May, 2021

• 9 May

  US Tries to Help Resolve Ethiopian Dam Dispute

  The United States is again stepping into efforts to resolve a dispute over Ethiopia’s massive hydropower dam along an important Nile tributary. The new U.S. envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, is visiting Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia this week as part of Washington’s new push to resolve …

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• 9 May

  U.S.-Europe Communique on the Afghan Peace Process

  The following is the text of a communique issued by the United States of America, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, and the United Kingdom on the Afghan Peace Process. Begin Text: Special Envoys and Special Representatives of the United States of America, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, …

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• 9 May

  Pentagon Sends Reinforcements For Afghan Pullout

  The Pentagon has deployed more heavy bombers and fighter jets to ensure the protection of the withdrawing U.S. and coalition troops from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters on May 6. “Less than one week in, the drawdown is going according to plan,” Austin told reporters, adding that the …

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• 9 May

  British Army to possess most lethal tank in Europe

  The British Army will receive a fleet of 148 Challenger 3 main battle tanks as part of an £800 million contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), the Defence Secretary has announced today. 7 May 2021 Based in Telford, the contract will create 200 jobs at Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land …

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• 8 May

  Palestinians count down to the end of Abbas’s era

  

  Like many Palestinians, Nadia Harhash was not surprised by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision last week to delay the Palestinian elections. Harhash, a prominent Palestinian journalist, author and political analyst from east Jerusalem, was on the Together We Can list for the parliamentary election, which was supposed to take …

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• 8 May

  Turkey and Iran: Parallel Islam imperialist ambitions for the Middle East

  

  Turkish forces last week launched a renewed attack on the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) organization in northern Iraq. This latest offensive follows the “Claw Eagle 2” operation in Gare in February, in which Ankara’s forces unsuccessfully tried to liberate 13 prisoners held by the PKK in the Dohuk area. The …

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• 8 May

  Does the US want a nuclear deal sooner than Iran? – analysis

  

  Does Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei want to see the outcome of June’s presidential election before agreeing to a new nuclear deal? The signs were unmistakable, but they have only become more pronounced. There may be an interim US-Iran deal to move toward returning to the nuclear deal before the May 21 …

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• 8 May

  Palestinian territories see increased violence over Jerusalem

  Escalation is expected in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, given several strong indicators that portend an imminent explosion. Palestinians’ eyes are set on the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem, where 28 Jerusalemite families are facing the risk of eviction and forced displacement from their houses. Israeli settlement organizations …

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• 8 May

  Tensions between Morocco, Polisario Front remain after leader’s killing

  Polisario Front Police Chief Addah al-Bendir was murdered. And much like the long-simmering dispute between the Front and Morocco, nothing about his death is clear. The killing of the Polisario Front’s police chief, Addah al-Bendir, supposedly by a Moroccan drone in April marked a further test of the uncertain 30-year-old …

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• 8 May

  Turkey faces rough road to normalization with Egypt

  Turkey’s reconciliation with Egypt is not likely to be easy, but progress after the first high-level meeting between the two sides could mark a new course in Ankara’s foreign policy and pave the way for its reconciliation with the Gulf heavyweights as well. Turkey’s quest for fence-mending with Egypt led …

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