Esra is an analyst on the Current Developments division and a member of The Daily Brief’s research team. She specialises in political and security issues with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa.
The Kuwaiti parliament will today question Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh and Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi in a no-confidence motion filed
READ MOREIn an online meeting chaired by the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Arab League will meet today to discuss the recent
READ MOREPalestine’s Fatah will convene today to discuss the Israeli delegation’s first trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which took
READ MOREThe Bulgarian parliament will today start discussing a proposal by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s conservative Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
READ MOREThe Romanian parliament will today vote on whether to oust the centrist government led by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban based
READ MORETurkish gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean—originally set to end on August 23—will continue until today against the will of
READ MOREThe Syrian government and opposition leaders will meet today in Geneva to discuss the settlement of a new constitution during
READ MOREToday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi will visit Washington as part of the US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue, a recent initiative aiming
READ MOREToday, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will resume talks on Ethiopia’s unilateral filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The
READ MORETurkey will today discuss its withdrawal from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women—known as
READ MOREIn today’s presidential election in Belarus, incumbent Alexander Lukashenko is expected to face the greatest challenge to his 26-year-long rule.
READ MOREThe Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) will hold its political committee meeting today to discuss the July 20 elections that ousted
READ MOREThe three-day Eid al-Adha ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban comes to an end today. Iran has praised
READ MORETurkey and Azerbaijan will today launch joint military exercises in response to the recent military flare-up near the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh
READ MOREThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet today in a virtual extraordinary summit to discuss the deepening
READ MORETurkey’s largest opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), will hold the first day of its general convention today amid
READ MORETurkey’s parliament will vote to elect a new speaker today. The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) nominee and current
READ MOREThe Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) will march today in Ankara to protest the governing Justice and Development Party’s
READ MOREIn today’s UN Security Council (UNSC) session, Russia is expected to criticise UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s recent Iran report confirming
READ MORELebanon will today introduce an exchange trading platform to address the country’s failing economy. The country’s central bank hopes the
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