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TURKEY/USA – Turkey’s Erdogan says US sanctions over S-400 missile ‘disrespect ally’ (Al Arabiya)

President Tayyip Erdogan talks during a news conference following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on November 30, 2020. (Reuters) President Tayyip Erdogan said that...

GERMANY/SYRIA – Germany to allow deportations of Syrians if pose security risk (Al Arabiya)

Germany flag. (Shutterstock) Germany will allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed to pose a risk to security,...

LEBANON – Lebanon’s Hezbollah rejects charges against caretaker PM in Beirut explosion (Al Arabiya)

A Hezbollah flag and a poster depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. (Reuters) Lebanon’s Hezbollah group on Friday said recently filed charges were politically...

TURKEY/EUROPE – Turkey dismisses EU move for sanctions as ‘biased, unlawful’ (Al Arabiya)

Turkey’s research vessel, Oruc Reis anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey, on September 13, 2020. (AP) Turkey on Friday dismissed as...

JORDAN – In Jordan’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections, the King Won Hands Down (Hillel Frisch, BESA Center)

Despite non-stop forebodings that have gone on for decades among analysts and the intelligentsia about the inevitable fall of the Jordanian monarchy, the recent...

WESTERN SAHARA CONFLICT/ABRAHAM ACCORDS – The Renewed Western Sahara Conflict and the Abraham Accords (Col (Res.) Dr. Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen, BESA Center)

The timing of the unanticipated provocation by the Polisario Front against Morocco could be related to the ongoing diplomatic initiative sponsored by the US...

CLIMATE CHANGE – The world is on track to warm by 3 degrees Celsius (Reuters Staff, WEF)

Last month was the hottest-ever November on record. Image: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan Greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high last year, putting us on track for...

EASTERN AFRICA – Three stories from the frontlines of two global crises (Emma Illick-Frank, WEF)

Il’laramatak Community Concerns helps households in Kenya become more climate resilient. Image: Il'laramatak Community Concerns (ICC) Local organisations are stepping up to offer assistance and...

HIGHER EDUCATION – How COVID-19 has changed the face of fundraising for higher education (Samuel Martin-Barbero, Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain, WEF)

Universities need to increase their social engagement with the outside world. Image: REUTERS/Mark Makela Universities could increase fundraising if they start expanding their social purpose...
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