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I vividly remember talking to my younger brother Freddy about leaving Lebanon when I was ten years old. I could not explain why I had this gnawing feeling harrowing my heart about leaving the people and country that I loved. Couple of years later when the civil war broke out in 1975, this feeling became subliminally couched in the amplified socio-political and sectarian grievances that I, at one and the same time, rejected and embraced.
Attorney General WIlliam Barr finally testified before Congress this week, as he had previously refused to comply with his lawful duty to provide Congress with the opportunity to conduct oversight and, since July 2019, has been in contempt of the House for that conduct.
It is arguably the case that most people interested in the situation in the Middle East, including members of the media, the academic community, and those in the corridors of government, will hardly advise laypersons to view the current situation in Libya as anything like a useful guide to understanding the problems of the Middle East at large.
The end of the civil war, in principle, has been premised on an equitable redistribution of confessional power in the system. In practice, however, the end of the civil war marked Syrian occupation of the country until the withdrawal of its troops in 2005.
Benjamin Netanyahu is arguably Mr. Israel in the last eleven years, the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history. Adore him or loathe him. Whatever has happened in the country in this long period is largely attributable to his achievements or failures, actions, or lack of them.
As the Trump administration spotlights the anti-fascist group Antifa as the source of chaos and anarchy engulfing the countrywide protests for equal rights and justice, little, if any, has been said about White nationalists who have infiltrated the protests with the objective of creating a popular pandemonium.
By the time I got the call from Carlton‘s father, he had not been breathing for several years. Arrested and awaiting trial, Carlton had, according to the County Coroner, suffered injuries from an epileptic fit, one supposedly well documented in the medical records.
Washington’s reading of the political map of the Middle East is fraught with erroneous assumptions similar to those that predicted the collapse of the Syrian regime during the initial months of the Syrian rebellion.
In the heated arguments about Attorney General Barr’s intervention seeking the dismissal of all charges against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former National Security Advisor convicted of repeatedly lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian Ambassador – and Barr’s intervention in other matters
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The tragedy of Lebanon
Implications of Florida’s
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Challenges to the United States
Compelling and Practical Analysis of the Middle East Peace Process
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
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Race relations and law enforcement
Contemporary Genocide with Dr. Joel Levin
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