Middle East Politics

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Some stuff on al-Qaradawi:

OBITUARY Sheikh Qaradawi, Islamist champion of Arab revolts, dies at 96

Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood who championed the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and unsettled rulers in Egypt and the Gulf with his Islamist preaching, died on Monday. He was 96.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...ist-champion-arab-revolts-dies-96-2022-09-26/

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Yusuf al-Qaradawi Leaves Behind a Complex Legacy
The influential cleric died overnight; though he was often vilified in the West, some in the Muslim world see him as a moderate

https://newlinesmag.com/argument/yusuf-al-qaradawi-leaves-behind-a-complex-legacy/

 

[The Corinthian]

MBS has elected himself as PM of the Kingdom.

 

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90th anniversary of Iraqi independence today, although heavy British influence continued for another 26 years. Here’s an article on some of the violence carried out by the new state in the decade that followed - http://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/military-state

 

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100 years today since the formal termination of the Ottoman Empire after 623 years of existence.

 

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British Pathe has a short clip of the last Sultan Mehmed VI on his way to exile in Europe:

 

[Foxbatt]

MBS has elected himself as PM of the Kingdom.

He doesn't have to elect himself. He just confirmed that he is now The Prime Minister.

 

[Raoul]

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Horrible news to wake up to this morning:

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[Slevs]

Horrible news to wake up to this morning:

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Saw his picture this morning. Damn, so young.

 

[The Corinthian]

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[The Corinthian]

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[The Corinthian]

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Skipped some of the thread out - but worth having a read. Full article / info is in the link in the last tweet.

 

[Raoul]

Awkward

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Really hope the rumours are true and that fat, useless, leech Hassan Nasrallah is on his death bed.

His death being announced on 3rd anniversary of that other terrirust Soleimani being made into a shashlik would be fantastic

 

[Salt Bailly]

Some real bite to those Lee Fang tweets.

 

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Hopefully this can help resolve the war in Yemen.

 

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[Chairman Woodie]

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[Pintu]

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Just saw this on Twitter. So they invited Zelenskyy to their Summit. (The first one featuring Assad in ages) and Assad used it to pose as the ultimate Putin puppet.

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@africanspur (and others) might find this interesting:

Egypt Is Exhuming the Dead and Evicting the Living
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/opinion/egypt-cairo-sisi-development.html

 

[africanspur]

@africanspur (and others) might find this interesting:

Egypt Is Exhuming the Dead and Evicting the Living
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/opinion/egypt-cairo-sisi-development.html

Thanks for this. Brutal situation at the moment. Most of the in-laws who have some some capability to potentially leave are looking to go.

Sisi probably the worst president for Egypt in modern history.

 

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France issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Paris (AFP) – France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231115-france-issues-arrest-warrant-for-syria-s-assad

 

[VorZakone]

Egypt announces $35 billion UAE investment on Mediterranean coast

CAIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Egypt said on Friday it had signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates to develop a prime stretch of its Mediterranean coast that would bring $35 billion of investments to the indebted country over the next two months.

https://www.reuters.com/business/eg...illion-uae-investment-boost-forex-2024-02-23/

 

[VorZakone]

How serious is this?

Lebanese Christian official kidnapped and killed, sectarian tensions flare

https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/leb...ctarian-tensions-flare-795874#google_vignette

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[Slevs]

How serious is this?

Lebanese Christian official kidnapped and killed, sectarian tensions flare

https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/leb...ctarian-tensions-flare-795874#google_vignette

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Very,

The tweet is also very misleading. Official Intelligence has already captured 5-6 Syrians who were related to the crime.

I worked with the guy for like 3 years, calmest guy I know. Didn't even know he was into politics.

 

[VorZakone]

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