Egypt’s President Sisi is threatening military action in support of the warlord Khalifa Haftar as the Tripoli-based GNA seeks to take the key coastal city of Sirte.
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Haftar in retreat has consequences for Egypt
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs his battlefield losses mount Khalifa Haftar is running out of options and he soon may be running out of friends.
Tunisia: beating the pandemic
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailTunisia has proven itself adept at dealing with the coronavirus and in the process strengthened its democracy.
MBZ And Erdogan Go Head To Head In The Middle East And North Africa
Posted on Categories PodcastsMBZ ups his game in Yemen and Libya
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailThe Abu Dhabi crown prince is using wars in Yemen and Libya to position his small Gulf state as a regional Arab powerhouse.
Haftar suffers big defeats but war grinds on in Libya
Posted on Categories PodcastsCovid-19 and the MENA wars
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailDespite 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
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailAs the Idlib truce continues to hold, Vladimir Putin reinforces Russia’s dominant role in Syria.
MENA wars in the shadow of Covid-19
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailWill the global battle against coronavirus help to counter three major MENA wars? The evidence is mixed. Despite Covid-19 numbers rising dramatically in the Gulf states and elsewhere in the Middle East (with a particular concern that Egypt is both suppressing true numbers and showing itself dangerously unprepared) there is one ray of positive news. In Syria, one of the three major conflicts in the region, combatants have appeared much readier to accept a truce and to consider putting talks ahead of guns. In Libya, however, the warlord General …