الثورة السلمية في عظمتها وحدودها

The Peaceful Revolution in Its Greatness and Its Limits

Bidayat

The Sudanese peaceful revolution succeeded in overthrowing the dictatorship and imposing a partnership with the military, but it faces major challenges in holding perpetrators accountable and securing genuine civilian authority over the army and security forces.

في خصخصة الجيوش الوطنية

On the Privatization of National Armies

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

The privatization of national armies in the confrontation states is the price for suppressing peoples and militarizing their issues, leading to the systematic dismantlement of their role in national defense.

القتل من السماء تاريخ موجز للطيران الحربي ضد المدنيّين

Killing from the Sky: A Brief History of Military Aviation Against Civilians

Bidayat

Churchill proposed mustard gas on Iraqis as "more humane" — killing from the sky began against the colonized before Guernica. Daraa's people answered barrel bombs by drilling for water.

الإستغاثة بالكيماوي

Calling on Chemical Weapons

As-Safir

The chemical weapons threat is not intimidation but a cry of bankruptcy — a regime blackmailing the world while every other method of killing passes as "legitimate."

غزة – مشهد ما بعد المعركة

Gaza - The Post-Battle Scene

As-Safir

The aggression on Gaza required a criminal provocation to draw Hamas into battle, but it places Arab policies towards the conflict at the heart of the present and necessitates connecting the national cause with the masses' movement for freedom and justice.

قال الذئب للحَمَل

Said the Wolf to the Lamb

As-Safir

The wolf told the lamb: you muddied my water — one overflight versus thousands of Israeli violations, and no one listens.

الثورة والدساتير

Revolution and Constitutions

As-Safir

The battle over constitutions is the real one — whoever writes them decides whether revolution becomes democracy or is aborted.

سلاح النفط في المعركة… الاخرى

The Oil Weapon in the... Other Battle

As-Safir

$60 billion in US jets on the eve of negotiations — the oil weapon no longer targets Israel but buys its protection, changing the combat doctrine.

ما بين اليمن والسودان – لا يظهر دوماً للعيان 

Between Yemen and Sudan - What Is Not Always Visible

As-Safir

Two rulers by coup, allied with Islamists then purged them, invited al-Qaeda—everything they share serves a single goal: staying in power.

هيئة الحوار في زمن السلاح الصاروخي

The Dialogue Body in the Age of Missile Weapons

As-Safir

The basket is full of junk—each president has his own institution, and Lebanon shops for fighter planes designed for internal repression in the age of missile strategy.

السعودية في حرب اليمنوالرقص بين الثعابين!

Saudi Arabia in the Yemen War and Dancing Among Snakes!

As-Safir

Saleh armed the Houthis in 1994—now frames them as Iran's threat to extract Saudi funding. He dances between snakes.

هل قلتم «تحرير مزارع شبعا»؟

Did You Say "Liberate Shebaa Farms"?

As-Safir

An orphan victory—Shebaa Farms liberated as a result of the July War, yet neither the majority nor the resistance claims the child.

مناورات اسرائيل: جهوزية المقاومة لا تكفي!

Israel's Maneuvers: The Readiness of the Resistance Is Not Enough!

As-Safir

Barak announces the "Dahieh strategy": every civilian target is military. Resistance readiness isn't enough—shelters and civilian maneuvers are needed.

لبنان في مهب السلام

Lebanon in the Winds of Peace

As-Safir

Between proposals for sectarian military federalism and confining defense to the "resistance," Lebanon finds itself divided and unable to formulate a unified defense strategy, leaving it at the mercy of regional peace instead of controlling its destiny.

الستراتيجية الدفاعية في المناخ المتقلّب

The Defense Strategy in Shifting Climates

As-Safir

In a turbulent regional climate, Lebanon's defense strategy cannot ignore the reality of its two national defense forces—the army and the resistance—nor the strategic role of the latter's missile arsenal in the balance of power with Israel.

المثلث الفاجع: امريكا، اسرائيل، النفط

The Fatal Triangle: America, Israel, Oil

As-Safir

$20 billion in Gulf arms: not defense but protection money from obscenely wealthy regimes for their thrones—and Arab oil has become a weapon against the Arabs.

Arab Democracy and New Geo-Strategic Realities

The Washington Papers

Has the West tried to impose democracy on us?—No. It exported modernization, not democracy, and always backed authoritarianism. The 1949 Zaim coup was about oil and Israel, not the Cold War.