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RT
April 5, 2018
Asked about the three-way cooperation and how it is going to work, given that Russia, Iran and Turkey have their own plans and are supporting different sides in the conflict, Abdel Bari Atwan, an author and Middle East analyst, said “there is a common ground which makes three leaders work together,ÃÂ ...
Modern Diplomacy
February 24, 2018
Abdel Bari Atwan, the retired editor-in-chief (1989-2013) of the pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi and author of widely respected books on the Middle East, headlined on February 18th, “A superpower confrontation could be triggered by accident in Syria” and he opened: Qatar's plans to build a gasÃÂ ...
Tehran Times
February 15, 2018
TEHRAN – Almost all headlines in the Israeli media outlets suggest that the war between Iran and the Israeli regime is imminent, the editor-in-chief of the London-based electronic Arabic daily Rai-al-Youm has said. In the article published on Tuesday, Abdel Bari Atwan said the downing of an Israeli F-16ÃÂ ...
RT
February 7, 2018
Despite the condemnation of human rights groups and calls to investigate the coalition's alleged war crimes, the conflict remains largely underreported, says author Abdel Bari Atwan. That is “simply because Yemen is not an oil country,” he said in an interview with RT. “The West is paying attention whenÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
January 2, 2018
While Russia strives to move Syria on from a stage of war and bloody anarchy to one of peace, stability and reconstruction — by inviting all parties to next month's Sochi conference to agree a roadmap including a new constitution and presidential and parliamentary elections – the US and Israel are drawingÃÂ ...
RT
January 1, 2018
New Year's Special with Abdel Bari Atwan & Lembit Opik (E562). Published time: 1 Jan, 2018 11:38 ... In this episode, we review 2017 and look forward to 2018 with the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm Abdel Bari Atwan & former Member of Parliament Lembit Opik. LIKE. Going Underground http://fb.me/GoingUndergroundRT.
Financial Tribune
December 31, 2017
“Channel 10 has not published the details of US-Israel secret agreement on countering Iran and Hezbollah, but clearly one of their main scenarios is to create instability inside Iran, fan the flames of protests and provoke separatist movements,” Abdel Bari Atwan wrote in an article published by RaialyoumÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
November 11, 2017
Our region stands on the brink of war. We should not let small details — such as the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's resignation or the detention of princes and former ministers in Saudi Arabia — divert us from the big picture and the real developments taking place behind the scenesÃÂ ...
The Wire
November 5, 2017
The distinguished London-based Arab writer, Abdel Bari Atwan, believes that the ground for the coming conflict has already been prepared through four recent developments: revelation of an Iran-bin Laden nexus, as culled from bin Laden's documents in US custody; the designation of Hezbollah as aÃÂ ...
RT
September 5, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan: No, I don't believe there is a way back at all. This is a huge setback for ISIS. I believe that to lose Deir ez-Zor it will be a springboard to lose Raqqa very soon and I believe most of the eastern provinces of Syria will be under the Syrian army. It is a huge morale boost to President Assad ofÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
August 2, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the London-based online newspaper Rai al-Youm, wrote in an article published on Wednesday that the return of Iranian pilgrims to hajj this year was “the first positive sign” that raised hopes of tensions easing between the two countries. Iranians started flying to SaudiÃÂ ...
euronews
June 6, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan :“I do not think that Turkey will risk any conflict with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and the US over Qatar. Russia is increasingly cosying up to Saudi Arabia, and I also don't believe Iran would enter into a war to support Qatar. You know Iran didn't enter into the Syrian warÃÂ ...
IFP News
June 6, 2017
Leading Arab journalist and political analyst Abdel Bari Atwan says a decision by a number of Arab states to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar may herald new ... Abdel Bari Atwan, the nationalist editor-in-chief of Ray al-Youm newspaper said in a post in his Twitter account that the move by Saudi Arabia andÃÂ ...
Democracy Now!
November 17, 2015
author of the new book, The Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate. He is a longtime journalist who served as editor-in-chief of the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi for 25 years. He now edits the Rai al-Youm website. He recently wrote an article for Salon titled “America Enabled Radical Islam: How theÃÂ ...
