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As the war-torn country craves investment, support, and opportunities amid its return to the Arab fold, it is time for a trade-to-the-fore strategy to expedite progress in Syria

As the war-torn country craves investment, support, and opportunities amid its return to the Arab fold, it is time for a trade-to-the-fore strategy to expedite progr...

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

In 1995, a book of mine entitled “The Generals of the Middle East” was released (by Dar Al Saqi) in London. The conclusion I come to in its 58-page introduction, in which I try to define the “Middle East,” is that every empire saw the region geographically. Paris and London dubbed it the “Near East,” while Washington sees it as the “Middle” East. In the maps of France and Britain, the region encompasses Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon, and on the United States Army War College map, it came to stretch all the way to Pakistan and include Türkiye and Iran.

Both events conveyed messages of crucial importance although with differing nuances