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Tag: MENA

Gulf MENA Oman

Oman’s New Sultan: Who is Haitham bin Tariq al Said?

Posted on January 13, 2020March 1, 2022 by Lewis Sage-Passant
Tan'am, Oman NASA image
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Gulf Iran Maritime MENA

Torpedoing the Trade Talks: Tokyo, Tehran and the Tankers

Posted on June 13, 2019June 14, 2019 by Lewis Sage-Passant1 comment on “Torpedoing the Trade Talks: Tokyo, Tehran and the Tankers”
U.S. Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) prepare to offer rescue assistance to a burning vessel March 11, 2013, during a transit in the Strait of Hormuz. The William P. Lawrence was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to promote maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Libya MENA

Backing the Wrong Horse: Field Marshal Haftar’s Advance on Tripoli

Posted on April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 by Lewis Sage-Passant
M113 AFV outside of Misrata
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Gulf Iran MENA Oman

The Omani Pivot: Strategic Access in the Neutral Gulf

Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by Lewis Sage-Passant
An Omani Navy corvette ONS Al Rahmani outward bound from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 27 June 2013 and still in builder's hands and flying the British Merchant Navy Red Ensign. A Khareef class corvette built by BAe Systems in Portsmouth.
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Hezbollah Lebanon Levant MENA

A Socioeconomic History of Hezbollah: The Road to Civil War

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Edwin Tran
A pro palestistine, pro lebanon and not slightly pro hezbollah rally we stumbled on to at kungsträdgården. About 1500-2000 people where there according to the news. After this they marched on the US embassy.
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Hezbollah Lebanon Levant MENA

A Socioeconomic History of Hezbollah: The Colonial Context

Posted on October 28, 2018November 4, 2018 by Edwin Tran
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony.
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Africa Foreign Policy Gulf MENA UAE

Prestige, Power & Protection: Abu Dhabi’s Strategic Military Expeditions

Posted on October 13, 2018October 13, 2018 by Lewis Sage-Passant
A Coalition Special Operations Soldier, assigned to Special Operations Task Force-West, patrols villages around Mirmandab, Afghanistan Apr. 7, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by SFC Marcus J. Quarterman) (Released).
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Iran Iraq MENA

Between Iraq and a Hard Place: The Battle For Basra’s future

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Archie Hicox
Arabian Gulf (Aug. 2, 2004) - Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Simmons, assigned to Mobile Security Detachment Two One (MSD-21), stands topside security watch aboard the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT). The ABOT and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT) are currently under the protection of Task Force 58, coalition and Iraqi security forces. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson
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