Summary: Greg Shapland reviews Water and Conflict in the Middle East, a study of hydro-politics in a troubled region.
Articles tagged: ‘IS’
Holding the upper hand in Iraq
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe Iran-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah has declared a truce in Iraq until after the US presidential election as long as the Americans agree to get all their soldiers out.
Syria: Is the Assad regime gearing up to take the last rebel stronghold?
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs Turkey, Russia and the US weigh up their options, a shaky ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib province may be about to end.
MENA: Twenty years on
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSummary: when set against today’s reality a snapshot of MENA in July 2000 proves a grim comparison. So are there any grounds for hope and optimism?
Covid-19 provides good cover for ISIS
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWhile the world is focussed on the Covid-19 pandemic ISIS is quietly reassembling infrastructure, financial and otherwise, that will enable it to rebuild its global terror campaign.
Syria – cards reshuffled
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSyria – US permits and then opposes Turkish assault on the Kurdish north. Fears that IS may rise from the ashes.
The Libyan blind alley
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailHaftar’s military operation to take Tripoli seems to have failed. His foreign supporters. Need for an international conference and a political solution.
Syria: more bloodshed
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSyria – inconclusive fighting in Idlib province and elsewhere. Peace talks not dead.
Tunisia – a black day
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailTunisia – President Essebsi survives a health crisis. Jihadi attacks. Economic problems breed discontent.
Mauritania elects a president
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailGhazouani peacefully elected as president of Mauritania in place of Abdel Aziz – no change. Economy doing well.