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Reading Tripoli’s Tea Leaves

Municipal elections in the city may be a harbinger of developments in the Sunni community. In a Lebanon teetering between old patterns and new possibilities, a local election in one of the country’s most marginalized cities might seem like a footnote. It isn’t. The May 11, 2025, municipal elections in …

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Edi Rama tightens grip on Albania

In the May 11 parliamentary elections, Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama secured another decisive victory, reinforcing a dominance built over three consecutive terms. His machinery of consensus is stronger than ever, but the lines between the state and the party appear increasingly blurred After three consecutive terms in power, Albanian …

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