The New York Review of Books
June 11, 2015
... May 2011, but as Abdel Bari Atwan explains in Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate, Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's official successor as leader of “al-Qa'ida central,” looks increasingly irrelevant. Bin Laden's true successor is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy caliph of ISIS, the so-called Islamic State.
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
December 6, 2013
His editorials are influential and widely-read and his appearances on many news stations in both Arabic and English have gained him a large following over the years. Since 1996, when he interviewed Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, he has also been internationally recognizedÃÂ ...
RT
December 31, 1999
In this episode, we speak to Abdel Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm, about whether UK minority government leader Theresa May will really take Britain to war. US veteran and Virginia State Senator Dick Black tells us why a US Attack on Syria is the wrong thing to do. Plus, we investigate LethalÃÂ ...
RT
December 31, 1999
Abdel Bari Atwan, author. RT: This ceasefire did not hold. What is your prediction that maybe a ceasefire would hold at some level? JJ: I don't think it will. As I say the terrorist groups that are in Ghouta are exempt from the ceasefire. There was no date for the beginning of the ceasefire in the resolution. I thinkÃÂ ...
Modern Diplomacy
February 24, 2018
Abdel Bari Atwan, the retired editor-in-chief (1989-2013) of the pan-Arab newspaper Al Quds Al Arabi and author of widely respected books on the Middle East, headlined on February 18th, “A superpower confrontation could be triggered by accident in Syria” and he opened: Qatar's plans to build a gasÃÂ ...
Tehran Times
February 14, 2018
TEHRAN – Almost all headlines in the Israeli media outlets suggest that the war between Iran and the Israeli regime is imminent, the editor-in-chief of the London-based electronic Arabic daily Rai-al-Youm has said. In the article published on Tuesday, Abdel Bari Atwan said the downing of an Israeli F-16ÃÂ ...
RT
February 7, 2018
Despite the condemnation of human rights groups and calls to investigate the coalition's alleged war crimes, the conflict remains largely underreported, says author Abdel Bari Atwan. That is “simply because Yemen is not an oil country,” he said in an interview with RT. “The West is paying attention whenÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
January 9, 2018
Like many other Palestinians, I pray and implore God that US President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to cut off the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s $300 million annual grant — and also that the European donors follow suit. For that would mean the collapse of the PA and the Oslo accords that broughtÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
January 2, 2018
... United States and the Israeli regime. 'Undoubtedly, among the most important scenarios hatched by Washington and Tel Aviv to reduce Iran's influence in the Middle East, it includes disturbing the internal stability of the Persian country and stoking protests,' wrote columnist Abdel Bari Atwan. sus/to/arcÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
January 2, 2018
While Russia strives to move Syria on from a stage of war and bloody anarchy to one of peace, stability and reconstruction — by inviting all parties to next month's Sochi conference to agree a roadmap including a new constitution and presidential and parliamentary elections – the US and Israel are drawingÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
December 31, 2017
“Channel 10 has not published the details of US-Israel secret agreement on countering Iran and Hezbollah, but clearly one of their main scenarios is to create instability inside Iran, fan the flames of protests and provoke separatist movements,” Abdel Bari Atwan wrote in an article published by RaialyoumÃÂ ...
Ahram Online
December 27, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of Al-Quds Al-Arabi, reiterated the same thought on BBC Arabic, calling for a third Intifada. Still, analysts believe that another Intifada cannot be sustained as the Palestinians right now are fatigued. “Many Palestinians who went through the second Intifada don't want toÃÂ ...
RT
December 11, 2017
... the powerful message Putin's declaration sends regarding the success of the campaign, it should also put pressure on Washington, which intervened in Syria “uninvited,” Darwish and other commentators told RT. “The pretext for American troops [in Syria] has now vanished,” author Abdel Bari Atwan said.
Al-Arabiya
December 11, 2017
Bin Laden declared in one his letters: “I believe that you should contact Abdel Bari Atwan and Robert Fisk under the banner of free speech and on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the September attacks, which represents the harvest of ten years of war between the Mujahideen and the Americans.
Center for Research on Globalization
November 11, 2017
Our region stands on the brink of war. We should not let small details — such as the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's resignation or the detention of princes and former ministers in Saudi Arabia — divert us from the big picture and the real developments taking place behind the scenesÃÂ ...
