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.
Chinese and Indian authorities will meet today to discuss the recent military stand-off at Ladakh, a territory formerly part of
READ MOREToday, in an effort to address Yemen’s worsening economic, political and humanitarian conflict, the UN and Saudi Arabia will hold
READ MOREFollowing Kuwait’s three-week lockdown coupled with efforts to manage its foreign worker population, the spread of COVID-19 has stagnated, prompting
READ MOREThe Ministerial Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will meet today via videoconference. The talks will be led
READ MOREFollowing the quadrupling of COVID-19 cases since late April, Saudi Arabia will today impose a complete five-day lockdown. The lockdown
READ MORETurkey will launch the first turbine of the controversial Illisu hydroelectric dam in southeastern Anatolia today. Dam construction began in
READ MORETurkey today begins a four-day nationwide lockdown. The move contrasts recent efforts toward reopening the economy; the contradiction is a
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