The question is to which extent old members are still regrouping in the Iraqi and Syrian desert, or whether freed IS prisoners are re-joining the group
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Basically, these are two failed states. This circumstance provides IS with enough opportunities for retreat and allows it to exploit local grievances for its own purposes
The fighting is “an example of the lack of willingness on all sides to come to any consensus,”
For sure Dabaiba is illegitimate, but so is any new government that comes forward
China’s influence in the region, according to ECFR, is nowhere near as strong as some Arab states would have the rest of the world believe
ECFR’s research on China’s influence in the Arab world is mentioned
Morocco will partner with other regional and global actors, shifting the geopolitics of global food security
It all takes place within the framework of a political system in which all political power is currently in the hands of Saied
Trump’s unilateral imposition of secondary sanctions showed us that a sanctions campaign does not have to be multilateral to achieve maximum pressure
Turkey has been recalibrating its foreign policy in the eastern Mediterranean and the MENA region