RT
August 15, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan: It is extremely important because the capture of al-Sukhna means the full control of the Syrian army, the Syrian government on the whole of Homs, which is a very strategic city and the third biggest city in Syria. That is why it is significant, it is important. It means the Syrian army is launchingÃÂ ...
RT
August 15, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan: It is extremely important because the capture of al-Sukhna means the full control of the Syrian army, the Syrian government on the whole of Homs, which is a very strategic city and the third biggest city in Syria. That is why it is significant, it is important. It means the Syrian army is launchingÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
August 2, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the London-based online newspaper Rai al-Youm, wrote in an article published on Wednesday that the return of Iranian pilgrims to hajj this year was “the first positive sign” that raised hopes of tensions easing between the two countries. Iranians started flying to SaudiÃÂ ...
IFP News
June 6, 2017
Leading Arab journalist and political analyst Abdel Bari Atwan says a decision by a number of Arab states to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar may herald new ... Abdel Bari Atwan, the nationalist editor-in-chief of Ray al-Youm newspaper said in a post in his Twitter account that the move by Saudi Arabia andÃÂ ...
euronews
June 6, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan :“I do not think that Turkey will risk any conflict with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and the US over Qatar. Russia is increasingly cosying up to Saudi Arabia, and I also don't believe Iran would enter into a war to support Qatar. You know Iran didn't enter into the Syrian warÃÂ ...
Democracy Now!
November 17, 2015
author of the new book, The Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate. He is a longtime journalist who served as editor-in-chief of the London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi for 25 years. He now edits the Rai al-Youm website. He recently wrote an article for Salon titled “America Enabled Radical Islam: How theÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
November 27, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the London-based electronic Arabic daily Rai-al-Youm, said Bashir's sharp criticism of the U.S. foreign ...
NRC
November 20, 2017
Volgens Abdel Bari Atwan, hoofdredacteur van de pan-Arabische opiniewebsite Rai al-Youm, is het de vraag of Hariri zich straks van zijn ...
Egypttoday (blog)
November 20, 2017
... sectarian war' that will be waged in the Arab world against the growing Persian republic of Iran," Palestinian columnist Abdel Bari Atwan said.
Los Angeles Times
November 13, 2017
“This interview was supposed to remove the confusion raised by Mr. Hariri's resignation,” wrote syndicated columnist Abdel Bari Atwan in an ...
Center for Research on Globalization
November 12, 2017
Our region stands on the brink of war. We should not let small details — such as the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's ...
Business Standard
November 6, 2017
The distinguished London-based Arab writer, Abdel Bari Atwan, believes that the ground for the coming conflict has already been prepared through four recent developments: revelation of an Iran-bin Laden nexus, as culled from bin Laden's documents in US custody; the designation of Hezbollah as a ...
The Wire
November 5, 2017
The distinguished London-based Arab writer, Abdel Bari Atwan, believes that the ground for the coming conflict has already been prepared ...
Krautreporter
October 25, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan ist Chefredakteur der arabischen Zeitung Rai Al Youm in London. In seinem Buch zum "digitalen Kalifat" schreibt er: „Heute ...
Outlook India
September 28, 2017
The distinguished Arab writer, Abdel Bari Atwan, has warned of an “ethnic war” in which the fate of the Kurdish state will be no different from ...
RT
August 15, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan: It is extremely important because the capture of al-Sukhna means the full control of the Syrian army, the Syrian government ...
Financial Tribune
August 2, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the London-based online newspaper Rai al-Youm, wrote in an article published on Wednesday that the ...
IFP News
June 6, 2017
Leading Arab journalist and political analyst Abdel Bari Atwan says a decision by a number of Arab states to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar may ...
euronews
June 6, 2017
Abdel Bari Atwan:“I think the crisis has been triggered by the growing ties between Qatar and Iran. Qatar is continuing its support for the Muslim ...
Fair Observer
February 21, 2017
In Islamic State, the Digital Caliphate, veteran Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan explores the group's digital strategy via a series of insider ...
Sudan Tribune
December 31, 1999
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the London-based electronic Arabic daily Rai-al-Youm, said Bashir's sharp criticism of the U.S. foreign policy in the Arab and Islamic world is in line with the Turkish rapprochement with Moscow. "Bashir's statement was not a fortuitous coincidence, nor a slip of the ...
