Syria – US permits and then opposes Turkish assault on the Kurdish north. Fears that IS may rise from the ashes.
Articles tagged: ‘USA’
Another tanker
Posted onIranian tanker reportedly attacked off Jedda, but facts and responsibility unclear. More US forces to Saudi Arabia.
Egypt – limited protests, more repression
Posted onEgypt – peaceful protest continued in the second week but has been crushed. Government concessions on austerity and restoring subsidies though limited will alarm foreign investors and the IMF. No effective external support for the protests.
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.
Syria: “Great and unmatched wisdom”
Posted onDonald Trump is not being as inconsistent over the Middle East as the news flow may have you believe.
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.
Saudi Arabia – no war fever
Posted onThe practical and political consequences of the Abqaiq raid still not worked out. Iran blamed.
BDS in the USA and Europe
Posted onDiscussion of BDS in Congress stalled. Some action in England. For Germany BDS is anti-Semitic.
Abqaiq and Khurais
Posted onHouthis claim the attack on Saudi oil facilities, Pompeo blames Iran, Trump hesitant. A major blow.
Sudan – facing its problems
Posted onWith a transitional government in place Sudan at last faces up to its problems of economic collapse and tribal conflict.