It seems as of lately the Middle East is all about resignations. Resignations that could turn into game-changers. The head of the Syrian National Coalition announced…
Author: Itxaso Domínguez
Itxaso Domínguez
Spanish idealist expert in international relations (or at least tries to be), and particularly in Middle East affairs.
There have been many comments on the media about an eventual “Algerian Spring”. Some quickly retort Algeria already had its own Spring more than twenty years…
As if Hamas didn’t have enough… According to the ceasefire Hamas and Israel agreed upon under the auspices of Mr Morsi and the US after the…
According to most forecasts, incumbent Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s alliance won the parliamentary elections, and its leader duly claimed (a humbling) victory. But, as almost no…
When it comes to analyzing the so-called “Arab Spring” (a term most pundits increasingly warn against, but that nowadays holds a significant meaning and won’t stop…
As of lately and since last summer, many world leaders and commentators alike have been urging Libyan leaders to move quickly on deciding the process whereby…
It seems that Syria, entering the third year of what many consider an all-out war that has taken the lives of more than 70,000 people, may…
A worrying, although too familiar, bout of violence has erupted in the West Bank, over the death of a Palestinian prisoner in Israeli custody. Although Israel…
Last week, Damascus saw what some consider the heaviest infighting in the city since the uprising broke out almost two years ago. The conflict is further…
The North-African country is again plunged into instability after a high-profile leftist opposition leader who was a vehement scourge of radical Islamists, Chokri Belaid, was slain…