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2020 is an inflection point. Hosting some of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, the region of west Asia today is nothing but a giant museum, where people can come to visit the past, but catch no glimpse whatsoever of the future due to constant western aggression and intervention.
The western war on Syria has come to a closure, but the country is far from being back on its feet as U.S. sanctions ravage the country’s economy. Lebanon is in no better shape. The country’s cash-strapped economy plunged into free-fall in late-2019, resulting in meltdown of its once thriving banking and tourism sectors. Iraq also suffers from continuous American intervention along with the twin shock of Covid-19 and the collapse in global oil prices.
The most acute escalation of all in 2020 though was the US’s assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani prompting unending tension that might just keep moving to the front of the queue in terms of a key driver for 2021.
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Marwa Osman
Marwa Osman is a PhD located in Beirut, Lebanon. University Lecturer at the Lebanese International University and Maaref University and former host of the political show “The Middle East Stream” broadcasted on Al-Etejah English Channel. Member of the Blue Peace Media Network and political commentator on issues of the Middle East on several international and regional media outlets including RT, Press TV, Al Manar and Al Alam. Writer in several news websites including Khamenei.ir, Modern Diplmacy, Shafaqna, Italian Insider.
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