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May 5, 2025

How China turned the Red Sea into a strategic trap for the US

By Fatima Abo Alasrar

Beijing’s proxy warfare turns global trade routes into battlefields that the United States struggles to defend.

China Economy & Business

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Apr 30, 2025

From Tripoli to Tehran: Lessons from Libya in US-Iran nuclear talks

By Yaseen Rashed

Twenty-one years later, the nuclear disarmament of Libya serves as a model for the United States in current nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Iran Libya

MENASource

Apr 29, 2025

Why the US must not let Syria slip away

By Luke Wagner

Reconsidering the uneasy US-Syria relationship amid reports that Trump and al-Sharaa will meet during the US president’s Saudi Arabia visit.

Economic Sanctions Middle East
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Aug 7, 2024

Understanding Nasrallah’s speech: How will Hezbollah avenge Shukr?

By David Daoud

Hezbollah must now respond to Israel, but a routine retaliation will not suffice, given Fuad Shukr’s stature and the location of his killing.

Conflict Israel

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Aug 7, 2024

Webster in The Interpreter: China’s high-stakes diplomacy: Managing Middle Eastern turmoil
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Aug 6, 2024

Zaaimi quoted in Hespress on France’s new position on Sahara and its impact on Algeria

By Atlantic Council

Middle East North & West Africa

MENASource

Aug 6, 2024

Can northeast Syria delink from the PKK?

By JP Reppeto

The United States needs effective allies in the northeast to stabilize the area and block an ISIS resurgence, while Turkey must prevent the entrenchment of a PKK-led statelet on its border.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

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Aug 6, 2024

Bakir joins Al Jazeera to discuss Turkey;s Foreign Minister visit to Cairo

By Atlantic Council

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Aug 6, 2024

Bakir in Middle East Monitor: “There will be no major war between Israel and Iran now”

By Atlantic Council

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Aug 6, 2024

Tabaqchali in MENAFN:”Tabaqchali: Risks Of Widening Middle East Conflict Resurface”

By Atlantic Council

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Aug 6, 2024

Citrinowicz in Aurora: “Preparing for attack: Iran’s obligation, differences of opinion and fear of escalation”

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

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Aug 5, 2024

Alkhatib quoted in Common Dreams on Israeli Minister saying that ‘Nobody Will Let Us’ starve 2 million Gazans

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

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Aug 5, 2024

Samaan joins BBC to discuss tensions in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

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