Is Dubai A Country? UPDATE JULY 2024. So I had a conversation with an American friend the other day, and he had never heard of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he thought Dubai was the capital of Saudi Arabia and he thought theirnationalitywas Muslim. Yup, really! Where do I start?!
How the US is enabling SyriastanPepe Escobar
In between those two messages, the Middle East has lived through a violent upheaval. The rulers of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia were overthrown. Syria has collapsed into civil war. As David Hazony observes in TheTower.org, Israel is “the last country standing … the ...
The militant group Hezbollah was formed in 1982 as a Shiite Muslim political and military force, with the support of Iran and Syria, after an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It functions within the Lebanese government as a political party, but also outside of it, providing services to its Shiite...
Turkey is a secular country with amajority Muslim population. There are no formal statistics on the population's religious affiliation. How old is Israel? The State of Israel is born On 14 May 1948, Israel proclaimed its independence. Less than 24 hours later, the regular armies of Egypt, ...
A statement from the Alawite sect that has formed the core of Assad's base called on young Syrians to be "calm, rational and prudent and not to be dragged into what tears apart the unity of our country." The rebels mainly come from the Sunni Muslim majority in...
The present conflict between Israel and the Arabs has absolutely nothing to do with any occupation. In 1967, when there was not one Jewish settlement and no occupation, five Arab countries -- Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon joined by Saudi Arabia -- contrived a plan to annihilate Isr...
A. Jordan is the only Arab country where Palestinians can become citizens. 1. The flag has black, white, and green horizontal stripes with a red triangle on the hoist side bearing a white seven-pointed star. 2. The flag of the Palestinian people is identical but does not have the white...
A statement from the Alawite sect that formed the core of Assad’s base called on young Syrians to be “calm, rational and prudent and not to be dragged into what tears apart the unity of our country.” The rebels mainly come from the Sunni Muslim majority in Syria, which also has siz...
The leader of Syria’s biggest rebel faction,Abu Mohammed al-Golani, is poised to chart the country’s future. The former al-Qaida commander cut ties with the group years ago and says he embraces pluralism and religious tolerance. HisHayat Tahrir al-Sham group,or HTS, is considered a terro...