Analysis

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  Analysis

  2021-05-05

  Gulf states reluctant to engage with Lebanon while Hizbullah remains at table

  Hizbullah is largely to blame for a rift between Lebanon and the Gulf states that has cost Lebanon dearly in terms of foreign investment.

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  Analysis

  2021-04-23

  A hitch in China's global pandemic strategy: its vaccines might not work

  Chinese-made vaccines 'don't have very high rates of protection', a senior official said, raising concerns for the recipients of China's so-called 'public good'.

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  Analysis

  2021-04-16

  Ongoing Iranian-backed terrorist activity turns region against Tehran

  Terrorist drones hitting airports, missiles and rockets slamming into oil facilities, critics of Iran being murdered -- these activities serve only to isolate Iran even more.

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  Analysis

  2021-04-13

  Awaited Imam Fund: a Hizbullah public relations ploy

  The move to appease Hizbullah's growingly disgruntled base -- and asking the wealthy to donate money -- reveals the group's financial woes and its slipping support.

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  Analysis

  2021-04-09

  Pressure intensifies on Lebanese Hizbullah as top Shia clerics speak out

  Key members of the Shia community, including some of the most respected clerics in the Middle East, have called for an end to the Iran-backed party's hegemony over Lebanon.

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  Analysis

  2021-04-08

  Peaceful Iran? Track record of terrorism and abuse suggests otherwise

  The Iranian regime's hypocrisy is abundantly clear as it touts peace and cites abuses, while at the same time fuels regional conflict and represses its own population.

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  Analysis

  2021-04-05

  Kremlin influence agent Prigozhin faces harsh reality as international fugitive

  'Businessman' Yevgeny Prigozhin is pulling the strings on a number of influence campaigns around the world on behalf of the Kremlin, but the international legal noose is tightening.

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  Analysis

  2021-03-26

  Guardianship of the Jurist: a theological anomaly empowering dictatorship in Iran

  The idea of absolute power, derived from an interpretation of a theological proposition, has been used to justify autocratic rule in Iran and the spread of 'revolution' across the region.

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  Analysis

  2021-03-22

  Iran's obstinacy leads to growing clout of Israel in Middle East

  While Iran continues to fund regional instability and be unwilling to negotiate on its nuclear programme, the Arab world is getting closer together, and Israel is moving in.

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  Analysis

  2021-03-19

  'Little Iran': IRGC evicts locals in eastern Syria as militant enclave expands

  An estimated 25,000 militants are in eastern Syria, and the IRGC has seized private property in order to accommodate new arrivals, kicking off a process of demographic change.