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Jordan: The Kingdom of repeated compromise
For decades, Jordan positioned itself as a defender of Palestinian rights and fought Israel in the wars that reshaped West Asia. But behind the rhetoric of confrontation, political realities were already pushing the kingdom toward a different path.
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The Islamic Revolution of Iran, global effect
In February 1979, after demonstrators briefly attacked the US embassy in Tehran, preparing to leave the country an American declared: “We used to run this country. Now we don’t even run our own embassy”.”
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Protests rock Tunis after President Saied tightens grip on judiciary
Thousands of protesters take to streets of central Tunis, chanting anti-government slogans, following a presidential decree published on the official gazette.
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Tunisians call for ouster of president on anniversary of 2011 revolution
Thousands of Tunisians protest against Tunisia’s President Kais Saied in a demonstration marking the anniversary of a 2011 uprising, amid outrage over his seizure of power in July.
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President Saied appoints Tunisia’s first female prime minister
Najla Bouden Romdhane is a little-known university professor who worked at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
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British royals lend legitimacy to tyrannical Arab monarchies
Members of the British royal family have had over two hundred meetings with autocratic Middle Eastern monarchies, nearly once every two weeks, since the Arab Spring protests began a decade ago.
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How to beat a bully
Apparently great friends, Iran and the USA fell out with each other in 1979 due to the Islamic Revolution of Iran, but most Iranians remember no less than 60 years of underlying bi-lateral enmity, beginning with US bullying.
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