Rumble in the Desert: This time Russians used to justify more tanks, troops in Syria
This forever war is suddenly getting more expensive. Why are we still there?
This forever war is suddenly getting more expensive. Why are we still there?
As we look inwards to dismantle America’s legacy of racism, we must also recognize that racism and militarism abroad are mutually reinforcing.
Gulf monarchies’ interest in the eastern Mediterranean has been growing steadily in the past few years, bringing the rivalries between them ever closer to the heart of Europe.
This new round of sanctions is targeted at anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad, including Lebanon, a country that’s already dealing with economic crisis of its own.
The United States is plunging further into its self-defeating foreign policy with new “maximum pressure” sanctions on Syria and anyone doing business with it.
You’re not wrong if you’re thinking that Trump’s handling of the protests across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s murder seems very familiar.
The U.S. should fully withdraw its forces from Syria and use its remaining leverage to facilitate diplomacy between Syria’s neighbors that are heavily enmeshed in the civil war.
The United Arab Emirates and Turkey are locked into a regional power struggle that has fuelled conflict in Libya and could spark renewed fighting in Syria.
Since the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran has shifted to a custom-made strategy that mixes political and military tactics in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.
Ankara fears the risks of a geopolitical situation emerging in the Middle East and North Africa whereby the UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia — along with the Syrian government, Libya’s eastern administration, Greece, and Cyprus — form an anti-Turkish front.
Suspending all sanctions now will not only help combat the coronavirus, but it will also create the conditions to resolve our differences diplomatically.
Shifting the approach to focus on shared humanitarian interests on the ground can open the door to cooperation with Russia, maintain Western influence in Syria, and facilitate the rebuilding of a war-torn country.
The American obsession with Iran has led to a series of policy failures throughout the past four decades. It’s time to change course.
Some have argued that the US should commit to an increasing dependence on petroleum, as well as ushering in a new cycle of overseas interventions propping up an existing, overburdened, and outdated system of U.S. military hegemony.
COVID-19 has impacted countries in the region in different ways but their paths forward will be equally challenging.
European governments should shift their central focus to proactively protecting and bolstering, rather than further squeezing, those Syrian societal forces that are still standing.
The UAE does not always share Riyadh’s and Washington’s perspectives on international issues, driving Abu Dhabi to take actions that sometimes veer away from Saudi and US foreign policy objectives.
The battle for Idlib underscores Russia’s increasing dilemma on how to deal with Turkey as Moscow becomes increasingly active on key MENA dossiers in which Ankara has high stakes.
Whether defined as a partnership or an alliance, U.S.-NATO-Turkish relations will continue to face the test of confronting common challenges.
Key Arab countries are attempting to regain influence in Syria, but because of U.S.-Russian tension their diplomatic success might end up being limited.
Survivors of ISIS’s brutality are living with trauma and searching for justice.