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Dec 4, 2017

Saleh’s death in Yemen is a game changer

By Tarek Radwan

Earlier today, videos showing armed fighters carrying former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s body surfaced online and shocked the region. The General People’s Congress (GPC) confirmed that Saleh and Assistant Secretary General to the party Yasser al-Awadi were killed in a Houthi attack on one of his compounds. This turn of events holds tremendous implications […]

Yemen

In the News

Dec 4, 2017

Itani Quoted in PBS on Syria Disappearances Exhibit

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

Dec 4, 2017

Schwedler Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss Yemen After Killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh

By Jillian Schwedler

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Yemen

MENASource

Dec 4, 2017

Iraq: Managing economic reformation and fighting corruption, with an eye on election

By Harith Hasan

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi recently announced his new war against corruption. In using the term “war,” he intended to convey the difficulty of implementing a productive policy to fight corruption. Abadi hopes to build on his successes in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the crisis with Kurdistan by turning […]

Economy & Business Iraq

Uncategorized

Dec 4, 2017

Itani Quoted in ABC on Saudi Arabia’s Dangerous Gambit with Lebanon

By Faysal Itani

Middle East Saudi Arabia

Issue Brief

Dec 4, 2017

Iran in Iraq

By Kenneth M. Pollack

Geographic proximity and shared religion, specifically Shia Islam, give Iran deep influence in Iraq, as shown in a new Atlantic Council issue brief entitled  Iran in Iraq, by American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Kenneth M. Pollack. Despite advantages in geography and demography, Pollack argues that Iranian influence in Iraq is not insurmountable. The United States should […]

Iran Iraq

SyriaSource

Dec 1, 2017

HTS Continues to Evolve

By Mona Alami

The arrest, this week, of several prominent jihadists in Syria by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a third and possibly final chapter in the group’s coup against its mother organization al-Qaeda, one that was recognized in a harsh statement by the latter’s leader, Aymen Zawahiri. The controversial move is one way for HTS to finalize […]

Syria

MENASource

Nov 30, 2017

Yemen: National reconciliation without foreign intervention

By Nabeel Khoury

It has become blatantly obvious that the Yemen tragedy will not end unless Riyadh decides to unilaterally cease fire and call for a peace roundtable, preferably in a neutral location such as Muscat or even Geneva. Washington could be a catalyst by prodding Saudi Arabia to put diplomacy first and becoming fully engaged in the […]

Yemen

In the News

Nov 30, 2017

Handjani in Foreign Policy: India and the Iranian-Saudi Divide

By Amir Handjani

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India Iran

In the News

Nov 30, 2017

Gopalaswamy in Foreign Affairs: India and the Iranian-Saudi Divide

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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India Iran

Experts

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