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MBS and MBZ: a reconciliation of sorts

22 July 2021William LawArab Digest EmailOman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA, Yemen

After a season of disputes that culminated with MBS and MBZ, the two most powerful leaders in the Arab world, refusing to take each others’ phone calls, all is well again and warm relations are resumed, at least for now.

Yemen’s flicker of hope

21 July 2021William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UN, Yemen

An Omani peace initiative and Saudi eagerness to end the war may possibly start Yemen on the road to peace but Emirati ambitions and Houthi gains complicate further an already intensely complex crisis.

Women in the Yemeni war

28 June 2021William LawArab Digest EmailSaudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen

Yemen’s women bear the brunt of the ongoing war yet are granted only token representation and are largely ignored in UN peace efforts, while being exploited and abused by the various Yemeni factions fighting for dominance.

Yemen and a flicker of hope

25 June 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsOman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UN, Yemen

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Business as usual

14 June 2021William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Egypt, France, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

Amidst continuing security concerns, conflict zones in MENA have assured that the region remains the globe’s top armaments importer.

Putin powers ahead in the Middle East

4 June 2021Hugh MilesPodcastsAfghanistan, Chechnya, Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

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Houthiland: a nightmare vision becoming reality

24 May 202127 May 2021William LawArab Digest EmailHouthis, Yemen

The Houthis profit from the war and have little interest in ending it while exploiting humanitarian aid and depriving the 70% of the Yemeni population under their control basic human rights.

Pivoting Away

4 May 20211 June 2021William LawArab Digest EmailAfghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, JCPOA, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, USA, Yemen

With the US pivoting to Asia, the actions of regional players may be the key to helping to stabilise the Middle East.

Is the Saudi intervention in Yemen about to end?

26 April 202126 April 2021William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA, Yemen

The Saudis would like to find a path out of the Yemen war but the Houthi offensive in Marib tangles them ever deeper in a quagmire.

MENA facing a climate cataclysm

21 April 202121 April 2021William LawArab Digest Emailclimate change, Covid-19, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen

Summary: the Middle East and North Africa is a crucial battleground in the global struggle to contain the damage climate change is inflicting but time is fast running out for countries in the region to take concerted action.