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Tag: MENA

Libya MENA

General Haftar: A Weak Strongman?

Posted on April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 by Lewis Sage-Passant0 comments on “General Haftar: A Weak Strongman?”
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MENA Syria World

The Wider Risks: Syria’s Future

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Anthony Clay0 comments on “The Wider Risks: Syria’s Future”
Lt. Gen Stephen J. Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, and Col. Paul Nugent, commander of Task Force Al Asad, observe a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System strike that destroyed a building housing Da’esh (an Arabic acronym for ISIL) fighters near Haditha, Iraq, Sept. 7, 2016. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is a multinational effort to weaken and destroy Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant operations in the Middle East region and around the world.
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MENA Syria

Life After Bashar: Syria’s Future

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by Archie Hicox0 comments on “Life After Bashar: Syria’s Future”
Hunkering down: a poster of Syria's president at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus, Jan. 14 2012. Photo taken by VOA Middle East correspondent Elizabeth Arrott while traveling through Damascus with government escorts.
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MENA Qatar Saudi Arabia

An Island in the Desert: The Salwa Canal and the Isolation of Qatar

Posted on April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 by Lewis Sage-Passant0 comments on “An Island in the Desert: The Salwa Canal and the Isolation of Qatar”
This striking photograph shows a massive sandstorm sweeping over the Persian Gulf state of Qatar as it races southward toward southeastern Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on February 15, 2004. A major upper-level, low-pressure system over southwestern Asia led to a series of storms sweeping through the area. The crew of the International Space Station acquired this image with a digital camera using a 50-mm lens.
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Kurdistan MENA

Kurdistan: An Unlikely Dream

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Archie Hicox0 comments on “Kurdistan: An Unlikely Dream”
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Kurdistan MENA Turkey

Erdogan, Syria, and the Kurds: a Strategic Risk

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Archie Hicox0 comments on “Erdogan, Syria, and the Kurds: a Strategic Risk”
YPG fighters in the woods of Afrin Region during Operation Olive Branch.
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Iran MENA Saudi Arabia

Prince Salman’s Nuclear Gamble

Posted on March 16, 2018March 25, 2018 by Lewis Sage-Passant0 comments on “Prince Salman’s Nuclear Gamble”
Sepah Ballistic missile Iran
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MENA Oman

The Quiet Reappearance of Sultan Qaboos

Posted on March 14, 2018March 25, 2018 by Lewis Sage-Passant0 comments on “The Quiet Reappearance of Sultan Qaboos”
Cannons in Oman 2014
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