فارس خشان  -- annahar.com  لم تحرّر حكومة مصطفى الكاظمي العراق من "سطوة" الميليشيات المرتبطة بإيران. كلّ ما فعلته أنّها أثبتت، بالأقوال، استقلاليتها عنها، وبيّنت، بالممكن من الأفعال، نيتها مواجهة انحرافاتها. 

ولكنّ النتائج الضحلة التي حققتها هذه الحكومة العراقية، كانت كافية، بفعل ثبوت "حسن النيات"، ليلتف المجتمعان العربي والدولي حولها، في محاولة لتوفير ما يلزمها من إمكانيات.

ولا يشذ  عن هذا المسار نجاح  مؤتمر "قمة دول جوار العراق" المتصارعة و"المتمحوِرة"، الذي  انعقد، عشية الانتخابات النيابية المقررة في تشرين الأوّل ( اكتوبر) المقبل، بعدما كان قد جرى تبكير مواعيدها، نزولاً عند مطالب "الحراك الشعبي"، صاحب الفضل الأوّل في تشكيل حكومة الكاظمي وفرض الخط السيادي في برنامج عملها.

ولكن، لماذا يُحظّر على بيروت ما يُتاح لبغداد؟

الجواب عن هذا السؤال بسيط، من دون ان يقع في التبسيط: العراق يقدّم أدلّة على نهجه "التحرّري"، بينما يُمعن لبنان في سقوطه،يوماً بعد يوم، ومنذ وصول العماد ميشال عون الى رئاسة الجمهورية، في قبضة "حزب الله".

by reuters -- BEIRUT: Christine Tohme had already been diagnosed with ovarian cancer when Lebanon’s financial system began to unravel in 2019. She never expected that two years later her country’s economic meltdown would pose a direct threat to her life. The 50-year-old was later diagnosed with third stage colon cancer in February. Having undergone surgery earlier this year, she was then prescribed six sessions of chemotherapy. But with shortages of basic goods plaguing every aspect of Lebanese life, Tohme was told there was no guarantee she would complete her treatment as hospitals run out of vital drugs. So far she has only undergone three sessions. Her cancer has metastasized to her lymph nodes and she fears if she cannot complete her treatment she will only have months to live. Having knocked on every door to try to secure her medication at any cost, Tohme took to the streets on Thursday, despite her ailing health, to join a sit-in protest with other cancer patients, doctors and nongovernmental organizations. “I’m hoping that God gives me strength, as I don’t have that much, to stand on my two feet and take part so that maybe people will see us and sympathize with us and send us treatment,” Tohme told Reuters two days before the event. “I have kids, I want to be happy with them and see them get married and become a grandmother.”

Lebanese healthcare workers have warned for months of declining stocks of vital medical supplies. Many pharmacy shelves are empty as the country’s foreign reserves are depleted on the back of a subsidy scheme used to finance fuel, wheat and medicine that cost the state around $6 billion a year. This month the central bank declared it could no longer finance fuel imports at subsidized exchange rates because its dollar reserves had been so badly depleted. Tohme’s case is not unique. Dr. Joseph Makdessi, who heads the hematology and oncology department at the Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, estimates around 10 percent of cancer patients have been unable to source their treatment in the past couple of months. “We need an immediate solution,” Makdessi said. “I can’t tell my patients this is a crisis and ask them to wait till it eases because this disease has no patience.”

هل يعلم احد ما هو السعر الذي سيباع به النفط الايراني ؟ شكراً للاستاذ المصحح بصرف النظر عن النظريات المتعلقة بالاستراتيجيات الدولية …

By LARA SELIGMAN, ALEXANDER WARD and ANDREW DESIDERIO  - politico -- U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city’s airport, a choice that's prompted outrage behind the scenes from lawmakers and military officials. The move, detailed to POLITICO by three U.S. and congressional officials, was designed to expedite the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan as chaos erupted in Afghanistan’s capital city last week after the Taliban seized control of the country. It also came as the Biden administration has been relying on the Taliban for security outside the airport.

Since the fall of Kabul in mid-August, nearly 100,000 people have been evacuated, most of whom had to pass through the Taliban's many checkpoints. But the decision to provide specific names to the Taliban, which has a history of brutally murdering Afghans who collaborated with the U.S. and other coalition forces during the conflict, has angered lawmakers and military officials. “Basically, they just put all those Afghans on a kill list,” said one defense official, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic. “It’s just appalling and shocking and makes you feel unclean.” Asked about POLITICO's reporting during a Thursday news conference, President Joe Biden said he wasn't sure there were such lists, but also didn't deny that sometimes the U.S. hands over names to the Taliban. "There have been occasions when our military has contacted their military counterparts in the Taliban and said this, for example, this bus is coming through with X number of people on it, made up of the following group of people. We want you to let that bus or that group through," he said. "So, yes there have been occasions like that. To the best of my knowledge, in those cases, the bulk of that has occurred and they have been let through. "I can't tell you with any certitude that there's actually been a list of names," he added. "There may have been. But I know of no circumstance. It doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, that here's the names of 12 people, they're coming, let them through. It could very well have happened."