Muhamad Yehia Let’s start with the question, how does one become an intellectual? Well, it often involves a lot of dedication to studying and research. If we don’t put the time in, we risk experiencing something psychologists call the Dunning-Kruger effect, a situation where people with limited knowledge of a given …

  Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT  — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have melted away. Activists say some of them have managed to flee the country while others went to hide in their hometowns. For …

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT— A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. With Assad gone, the militant group based in Lebanon is even weaker. Hezbollah was dealt a major blow during 14 months …

Muhamad Yehia KYIV, Ukraine  — Rescue crews pulled two women from rubble several hours after a Russian missile struck a medical clinic in southern Ukraine, killing nine people and wounding 22 others, authorities said Wednesday. The women called rescue services to say they were buried by debris for seven hours …

  Muhamad Yehia KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers (miles) of the city. Ukrainian troops repelled nearly 40 Russian …

محمد خليل لم يُطلع بشار الأسد إلا قلة قليلة على خططه للفرار من سوريا؛ بينما كانت أركان حكمه تتهاوى. ووفقًا لما رواه أكثر من 10 أشخاص على دراية مباشرة بالأحداث، ضمن تصريحات لوكالة “رويترز”، تم تضليل مساعديه ومسؤولي حكومته وحتى أفراد عائلته، أو “تركوا في الظلام تمامًا”. قبل ساعات من …