoeuvre in Syria shrinks

Russia

Shifting sands. A Russian military vehicle patrols as it follows a local vehicle in the area of Arimah, west of Manbij, January 17. (AFP)

The ‘Russian Patent’ offers solutions to Syrian conflict zones

Geoffrey Aronson

Palestine

Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas (L) stand guard near a portrait of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. (AFP)

The Rafah crossing and geopolitical realities

Lebanon

A poke in the eye. An Amal movement supporter holds a picture of Imam Moussa Sadr (R) during a ceremony held in Baalbek, last August. (AFP)

Vanished imam tears apart Lebanese-Libyan relations

Islam

Al-Azhar clerics browse books at Azbakya market in Cairo. (AP)

Weaponising extremist fatwas against Islam

Nader Aboul Foutouh-49979