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Bleeding on all fronts: Multiple crises of the Middle East

Daily Sabah 30 Mar 2025
In recent years, the Middle East has been undergoing a multilayered transformation process that goes beyond the usual tremors. This process, which began with the Arab Spring, has w ....
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The unhealed wound

Ekathimerini 30 Mar 2025
The title of his previous book made that clear ... It cost him friendships ... Exactly ... Absolutely ... Yes ... A mythology was created around so-called “square movements” that were supposedly part of an international wave – from the Arab Spring to Spain to Greece ... .
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Trial of former President Sarkozy sheds light on France’s back-channel talks with Libya’s Gadhafi

The Call 28 Mar 2025
Sarkozy, 70, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has denied wrongdoing. French prosecutors were not convinced and on Thursday requested a seven-year prison sentence for Sarkozy ... On Sept ... On Feb ... “That was the Arab Spring,” Sarkozy told the court ... .
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Trial of former President Sarkozy sheds light on France’s back-channel talks with Libya’s Gaddafi

The Malta Independent 28 Mar 2025
French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year prison sentence for the 70-year-old former leader. Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has denied all wrongdoing ... On Feb ... "That was the Arab Spring," Sarkozy told the court ... .
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Michael Rubin calls for US sanctions on Muhammad Yunus over rights violations

Blitz 28 Mar 2025
When we look at what happened in Egypt afterwards what strikes me as amazing is not the initial revolution the Arab Spring against Hosni Mubarak but the fact that Muhamed Morsi through his arrogance ...
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West watching closely Syrian leader to rein in jihadis

Middle East Online 27 Mar 2025
and European support, the Arab diplomat said ... The "Arab Spring" upheavals promised democratic revival, but takeovers by Islamists, military coups, and violent fragmentation turned these hopes into setbacks.
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Gaza’s uprising against Hamas is a stunning turning point nobody can ignore

AOL 27 Mar 2025
The day Gaza-watchers never thought would come – could ever come – appears to have finally arrived ... Credit ... The result ... With so few controlling so many, the notion of a popular uprising and regime change – a Gazan “Arab Spring” – has long been posited ... .
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Big Ears 2025: 8 Hidden gems and must-see performances you don’t want to miss

Knox News 27 Mar 2025
Emel rose to fame in 2012 with her protest song “Kelmti Horra” (My Word Is Free) and was subsequently dubbed the voice of the Arab spring.
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What the Gaza Protests Mean for Hamas — and Israel

The Algemeiner 27 Mar 2025
Opinion ... Photo. REUTERS/Stringer ... They argue that it is too early to tell ... It speaks to the frustration, the anger, and the despair ... However, just as uprisings during the Arab Spring demanded the basics of bread, freedom, and social justice, so too here ... .
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Hezbollah, once the leader of Iran’s axis, holds its fire

The American Israelite 27 Mar 2025
He also noted “the regime change in Syria,” explaining that “the new regime is hostile toward Hezbollah because of what it did to the insurgents during the civil war in the Arab Spring.” This ...
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Democrats Are Actually Kinda Funny Talking About Signal Flap

Hot Air 27 Mar 2025
Suddenly the authors of some of the most damaging national security decisions ever made--people who applauded backing the Arab Spring, the 2014 "color revolutions," the Iraq war, the Afghanistan ...
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Qatar Museums announces Spring 2025 exhibition schedule

The Peninsula 26 Mar 2025
The exhibition highlights three generations of Arab artists whose work invites audiences to reflect on their place in the world and their roles in society ... Arab Museum of Modern Art. Also included in the spring 2025 programme is A Seat at the Table.
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U.S. Airstrikes Against Houthis Ineffective Without Ground Forces — Calls to Replicate Southern Resistance Model

YemenOnline 26 Mar 2025
Observers point to the experience of the Saudi-led Arab ... President Barack Obama, whose support for the 2011 “Arab Spring” uprisings helped empower Islamist factions across the region.
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Will the Gaza protests overthrow Hamas? - Israel Today

Israel Today 26 Mar 2025
The protests were also reported in the Arab world, and the ... But it is still too early to speak of an “Arab Spring in the Gaza Strip” that could lead to the long-awaited overthrow of Hamas.
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‘There Is No Blank Check’: Syrian Leader Told to Rein in Jihadis

The Algemeiner 26 Mar 2025
... European and Arab officials ... The “Arab Spring” upheavals promised democratic revival, but takeovers by Islamists, military coups, and violent fragmentation turned these hopes into setbacks.
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