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Jordan. A Mysterious Attack that Sheds Light on the Flaws in Power
Jamal Tahat
What Russia Gained From Its Military Intervention in Syria
Igor Delanoë
It has been three years now since Russia first took part in the Syrian conflict, alongside Damas and Tehran. During that period, its operational activities have varied considerably according to (...)
Benyamin Netanyahu’s Dangerous Connections with the European Far Right
Dominique Vidal
Europe is experiencing a rise of the extreme right, which is even taking power, from Austria to Poland. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has decided to get closer to these (...)
Interview
Would Making the Dinar Convertible in 2022 Stimulate the Algerian Economy?
Jean-Pierre Séréni
How is it possible to rouse from its torpor Algerian society which has scarcely evolved in twenty years of Abelaziz Bouteflika’s presidency? A seasoned industrialist (...)
Algeria Sick with Cholera
Leïla Beratto
Since August, one hundred people have come down with cholera. While the authorities claim that the epidemic is under control, there is much criticism of the way they are handling it. It is indicative of the country’s ills. On Monday 10 September, the (...)
Barack Obama, “lackey” of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Alain Gresh
As a correspondent for the New York Times in Cairo since 2010, David Kirkpatrick covered the Egyptian Spring and Winter and the account in his new book of the different episodes, the various (...)
Tunisia. Inheritance Equality Contested
Islam, Reform and Democracy
Thierry Brésillon
A draft law initiated by the President meant to give both sexes equal inheritance rights was greeted as another sign of improvement in the condition of women. But it also touched off two public (...)
How Israel Spies on
US
Citizens
The Truths that Won’t Be Heard
Alain Gresh
A never-shown Al Jazeera documentary on the pro-Israel lobby in the
US
reveals possibly illegal Israeli spying on
US
citizens, and the lobby’s fear of a (...)
Israel-Palestine. A Magnifying Mirror of the Future
Against a Background of Population Growth
Ezra Nahmad
Israeli and Palestinian demographic forecasts point to population growth and a rise in urban density. They present the outlines of a disquieting social (...)
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