This forgotten civil war has killed at least 150,000 and displaced nearly 13 million. Understanding its political details is key to tracing the causes and identifying solutions.
Vijay Prashad: Sudan & the Language of Blood
Category: United Arab Emirates
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Where is the ‘Arab Street?’
During the ongoing wars of Israeli expansionism in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon, the absence of large, sustainable protests in numerous Arab capitals is notable.
Israel, on Both Sides of Sudan Civil War, Now Faces Iran
The United Arab Emirates and Israel had hoped to extract strategic victories in Sudan, Robert Inlakesh reports. But Tehran may have foiled those ambitions.
WATCH: US Calls for Release of Australian Hostage in Iraq
The U.S. hostage envoy calls for the release an Australian engineer held hostage by Iraq’s Central Bank to get out of a debt to the hostage’s company. CN Live! talks to his wife & an Australian senator about the case.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Hostage Diplomacy’
Australia has done little to free its citizen, Robert Pether, a civil engineer working on a new Iraq Central Bank building, who was essentially kidnapped by Iraqi officials.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Six Scenarios for Syria
The situation of Syria is like the chaos of Libya but there are many more actors (local and external) operating, making it difficult to foresee what will happen.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Trump II & the Middle East
There are always hopes — so far proven unfounded — that in a second term an American president will be kinder to the Arabs.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: The Arab Vote
The U.S. election could ride on the results in the state of Michigan and Arab-American and other Muslim votes could determine who wins Michigan.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Hezbollah’s Calibrated Response
The political party and militant group calling for Palestine’s liberation has factored domestic and regional conditions into its response to Israel’s genocidal war.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Biden’s Saudi Deal
The White House is committing itself to the survival and longevity of one of the most totalitarian regimes in the region, and the world.