Too many players engaged on both sides in Libya’s civil war to assume that Khalifa Haftar will emerge victorious. America is the wild card.
Articles tagged: ‘UAE’
The US shift on West Bank settlements
Posted onThe response to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that West Bank settlements are not illegal ran from positive to damning with notable delays and silences.
Yemen: many questions remain in the wake of the Riyadh Agreement
Posted onThe agreement signed between the Southern Yemeni separatists and the Saudi supported Hadi government leaves many questions unanswered.
UAE launches a defence industry conglomerate
Posted onThe UAE has launched a major initiative jumping ahead of Saudi Arabia to consolidate and build up a local defence industry.
Putin in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi
Posted onPutin’s visits to Saudi Arabia and the UAE mark a significant change in the relationship, as perceptions of US decline are reinforced by Trumpian flip-flop.
The Arab states, Israel and the Palestinians
Posted onSome Arab regimes have continued to develop their relations with Israel despite the latter’s conduct towards the Palestinians. But there’s a limit to how far they will go.
UAE – elections, polygamy, spinsterhood
Posted onUAE – election for the Federal National Council. One candidate prominently promoting polygamy as a cure for spinsterhood.
The Libyan blind alley
Posted onHaftar’s military operation to take Tripoli seems to have failed. His foreign supporters. Need for an international conference and a political solution.
Qatar
Posted onThe Qatar vs. four dispute drags on. Labour reform. A dress rehearsal for the 2012 World Cup.
Yemen: UAE-Saudi problems over their allies continue
Posted onYemen – conflict between UAE-backed separatist STC in the south and Saudi-backed Hadi government – wider implications.