Elijah Magnier is a political analyst and a veteran war-zone correspondent with over 35 years of experience covering the Middle East and North Africa. Elijah’s in-depth knowledge of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Syria makes his writings mandatory reading for those wishing to understand complicated affairs that are routinely misreported in the Western media.
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