Articles by Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Al Jazeera
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Trump’s Strike on Syria: A Convenient Distraction
Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Al Jazeera,
10 Apr 2017
It’s not the first time a US president launches missile strikes that do not amount to much but boost ratings.
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Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Al Jazeera,
16 May 2016
16 May 2016 – May 16 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Treaty, a secret agreement between Britain and France during World War I to carve up the domains of the Ottoman Empire upon its defeat. Mr Five Percent, the nickname of the oil broker Calouste Gulbenkian, certainly deserves attention a century later. Gulbenkian served as a midwife of sorts to not only Iraq, but also to the birth of the world’s major oil corporations.
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