Middle East

Will the killings of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders lead to a wider war?

By Atlantic Council

The recent killings of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s Fouad Shukur, both reportedly by Israel, raise new questions about what’s next for the region. Atlantic Council experts share their answers.

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In the News

Pavia in Haaretz: An Increasingly Dictatorial, Antisemitic President Threatens Tunisia’s Jews

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Middle East

In the News

Pavia in Haaretz: An increasingly dictatorial, antisemitic president threatens Tunisia’s Jews

By Atlantic Council

Middle East North Africa

In the News

Panikoff quoted in Financial Times on EU and US efforts to prevent regional war in the Middle East following Israeli assassinations

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Panikoff quoted in Middle East Eye on chaos after Haniyeh killing

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Citrinowicz quoted in the New York Post on Russia’s warning after death of Hamas leader

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

Podcast

‘I was a Blackwater mercenary in Iraq’

By Alia Brahimi

Host Alia Brahimi is joined by former Blackwater contractor Morgan Lerette to reflect on Loretta's experience a private military contractor in Iraq.

Conflict Defense Industry

Report

After 2011, the United States stayed on the sidelines—to Libya’s detriment

By Ben Fishman

When reflecting over the last decade of the US policy, especially in the Trump and Biden administrations, three consistent trends emerge: insufficient support for the UN political process to restore legitimacy to Libya’s political; leadership, repeated appeals to eastern warlord and head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar to participate in a political process; and most consequentially for the United States, a seeming lack of attention to Russia’s increased presence in Libya.

Conflict Libya

Report

Libya is the crucial hub for Moscow’s activities in Africa

By Chiara Lovotti, Alissa Pavia

Over the past decade, Russia’s involvement in Libya is evidence of its realization that it could transition from a marginal power to a significant competitor in the country, and thus in the broader Middle East and North Africa.

Conflict Middle East

Report

After anti-migration efforts shrank its influence, Rome needs a new Libya policy

By Karim Mezran, Aldo Liga

It has been more than thirteen years since the outbreak of the 2011 Libyan revolution and the moment when Italy reluctantly supported the NATO-led intervention that imposed a no-fly zone over Libya purportedly to protect the population from Muammar Gaddafi’s retaliation.

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Experts

Fellow

Andrei Covatariu

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Global Energy Center

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

Fellow

Amir Hayek

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

Fellow

Jennifer Gavito

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic French

Fellow

Priya Pillai

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Perrihan Al-Riffai

empowerME Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Amany Qaddour