On Tuesday 18 August 2020, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon found one single defendant guilty of assassinating former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri in February 2005. Lebanese president Michel Aoun called for “accepting the verdict…
The deal between the UAE and Israel was not preceded by any notable precursors indicating the presence of an imminent agreement. The understanding was rather announced via Twitter by US President Donald Trump who tweeted,…
An escalation of tensions and brinkmanship in the eastern Mediterranean has intensified recently between Turkey and Greece. Observers of the events can quickly ascertain that America has been orchestrating the crisis since she gave the…
LCIR had stated in its comment on the Beirut blast, that the facts of the event pertinent to the cargo and its destination (which was switched from Mozambique to Beirut), the circumstances surrounding the decision…
The circumstances of the Beirut blast, starting from the shipment of ammonium nitrate six years ago, then the decision of the owner and crew to abandon the ship and its cargo and dump it in…
In an interview with the Guardian on Tuesday 21 July 2020, Jordanian prime minister Omar Razzaz said that with the sign of the ailing status of the decades-old two-state formulation, Jordan could view the creation…
Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded accusations about who had initiated the attack against the other. However, according to the statement of the Turkish government, it is Armenia who started the attack; and this is corroborated…
Although the Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs, Hisham al-Hashimi, was not a significant figure on the Iraqi political scene, his assassination a few days ago, however, by unmasked assassins denoted a…
Bringing the last chapter of the Palestinian issue to a full and final conclusion has become a declared aim within the so-called Deal of the Century which reflects itself in the measures undertaken by Netanyahu…
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday 28 January 2020 his peace plan for the Middle East and pledged that Jerusalem would remain the “undivided” capital of “Israel”. He also proposed the two-state solution according…