Gilbert Achcar

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The collapse of the Assad regime: An interview on Syria with Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar explains the sudden collapse of the Syrian regime.
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Where is Syria headed?

Gilbert Achcar reflects on what has happened so far in Syria to try to foresee what the future may hold.
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Gilbert Achcar: What is happening in Syria? (Plus Leila al-Shami: ‘Our dream of an Assad-free Syria has returned with Aleppo rebel advance’)

Gilbert Achcar writes that after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war. But while the future is murky at best, Leila al-Shami says Syrians can hope again.
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Gilbert Achcar: Lebanon’s ceasefire is no ‘divine victory’

Gilbert Achcar — Even if not fatal, the blow that the Zionist armed forces have inflicted on Hezbollah is much greater than in 2006.
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Trump and the Middle East: What lies ahead?

Gilbert Achcar — Netanyahu had been eagerly hoping for this victory and did everything he could to contribute to its achievement. So, what awaits us now that Trump’s return to the White House is confirmed?
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Israel’s next attack on Iran

Gilbert Achcar — The nature of the attack carried out by the Israeli Air Force last Saturday is very significant for the near future.
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Hezbollah’s dilemma

Gilbert Achcar — Hezbollah is now facing the dilemma of its dual loyalty, in a way that affects its vital interests.
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Al-Aqsa Flood, the West and the Holocaust: A conversation with Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar — The rising wave of condemnation of Israel’s genocidal war and solidarity with the Palestinian people has occurred despite Al-Aqsa Flood, rather than thanks to it.
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One year after 7 October, Gilbert Achcar discusses the future of Gaza, Lebanon and the regional conflict

A year after the beginning of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza and with the launch of Israel’s assault on Lebanon, Gilbert Achcar describes possible future scenarios
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Gilbert Achcar: ‘Israel has openly threaten to transform parts of Lebanon into another Gaza’

Gilbert Achcar — Since Israel has basically completed the most intensive stage of its destruction in Gaza, it is now turning against Hezbollah to secure its northern border.
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Gilbert Achcar: Hezbollah’s miscalculation

Gilbert Achcar — The truth is that Hezbollah fell into the trap set for it by Israel, through its insistence on continuing to exchange fire “until a ceasefire in Gaza”, while it became clear that the battle was shifting from the wracked Strip to Lebanon.
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Strategic reflections on the escalation of Israeli intimidation in Lebanon

Gilbert Achcar — On intimidation, terrorism, asymmetric war, deterrence, counter-deterrence, and the Dahiya doctrine in the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Lebanon.