It may be counter-intuitive, but the path towards meeting these U.S. and Western interests rests on getting a deal between the different actors before new escalation erupts
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Julien Barnes-Dacey write about a new path for Syria’s Kurds
Europeans cannot afford to look away from the region’s wider challenges given the direct impact that further deterioration will have on core European interests
Julien Barnes-Dacey comments on the alleged dispatch of Libyan and Syrian mercenaries to support Russian troops in Ukraine
Fears of conflict hanging over two of the world’s major suppliers are clearly going to have some impact on prices, when there is already a sense of shortage
Julien Barnes-Dacey on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on the Middle East
Fears of conflict hanging over two of the world’s major suppliers are clearly going to have some impact on prices, when there is already a sense of shortage
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
Julien Barnes-Dacey comments on the ongoing standoff at a Syrian prison
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 big problem is the governance and security vacuum in Syria and Iraq, says Julien Barnes-Dacey
t is hard to think of any Western leader who has been even half as engaged as Macron across the range of high-priority issues confronting the Middle East
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