Mashrou’ Leila: “Cavalry”
“Cavalry” is the name of the lead single from The Beirut School, the latest album by the acclaimed Lebanese indie-bandContinue Reading
Tag: Lebanon
Hezbollah, Barack Obama And Syria
The news and current affairs website, Politico, has published a number of claims by former government officials in the UnitedContinue Reading
Israel Upgrades Tank-APC As Middle East Becomes Military Laboratory
Though the dictatorial regime of Bashar al-Assad supposedly entered the Syrian civil war with some 5000 tanks, mainly of RussianContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia Executes Dozens While Saudi Princes Party Hard
The decision by the despotic kingdom of Saudi Arabia to execute forty-seven prisoners convicted of various offensives, primarily what the nominally Salafist-Wahhabi regime inContinue Reading
English Only, In Beirut’s American Restaurant
In relation to my recent posts on the discrimination faced by Irish- and Welsh-speakers in their respective nations, where intolerance of theContinue Reading
Al Jadeed, Rima Karaki And Running The Show
Al Jadeed or الجديد is a 24-hour news and current affairs television station based in the Lebanon and broadcasting across theContinue Reading
The Rise Of The Islamic State
Reading Tom Holland’s stupendous (if controversial) history of the foundations of Islam, In the Shadow of the Sword, I wasContinue Reading
Will Hezbollah Be The Biggest Victor In The Syrian Civil War?
Just a quick post to highlight a recent report carried by the Brown Moses blog examining the ongoing civil warContinue Reading
Lessons From The First Chechen War
For military analysts like myself the two most interesting conflicts of the last twenty years have been the First Chechen War of 1994-1996Continue Reading
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