Middle East Transparent https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Middle East Transparent, first liberal website of the Middle East Middle East Transparent, first liberal website of the Middle East Ceasefire under strain: Terms, leverage and the real balance of winners and losers Ballots, backhoes, and boomerangs: How Viktor Orbán engineered the perfect trap for himself When Tehran’s Anchor Falls, Will Lebanon Sink or Swim? Do you want Lebanon to be a safe country for your grandson Alexander? Fiscal Discipline for Some, Flexibility for Others: Lebanon’s IMF Dilemma The Stablecoin Paradox: How Crypto Is Powering Both Financial Freedom and Terror Financing in Lebanon USDT’s Rise in Lebanon Is Accelerating an Unseen Dollar Drain Hezbollah Crypto Fundraising Probe Highlights Lebanon’s Expanding Unregulated Digital Finance Ecosystem Raisi’s Death a Tipping Point for Iran But won’t change Tehran’s domestic or foreign policy Banned from Lebanon for Israel ties, artist sings Arabic cover of Eden Golan’s ‘Hurricane’ Lebanon Is Protecting Its Gold While Starving Its Economy The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Zelensky Drama Cyprus at a dual inflection point: Symbolism, fragmentation, and the politics of recalibration Three years later: the rubble still speaks FROM CYPRUS TO GREENLAND: CAN HISTORY BE REPEATED IN A FRACTURING INTERNATIONAL ORDER? Turkish cannot go back to Arabic script Israel’s Arab Citizens Must Vote Before It’s Too Late The Republic at 103: Not Made Over Dinner Despite European Engagement, Abbas Backs Out of Palestinian Elections Again The New Oil Shock- when delivery matters more than supply Why peace talks with Israel pose a threat to Hezbollah Roaring Lion Plan Revealed When The Founder’s House is Raided Trump’s Gambit: Force all cards open. The Art of Deal with D-Evil Israel’s S-400 Gambit Closes Türkiye’s F-35 Escape Route The Words of the Deep Source Match-Fixers Migrant Workers Can’t Afford a Lockdown Facebook crack down on fake news campaign aimed at discrediting Manchester City The KGB’s Middle East Files: Palestinians in the service of Mother Russia How Iran Devastated an American Naval Base—and Caused a U.S. Recalculation Alaa Al Khawaja: The Merchant of Influence in Lebanon’s Crisis Politics Lebanon’s Sunnis 2.0 Teheran Times: Lebanon’s central bank bows to Washington Three cheers for governor Karim Souaid France promotes Alfred Dreyfus, 130 years after wrongfully convicting him of treason Provisional power, permanent rhetoric Correction on “Inside the Bank Audi Play Article”! Lebanon’s State Cannot Default, Then Tax the Damage Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi’s New Republic Israeli Arabs Vote While the Rest of the Arabs Watch Another taboo finally addressed: Muslim(ized) Armenians of Turkey U.S. Says FIFA Officials Were Bribed to Award World Cups to Russia and Qatar Israel destroyed reported Iranian underground missile factory in Syria ground raid L’Iran attaque la France : jusqu’où ira l’inaction de Paris ? الصحافة المستقلة بمصر تكافح للبقاء ولينا عطا الله مهددة بالسجن عِبر صدّام حفتر: ملايين الدولارات ومسيّرات مقابل الإفراج عن رهينة سويسرية “الخارجية الأميركية” تردّ على قائد الجيش