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November 25th, 2025 - 07:16 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Binance accused of facilitating $1 billion to Hamas, Hezbollah, and other groups

ALBAWABA - Binance, one of the world's top cryptocurrency exchange websites, is facing a lawsuit with accusations of facilitating money for the Hamas group. Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, are accused of facilitating millions of dollars in payments to Hamas and other U.S.-designated terrorist groups. The Financial Times reported that the lawsuit was filed by victims of Hamas' October 2023 attack on Israel. Reuters reported that the lawsuit is ...

While Saudi leadership will be present at the Geneva 2 talks Wednesday, Iran's invitation has been withdrawn (Courtesy of RT)

January 21st, 2014 - 03:27 GMT

The Iran drama: Are the usual suspects to blame for Geneva 2 invitation tactics, or is there more behind the Syrian peace talk story?

Hundreds of Syrians were killed in government air raids in the city of Aleppo in December 2013 (File Archive/AFP)

January 19th, 2014 - 12:14 GMT

Could an Islamic world union solve the Syrian crisis?

The Arab Spring is a term for the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests, riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010. [Wikipedia]

January 14th, 2014 - 11:22 GMT

Is there any more spring in the "Arab Spring"?

Many folks of the Arab world remember Sharon for his bloody massacre of Palestinians in Lebanon in the early 1980s (AFP)

January 12th, 2014 - 08:10 GMT

Remembering Ariel Sharon: Will the "bulldozer's" death reignite political turmoil between Israel and the Arab world?

Washington has been silent as infighting between Syrian opposition and Islamist rebels continues in the country's northern region (Courtesy of Front Page Magazine)

January 9th, 2014 - 02:09 GMT

The U.S. double standard: political consequences of Washington's Mideast affairs

Al Qaeda started off as a small service program in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion in the 1980s (Courtesy of Foreign Policy)

January 7th, 2014 - 01:21 GMT

From service office to global terrorist network: The story behind Al Qaeda

A woman holds her ears while fleeing one of the many car bomb atacks that have targeted Middle East countries over the past year (AFP)

January 5th, 2014 - 09:47 GMT

Why it's not just another car bomb: what recent attacks throughout the region mean for Middle East diplomacy

Al Azhar has been one of the key sites of pro-Morsi protests since the former Islamist president's oust in July (Courtesy of Voice of America)

January 2nd, 2014 - 10:39 GMT

Another protest, another crackdown: What's really going on at Egypt's Al Azhar University

With Chatah’s killing, the possibility of a peaceful resolution has been dealt a serious blow. Today, there is no other figure on the Lebanese political scene with the stature and credibility to bring several battling factions to the negotiating table (AFP)

December 31st, 2013 - 08:17 GMT

Has Lebanon lost its final chance for peace? Political implications behind Chatah's Iran missive and Saudi's military funding

Former Finance Minister Mohammad Shatah [thedailystar.com]

December 27th, 2013 - 12:59 GMT

The voice of 'moderation' suppressed - An economist, ex minister and humble servant to Lebanon assassinated

Syrian civilians were evacuated from a besieged town near Damascus earlier this year in a rare truce agreement that suspended rebel-regime fighting to allow Syrians to flee to safety (File Archive/AFP)

December 26th, 2013 - 01:41 GMT

Syria and Egypt 2013: small steps to solutions or developing tragedies?

Have Barack Obama's policies ruined the Middle East? (AFP/File)

December 24th, 2013 - 04:52 GMT

Missing the point: Will Obama's naive foreign policies ruin the Middle East?