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Items by Tawfiq Rabahi
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE: race of the reckless
What happened to the former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik in the UAE a few days ago is very similar to what happened to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago. They were mysteriously detained, for unannounced reasons, and then released based on even...
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Saudi-Israel normalisation, a gift to Iran
Saudi Arabia is on the verge of establishing official and overt diplomatic, security, and economic relations with Israel. This is sooner than we expected. The ruling clique in Saudi Arabia, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has made the decision. This group no longer cares about any of...
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The Algerian army and political drought
There is apparently never-ending talk about Article 102 of the Algerian Constitution, which provides for the president to step down in the event that he is incapable of carrying out his duties. The article is explicit: “If the President of the Republic, because of serious and long-lasting illness, happens...