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MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

Washington and Tehran Remain at Odds in Iraq

By Aaron Stein

On Tuesday July 15, the P5+1 and Iran finalized an agreement that places significant limits on Iran’s nuclear program for the next twenty-five years.

Iran Iraq

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

United States, Cuba Reopen Embassies After Fifty-Four Years. Here’s Why it Matters

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts discuss historic opportunity presented by reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana The United States and Cuba reopened embassies in each other’s capitals July 20 taking the biggest step toward ending half a century of animosity between the two countries. US Secretary of State John F. Kerry hosted Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno […]

Cuba

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

President Buhari Comes to Washington

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Boko Haram, trade will be at the top of the agenda, says Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram will be at the top of the agenda when US President Barack Obama meets his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari at the White House July 20, says the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. The […]

Africa Economy & Business

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

British Pilots Conducted Airstrikes in Syria

By MENASource

Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Friday that British pilots have conducted air strikes on targets in Syria while acting under the command of other military forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) even though Britain’s Parliament has only approved strikes on Iraq. The Ministry of Defense made the admission in response to a Freedom […]

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

Top News: Seven Killed in Pro-Brotherhood Protests; Morsi Calls Supporters to Continue ‘Revolution’

By EgyptSource

Protests broke out in some areas in Giza, including Talbiya and Nahya leaving at least seven killed and fifteen arrested Friday morning, a representative from the Interior Ministry press office said.

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

EconSource: Russia Plans Fuel Shipments to Syria from Crimea

By EconSource

Russia plans to supply Syria with 200,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per year via the Crimean port of Kerch, two trading sources told Reuters. “There are talks about LPG to first be shipped to Kerch and then to Syria, about 200,000 tonnes per year,” one trader said.

New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2015

Perspective on the Iran-P5+1 Nuclear Agreement

By Owen Daniels

After twenty months of negotiations, US, European, and Iranian leaders announced early Tuesday morning that a deal had been reached to secure the peaceful future of Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation
General Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the UK Defense Staff. April 4, 2013

NATOSource

Jul 16, 2015

Top Military Officer Identifies UK Mistakes and Makes Powerful Case for Strong Defense

By Nicholas Houghton, Ministry of Defense

[F]or 25 years the United Kingdom, together with much of the Western world and most of our NATO Allies, has been investing less in our capacity to conduct serious war fighting.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Jul 16, 2015

Is the Skhirat Agreement Libya’s First Step to a Brighter Future?

By Karim Mezran

The agreement signed last Saturday by most Libyan factions in the Moroccan city of Skhirat represents an undoubtedly positive step forward, though not one exempt from possible pitfalls and reversals. The agreement arose from an ongoing Libyan political dialogue, moderated by UN Envoy Bernardino Leon, geared toward reaching national reconciliation among warring factions.

Libya

SyriaSource

Jul 16, 2015

Syria: Preempting the Worst, Should Assad Fall

By Frederic C. Hof

Recent Assad regime reverses on Syrian battlefields have revived Obama administration fears of “catastrophic success:” that the person told by President Barack Obama in August 2011 to step aside might instead be pushed aside and that his fall could entail a regime collapse exploited by extremists intent on avenging the mass homicide atrocities of the […]

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