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Hezbollah on the rise 0
- Middle East
- April 28, 2017
Hezbollah’s regional adversaries are moving to confront its growing strength.
Trump flexes muscles, strikes Assad. What next?0
- Middle East
- April 7, 2017
The US bombed the Syrian government for the first time on Thursday.
Turkey’s foreign deployments: reckless militarism or megaphone diplomacy?1
- Middle East
- April 6, 2017
Threats of Turkish expansionism in Syria and Iraq disguise Ankara’s containment policy.
Yemen: no easy win 0
- Middle East
- April 4, 2017
The Trump administration’s anti-Iranian policies are driving the US into a futile war in Yemen.
Iran’s hardliners test Rouhani 0
- Middle East
- March 18, 2017
The opposition will exploit Rouhani’s economic and foreign policy record before May’s election.
How the US lost to al-Qaeda in Syria 1
- Security & Terrorism, Middle East
- March 5, 2017
While the world has been fixated with ISIS, al-Qaeda has been rebuilding its strength in Syria

Erdogan’s Turkey: towards a new sultanate?0
- Middle East
- February 28, 2017
Turkey’s president is determined to win an April referendum that will gift him one-man rule.
Trump frustrates own goals in Iraq 0
- Middle East
- February 21, 2017
President Trump’s ban on Iraqis entering the US may undermine his agenda in the war-torn country.
Palestine: A long road to unity 0
- Middle East
- February 21, 2017
Fatah and Hamas have formed a unity government but the tenuous allegiance faces challenges on all sides.
The future of Russia-Iran relations 0
- Middle East
- February 4, 2017
Can the budding Russia-Iran relationship survive diverging regional interests?
Libya: Moscow’s next power play?0
- Middle East
- January 25, 2017
Deep national divisions and foreign interference could set Libya on course for another civil war.
The politicisation of Israel’s military 0
- Middle East
- January 19, 2017
Israel’s military chief has won some battles to keep the army secular but he may be losing the war.