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Articles tagged: ‘USA’

The price of freedom

Posted on 19 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Loujain al-Hathloul, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, USA, Yemen

The shortlisting of a prominent Saudi women’s rights activist for a prestigious human rights award draws attention to the kingdom’s human rights record.

A new line for MbS

Posted on 12 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Saudi Arabia, USA

Casting himself as a green warrior, the crown prince announces the building of a futuristic city that will be environmentally friendly in every way imaginable.

A sudden end to a long dispute

Posted on 7 January 20218 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

With the Gulf feud now consigned to history, there are signs that the art of diplomacy, much battered by Trump and his regional allies, is set to return to the Middle East.

An end in sight?

Posted on 5 January 20215 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

A bitter Gulf feud with a lengthy history of mutual recrimination may be headed toward a settlement but entrenched positions and obstinate players stand in the way.

Yemen: prospects for 2021

Posted on 22 December 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Covid-19, Saudi Arabia, USA, Yemen

As 2020 draws to a close, there is a flicker of hope that a just-announced unity government and the Biden presidency may signal the beginning of the end of a brutal war that has raged for nearly six years.

Airwars: tracking the airstrike toll

Posted on 18 December 202018 December 2020Author Hugh MilesCategories PodcastsTags Iran, Iraq, Libya, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

Arab Digest · Airwars: tracking the airstrike toll

Another round to Putin

Posted on 17 December 202017 January 2021Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Russia, S-400, Syria, Turkey, UAE, USA

The imposition of US sanctions on Turkey earlier in the week strains relations within NATO and between Washington and Ankara, creating more cracks for Russian president Vladimir Putin to exploit.

The deal is all

Posted on 15 December 202015 December 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE, USA, Western Sahara

In the dying days of the Trump White House, another Arab state recognises Israel in a win for the president that will have consequences his successor will have to deal with.

F-35s to UAE: doubts about the deal grow

Posted on 9 December 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

A bipartisan move by members of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee to quash the sale of sophisticated military hardware to the UAE is gathering pace in the dying days of the Trump presidency.

A Newsworthy Summit in Manama

Posted on 8 December 20208 December 2020Author William LawCategories Arab Digest EmailTags #Manama Dialogue, Bahrain, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Sparks fly in the Bahraini capital as a senior Saudi royal drops the gloves and takes dead aim at Israel and its treatment of Palestinians.

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