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Syria: at the mercy of foreign actors and a ruthless ruling family

9 July 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Russia, Syria, Turkey, USA

Nine years into a civil war, the people of Syria find themselves at the mercy of foreign powers and the relentless greed of the Assad family.

MENA: Twenty years on

7 July 2020William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Bahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Iraq, IS, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Summary: 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?

The Arab Spring is not a failure

3 July 20203 July 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsAlgeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen

Arab Digest · The Arab Spring is not a failure

The Gulf States and Iran: a complex relationship that is often tense and never dull

5 June 20205 June 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsCovid-19, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, Syria, UAE, Yemen

Arab Digest · The Gulf States and Iran: a complex relationship that is often tense and never dull

MBZ And Erdogan Go Head To Head In The Middle East And North Africa

8 May 20208 May 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsLibya, Qatar, Syria, Turkey, UAE

Covid-19 and the MENA wars

16 April 20206 May 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Libya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Despite the growing threat of Covid-19, the wars in Yemen and Libya grind on further endangering millions of distressed civilians.

Putin’s ascendancy in the war in Syria

7 April 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIsrael, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, USA

As the Idlib truce continues to hold, Vladimir Putin reinforces Russia’s dominant role in Syria.

MENA post Covid-19

3 April 20206 May 2020William LawPodcastsAlgeria, Bahrain, Covid-19, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Covid-19 provides good cover for ISIS

1 April 20206 May 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Iraq, IS, Syria, USA

While 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.

Jordan’s Difficult Neighbourhood

30 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE

Jordan’s relations with Iraq, Syria and Qatar have improved. Iran remains hostile. With other countries in the region, the direction of travel is less clear.