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Does Tehran Deserve a Visit?
ASAS Media: There is no harm in visiting Tehran. At least, if the aim is to try to clarify what the “Islamic Republic” actually wants and whether it is willing to avoid a war…
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The generals of the “Mecca Alliance” absolve themselves of responsibility for what is coming to Iran…
ASAS Media: The generals of the “Mecca Alliance” wanted to absolve themselves of responsibility for what is coming to Iran from the American and Israeli sides. Hence the exceptional visit made by a high-level delegation…
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Shortening or another extension of Parliament’s term?
ASAS Media: Sources believe that the “messages from the Lebanese Forces” are aimed at the government before targeting the composition of the current Parliament, in which the duo’s bloc does not actually hold…
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Al-Safadi and al-Shaibani defused the fuse of discord
ASAS Media: The joint statement issued by the foreign ministers of Jordan and Syria cannot be read in isolation from the security developments that brought tension back to…
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Drones Are Besieging Sudan… and a Settlement Is Up in the Air
ASAS Media: The danger of this role stems not only from its direct military impact, but also from the possibility of turning Sudan into an arena for settling regional scores…
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Israel: Coalition crisis constrains the new government
ASAS Media: Israel is heading toward a political crisis that is likely to take shape amid the difficulty of deciding the electoral battle in favor of either camp…
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The Generals of the “Mecca Alliance” in Tehran: No Time for Carpet-Weaving
ASAS Media: The “Mecca Alliance” has presented Iran’s leadership with two options: engage in an understanding that guarantees regional security, or bear the consequences of a confrontation…
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Is “the party” rebuilding its military readiness?
ASAS Media: Recently, as in the 2024 war and on 2 March 2026, “the party” refused to state its position on whether it would enter the war if a confrontation broke out…
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A Hungry Iran… Will the Economy Decide the Choice of War?
ASAS Media: Washington and Tehran’s positions swing between threatening a new round of war and negotiating maneuvering, while the economy and the home front take center stage…
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Kuwait: “The party” planned to assassinate the interior minister!
ASAS Media: 3 defendants located outside Kuwait directed 7 others to plan the operation, and those others held meetings to determine how to carry it out and divide…
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Two Accounts of One Airstrike: Amman and Damascus Face a Test of Trust
ASAS Media: Jordan wants to demonstrate its readiness to confront threats at their sources, rather than merely dealing with their consequences after they reach…
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Israeli Elections: Is Record Turnout a Reversal or a Division?
ASAS Media: The Israeli elections do not seem to be merely a periodic vote to renew the Knesset, but rather a political and social test of the state’s future…
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Who will reclaim Islam from those who have hijacked it?
ASAS Media: Religion has always been, as a soft power, a source of tranquility in our societies. Then came those who want to turn it into—which is something it is not suited for…
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Egypt and Yemen: The Defense Dilemma and the Risks of Escalation
ASAS Media: The problem is not the assumption that Egypt is repeating Nasser’s experience, but rather recognizing that Yemen, with its internal complexities and the interweaving of interventions…
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Lebanon: The army caught between Israel and internal clashes
ASAS Media: Diplomatic sources expect calls to dismiss the army commander to resurface, on the grounds that he stands in the way of a clash. But sources confirm that the decision has several levels…
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Israel: Who will form the government, Netanyahu or Eisenkot?
ASAS Media: Netanyahu is entering the election knowing that the battle is no longer limited to the number of seats that the Likud party will win, which…
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Why did Lebanon slide into the Indian-Israeli corridor?
ASAS Media: During his visit to Tripoli last Saturday, President Joseph Aoun reopened the issue of Lebanon joining the Indian corridor…
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Who Gave “the Party” $200 Million?
ASAS Media: Some sources confirm that “the Party” received two hundred million dollars as the budget for the shelter plan through an Arab embassy in Beirut, while Reuters reported that…
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Netanyahu and Iran: Are elections a gateway to war or a settlement?
