Assad-Linked Businessmen Tied to Beirut Blast in August
Three Syrian businessmen linked to the Assad regime have been connected to the devastating port blast in Lebanon’s capital Beirut in August.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 15, 2021 | MENA, Syria | 0
Three Syrian businessmen linked to the Assad regime have been connected to the devastating port blast in Lebanon’s capital Beirut in August.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 30, 2020 | Iran, MENA | 0
Despite its economic crisis amid falling trade, the Coronavirus pandemic, and US sanctions, Iran is slashing gas exports to its neighbor Iraq.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 17, 2020 | MENA, Syria, World | 0
Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government, has accused the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG of “aggression” after a border clash.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 16, 2020 | Audio, Brexit, EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Europe, Iran, Media, MENA, Podcast, UK, US, What's New, World | 4
Scott Lucas joins Coffee Talk Politics for a 68-minute tour of vital issues in international politics, from the Middle East and Iran to US to Brexit Britain.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 7, 2020 | EA Birmingham, EA in the Media, Iran, Media, MENA, US, Video | 0
1st VideoCast from EA WorldView and CESRAN International, considering future of US-Iran relations amid Fakhrizadeh assassination & new Biden Administration
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 12, 2020 | Iran, MENA | 0
Iran-backed militias in Iraq say they willl stop attacking US troops on Iraqi bases — if Iraqi Government presents timetable for full US withdrawal.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Sep 29, 2020 | Iran, MENA, World | 2
The camp of Iran’s Supreme Leader criticizes one of the leading clerics in Shia Islam, Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, but then apologizes.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Sep 15, 2020 | MENA, World | 0
Cutting through spin to explain domestic and regional calculations & maneuvers behind accords between Israel, UAE, & Bahrain — & Saudi Arabia behind them
Read Moreby Arnov Paul-Choudhury | Sep 1, 2020 | MENA, World | 2
Beirut port explosion is an immediate crisis for Lebanon, but it has deep roots: stalemate from “sectarian balance”, corruption, and failure of governance.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 17, 2020 | MENA, Syria, World | 0
Jordan’s officials seal off a city near the border, reversing the lifting of restrictions in June, as Coronavirus surges in neighboring Syria.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 14, 2020 | Iran, MENA, World | 0
Iran condemns negotiations between the UAE and Israel, which may lead to the normalization of relations, as “strategic stupidity” and warns of consequences.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 11, 2020 | MENA, World | 0
“These are difficult days. But there are good people who persist in providing aid and calling for rights and respect. In darkest of days, they give hope.”
Read Moreby Sara Fregonese | Aug 6, 2020 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA, World | 3
“It cannot be understated how much has been lost in investment in port of Beirut, and how much the explosion has taken from the heart of surrounding city.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Aug 3, 2020 | MENA, World | 0
Exposing Iraq’s “kleptocracy”: “This is overdue recognition of brave young protesters who have dared to confront parties and their militias since October.”
Read Moreby Bob Bowker | May 20, 2020 | MENA, World | 0
“With Israelis and Palestinians seeking the realization of their conflicting versions of their respective national rights, where does justice lie?”
Read Moreby Umer Karim | Mar 13, 2020 | MENA, World | 0
“No doubt now about Mohammad bin Salman’s absolute grip on power — grip that the King is reinforcing.Whether they will hold that grip is another matter.”
Read Moreby Giovanni Piazzese | Feb 17, 2020 | MENA, World | 1
Egypt unlawfully arrests activists and members of civil society organisations, using trumped-up evidence for detentions. Patrick George Zaky is latest case.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Feb 12, 2020 | Iran, MENA | 1
Iran’s political and military operatives regroup in Iraq after US assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of Quds Force of Revolutionary Guards.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 27, 2020 | Audio, EA in the Media, MENA, The Trump Project, US | 0
Effect of ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton’s manuscript on Trump impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and Trump’s non-plan for Israel and Palestine
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 4, 2020 | Iran, MENA | 0
Another airstrike on Iran-backed militia in Iraq late Friday, less than 24 hours after US drone killed top Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Jan 1, 2020 | Iran, MENA | 0
Iran’s regime puts out a cautious response to Tuesday’s attack on the US Embassy in Iraq, by supporters of an Iraqi force including a Tehran-backed militia.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Dec 14, 2019 | Iran, MENA | 0
Iranian outlets seize on report, from Wall Street Journal, that Saudi Arabia seeking easing of tensions with Tehran, after September attack blamed on Iran.
Read Moreby Balsam Mustafa | Nov 6, 2019 | EA Birmingham, Media, MENA | 0
“Iraq’s women are not giving up and refuse to be silenced. A new generation is rising from the ashes and there is no turning back now.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Nov 1, 2019 | Iran, MENA | 0
Iran’s military commander Gen. Qassim Soleimani allegedly intervened to prevent the removal of Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, amid mass protests.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 31, 2019 | Iran, MENA | 0
Unsettled by mass protests in Iraq and Lebanon, Iran’s Supreme Leader escalated Tehran’s insistence that US “spy services” are behind the demonstrations.
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 29, 2019 | Audio, EA in the Media, MENA, The Trump Project, US | 0
Why Donald Trump’s gleeful remarks about killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are damaging, for people in Middle East and for US politics
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 28, 2019 | Audio, EA in the Media, MENA, The Trump Project, US, What's New | 0
Scott Lucas and Paul Roger on what the killing of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, if confirmed, will mean for the Middle East and its people
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 28, 2019 | EA in the Media, MENA, The Trump Project, US, Video, What's New | 0
Donald Trump attempts, to salvage his political position and relations with Putin, to hijack reported the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Read Moreby Balsam Mustafa | Oct 11, 2019 | Analysis, EA Birmingham, MENA | 0
“We will take to streets. protesting. Enough silence about what’s going on. We cannot watch Iraq being destroyed when we have armies of jobless and poor.”
Read Moreby Scott Lucas | Oct 8, 2019 | Iran, MENA | 0
Iran has turned Iraq’s growing protests into a power play against US and other rivals, accusing the “enemies” of fomenting unrest through demonstrations.
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