Within 72 hours, loyalists of firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pulled down the walls of the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to Iraq’s government buildings and foreign embassies, twice. Moreover, they stormed
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In recent weeks, after the suspension of the nuclear negotiations, many meetings between the heads of several countries have taken place. Last week, Riyadh was the venue for the Jeddah Security Summit,
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi came together as part of the Astana format in Tehran, the capital of Iran, in a meeting held
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US President Joe Biden concluded his Middle East visit, which included stops in Israel, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, as had been projected for some time. Senior officials and leaders from Gulf Cooperation
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After years of being praised for its post-revolution record of democratic transition, compared to other Arab Spring countries, Tunisia is now falling into the crisis of dictatorship once again. The democratically elected
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Sports and geopolitics are both dialectical topics, although one might argue to separate one from the other, like religion and politics. Yet, football, for instance, is considered spiritual healing in countries such
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Türkiye and Saudi Arabia have decided a while ago to mend their relations, which had deteriorated due to their different attitudes during the Arab Spring uprisings and the Khashoggi murder, and had
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In February 2022, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, became the first Gulf leader to meet President Biden since he took office in 2021. Recognizing Qatar’s critical diplomatic and
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We are going through a period in which the leadership changes in the Gulf countries are increasingly affecting regional politics. One of the strongest representatives of this trend is Saudi Crown Prince
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The head of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, said on Sunday that his forces were “open” to working with Syrian government troops to fight off Turkey, saying “Damascus should
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