ASAS Media: Israeli elections are no longer a purely domestic affair, after Iran became a central issue in the struggle for power inside Tel Aviv, and a card where electoral calculations intersect with the stakes of war…
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Netanyahu and Trump: Ballot boxes to the rhythm of war
ASAS Media: The Israeli and American elections are not separate contests, but a single battle spread across two fronts, where ballot boxes intersect with aircraft carriers, and calculations of staying in power with projects…
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Yair Lapid: The journalist who gave in to bring down the king
ASAS Media: Yair Lapid’s real strength lies in his early grasp of the rules of the political game and coalition equations in…
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Captagon in Suwayda: Barak’s messages to Israel
ASAS Media: According to sources cited by “ASAS Media,” Suwayda has become a political predicament for Barak, amid al-Hijri’s insistence on his conditions and the continued incursions…
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Tripoli in supply chains: new corridors and maps
ASAS Media: Lebanon has historically benefited from maritime trade, and remains capable of consolidating this role through the ports of Beirut and Tripoli, without becoming embroiled in a war…
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France: The Fifth Republic Faces a Test in the Streets
ASAS Media: France is not facing merely a passing street crisis, but a struggle over the meaning of the Republic, the limits of state power, the place of freedoms, and the concept of national security under the system…
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Why Jordan, and why now?
ASAS Media: The Jordanian monarch visited the wounded and personally checked on their condition in a country that has never distinguished between one citizen and another, since the establishment of the Emirate of East…
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Is Erdoğan responding to Lebanese foot-dragging?
ASAS Media: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks about the detention of Mihrac Ural were not merely praise for a joint security operation with the security services…
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Trump puts pressure on Kyiv… and Lavrov smiles in Tehran
ASAS Media: Trump struck a deal to buy large quantities of Russian diesel, and backed away from new sanctions that were on the verge of taking effect…
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Aoun in the capital of the north: The state reconciles with Tripoli
ASAS Media: Five principles whose foundations President Aoun laid, to form a roadmap and a political and national framework for rebuilding trust between the state and Tripoli…
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Israel between Netanyahu’s predicament and anxiety about the post-Trump era
ASAS Media: Yoav Peled, professor emeritus of political science at Tel Aviv University, expects Netanyahu to remain in power despite the decline in Likud’s popularity…
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Bennett... the “king’s” heir in a businessman’s suit
ASAS Media: Naftali Bennett does not resemble politicians who emerged from the literature of the old ideological parties, nor does he belong to the school of speeches…
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Are the forces preparing to jump ship from the Aoun–Salam vessel?
ASAS Media: “Asas” information: The item referring the Dhahr al-Baydar explosives case to the Judicial Council will not again appear on the Cabinet’s agenda “after…
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“The Party’s” Orphans Take Cover Behind Taif
ASAS Media: Lebanon does not need someone who invokes Taif when politics becomes difficult, but someone who abides by it when its provisions conflict with…
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Damascus faces difficult choices: Yemen or the economy?
ASAS Media: Al-Sharaa and Barak discussed the course of understandings with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), alongside the government changes being prepared during the phase…
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Al-Zaidi, “a prisoner” of weapons and the missing dollar
ASAS Media: Between the “court of heaven,” the “sanctity of weapons,” and the alleged divine mission, Al-Zaidi may have no choice but to wait for relief and live with what he can achieve through consensus with the system…
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Lebanon After Netanyahu: Faces Change, but the Doctrine of Destruction Remains
ASAS Media: Betting on Benjamin Netanyahu’s departure from power in Israel may seem to be the only hope for changing the region’s landscape, and Lebanon’s in particular, but the far-right tendency dominates the street…
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“New Yorker”: Would you like to spend your vacation in the Strait of Hormuz?
ASAS Media: A separate internal document prepared by the agency, containing a request for proposals addressed to content creators, invites them to devise a campaign that would change people’s view of the region, which is witnessing…