The September 27, 2008 Damascus car bombing stepped up the tension between Syria and Saudi Arabia(,1) as manifested by, inter alia, the Syrian authorities' decision to ban the distribution of the Saudi daily Al-Hayat in Syria. In response to this decision, an Al-Hayat source stated that Syria was persecuting the paper because it was funded by Saudi Arabia, and because it followed its professional conscience rather than the dictates of the Syrian regime. Al-Hayat's Beirut bureau chief added th
Although controversial and polemic, Sara Roy's July 2007 reflections on Hamas present a picture of a complex organization that should invite a sophisticated policy response, from openDemocracy. (Originally published in the Middle East Policy Council Journal)
By Fredrik Dahl ImageTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will hold its 2009 presidential election on June 12, when conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is widely expected to stand for a second four-year term despite criticism over his economic policies.
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