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IRAN – Iran continues to fund militias in region, terror operations in Europe: Saudi FM (Al Arabiya)

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan during his panel discussion at the MED2020 Dialogue. Iran continues to fund terrorist militias in the region...

TURKEY/GREECE/CYPRUS – Greek FM: Turkey’s moves to ease tensions ‘unconvincing’ (Al Arabiya)

This handout photograph released by the Turkish Defence Ministry on August 12, 2020, shows Turkish seismic research vessel 'Oruc Reis' heading in the west...

USA/MIDDLE EAST – Biden Administration should act fast to bolster people-to-people exchanges with the Middle East (Richard LeBaron and Dan Sreebny, Atlantic Council)

In the fall of 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST), co-chaired by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and...

JAPAN – Japan’s nuclear reactor fleet: The geopolitical and climate implications of accelerated decommissioning (Phyllis Yoshida, Atlantic Council)

As Japan approaches the ten-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, nuclear energy accounts for approximately 7.5 percent of Japan’s electricity generation, whereas...

JORDAN/ISRAEL/PALESTINE – Jordan, Israel in rare meeting on Palestinian issue (Al Jazeera)

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has held a rare meeting with his Israeli counterpart to press for the restart of stalled negotiations between the...

KUWAIT/SAUDI ARABIA/QATAR – Kuwait says progress made in resolving Saudi-led boycott of Qatar (Al Jazeera)

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Sabah says there have been “constructive and fruitful discussions” on efforts to achieve reconciliation in the Gulf crisis. The...

TURKEY/FRANCE – Erdogan hopes France ‘gets rid of Macron trouble’ (Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he hopes France will soon get rid of President Emmanuel Macron, describing him as a burden...

YEMEN – Eight civilians killed in Hodeidah shelling (Al Jazeera)

At least eight people have been killed in shelling of an industrial compound in Yemen’s strategic port of Hodeidah, according to the government which...

ETHIOPIA – The conflict in Ethiopia and TPLF’s ultra-nationalist ideology (Mustafa Omer, Al Jazeera)

The Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) is at the heart of an ongoing bloody conflict with the federal government of Ethiopia. The TPLF was established...

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