surviving the siege. Further slow reform. A useful mediator.
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Floods: a bad fortnight
Posted onFloods throughout the region this month causing death and destruction.
Syria: still a tinderbox
Posted onSyria – Idlib ceasefire holds. Turkey/Russia/Germany/France summit. Political agreement still elusive, many local problems.
Khashoggi – more repercussions
Posted onKhashoggi – basic facts now accepted by Saudi Arabia and MBS himself. Strong words from Europe, somewhat stronger than before from Trump. Consequences still uncertain, but MBS permanently tarnished.
Palestine: what’s happening in area C?
Posted onThe “creeping annexation” of Area C (the largest part of the West Bank) has accelerated in the last three years. One of the parties in Israel’s coalition government openly advocates annexing it.
Khashoggi – Erdoğan speaks
Posted onErdoğan on murder of Khashoggi calm and careful but dismisses cover-up and calls for criminals to be brought to trial – some evidence of understanding with Salman.
EU versus US Middle East
Posted onEurope’s dilemma in the Middle East – its interests differ from those of the US but it bears some of the cost of US policies decided regardless of its interests, Palestine, Iraq, Iran. Khashoggi may be another example?
Khashoggi: A Canterbury Tale?
Posted onSaudi responsibility for killing Khashoggi seems to go to the top. Trump seeking to avoid commitment to protect arms sales, Kushner’s peace deal, and the oil price with his eye on the 6 November midterms. Turkey the key.
Egypt – death sentences, human rights, arms purchases
Posted onEgypt – more death sentences – action against Muslim Brotherhood – agreements with Russia, UK and EU.
Khashoggi – immediate consequences
Posted onKhashoggi – murder evidence accumulates, but Saudi Arabia still in denial. Cautious reaction in the Middle East. Trump ambiguous, but strong reaction from Congress and from international finance.