By Jeremy Dewar Three months after the fall of Assad, the new Syrian regime, led by interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is facing its stiffest test: a test that goes to the core of the HTS’ sectarian and anti-democratic politics. While part of the threat originates from former forces of the […]
About 80% of the wheat Lebanon imported in 2020 came from Ukraine.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron flew into Cairo after Hosni Mubarak was forced out, saying he wanted to be the first Western politician there since the revolution. He was flanked by British arms dealers on their way to the huge Idex weapons fair in Abu Dhabi. This was the latest episode in Britain’s bloody history […]