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Beirut: Where Valentine’s Day Belongs to Another Kind of Saint 14 Feb 2012 | 09:54 pm
Though Beirut’s opulent array of lingerie boutiques, jewelry stores, and gift shops do brisk business in the romance trade throughout the year, many of them are shuttered on the most romantic day of a...
Libya’s Civil War: The Limits of People Power 10 Mar 2011 | 09:51 pm
The huge plume of black smoke rising above oil refinery in the rebel-held city of Ras Lanuf, the result of air strikes Wednesday by the Libyan government, seemed to mark an ominous escalation in what ...
Libya’s Desert Rebellion: The Lessons of World War II 7 Mar 2011 | 09:50 pm
The whipping sandstorms, low visibility, and stray camels make the five-hour car ride from Benghazi to the oil refinery town of Ras Lanuf a tense one even in normal times. But these days there is noth...
Could a Sunni Candidates Ban Imperil Iraq’s Election? 31 Jan 2011 | 06:28 pm
Like the knee-jerk decision to dismantle the Iraqi army, the U.S. decision in 2003 to ban members of the former ruling Baath Party from joining the new Iraqi government was one of the biggest blunders...
Iran’s Opposition: Confrontation or Compromise? 31 Jan 2011 | 06:28 pm
Iran typically marks the Feb. 11 anniversary of the 1979 overthrow of the U.S.-backed Shah with massive official parades, rousing anti-American speeches and often the unveiling of some new piece of mi...
Israel Faces Growing Fallout Over a Hamas Hit 31 Jan 2011 | 06:28 pm
It’s always possible that someone besides Mossad carried out the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a top Hamas military commander, in a Dubai hotel in January. Israel has refused to comment; on Mon...
