Claude Salhani is the senior editor with Trend News Agency and is a journalist, author and political analyst based in Baku, specializing in the Middle East, politicized Islam and terrorism.
He is the former editor of the Middle East Times and a long-time contributor to the Commentary pages of the Washington Times and Beirut’s Executive Magazine. He is the former International Editor with United Press International and also ran UPI's Terrorism & Security Desks.
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Have you ever wondered why a country like Qatar got involved in the Syrian conflict? Why did a tiny Arab state, the third smallest Arab…
On his way back from the Yalta conference in February 1945 where US President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Great Britain’s Winston Churchill and the…
The battle for Syria is about to begin and the major players are lining up for a confrontation that may have far reaching consequences.US Secretary…
The very shape of the Middle East is changing right before our eyes. Libya got rid of its dictator, as did Tunisia and Egypt. These…
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European tourists, many of whom favor exotic vacation spots such as Turkey and other Middle East destinations, will have to rethink their itineraries this summer.…
Forget oil for once; the new cause of rising tension in the Greater Middle East (and Africa) today is between two countries that do not…
Lebanon has long been a country divided by its politics and its religion and now it might be further divided by its oil.Many Lebanese are…
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, preparet bellum -- If you want peace prepare for war, this old adage is believed to have been spoken by the…
The war in Syria is taking a sudden turn – and a potentially dangerous one. Having already oozed into Turkey with a number of attacks…
A timely article by Wade Stone for Global Research examines what would happen to the oil producing nations of the Gulf in the event that…
If one is to believe the hype and the optimism going around Lebanon these days, one would think that every Lebanese citizen, or at least…
Should the United States become militarily involved in Syria? Should Washington impose a no-fly zone, grounding the government’s warplanes and attack helicopters, thus giving the…