Eurasia Press & News
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to normalize relations with Israel to gain favor with the United States, no matter the outcome of the November 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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August, 2020
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25 August
What Do Normalized Israel-UAE Relations Mean for the Region?
The “Abraham Accords” shift the regional landscape and offer new questions about paths ahead for Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli peace. On August 13, the governments of Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that they had agreed to the full normalization of relations, in exchange for Israel suspending announced plans …
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25 August
The Impact of Middle East Regional Competition on Security and Stability in the Horn of Africa
The relationship between the Middle East and the Horn of Africa is centuries-old and complex. While the world’s attention is focused mainly on the “great power competition” in the region, primarily between the U.S. and China, the Horn of Africa has also become a central battleground for influence among competing …
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25 August
James Carafano: Trump right to back arms embargo on Iran, a dangerous state sponsor of terrorism
President Trump’s move to reimpose full United Nations sanctions on Iran in order to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic Republic scheduled to expire in October is a wise move, despite the opposition of European nations, Russia and China.
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25 August
Trump Meets With Iraqi Leader Amid Negotiations Over U.S. Troop Levels
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s visit to the White House is largely focused on negotiations, which started in May, on resetting the United States military mission in Iraq.
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25 August
Strengthening and Expanding: ISIS’ Central Syria Campaign
While most international attention has been focused on the “post-caliphate” Islamic State insurgencies in northeast Syria and Iraq, ISIS has steadily carried out an ever-expanding insurgency against the Syrian regime and its allies in central Syria. The insurgency began immediately following the Syrian regime’s capture of this area in late …
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25 August
Hezbollah Still Has a Knife at Lebanon’s Throat After Hariri Verdict
A confused tribunal process is a step toward justice in a case that has haunted the country for years. Lebanon’s postwar hopes of becoming a free and prosperous nation died smoldering in a mangled crater of seared flesh and jagged metal on the Beirut waterfront. The devastating bomb blast that …
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25 August
Attacks Targeting Aid Workers in Niger Are Latest in Worrying Spike
New findings out Monday show an alarming spike in attacks against humanitarian workers last year, including in part of Africa’s Sahel region. That’s where some of the latest attacks took place last week against French and Nigerien nationals.
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25 August
Bahrain to set up committee to counter money laundering and terrorism
Bahrain will form a committee to counter extremism, money laundering and terrorism, under a royal decree announced on Sunday.
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25 August
Six killed in Kashmir in one of deadliest days since autonomy revoked
Four Indian security forces and two militants were killed in related incidents in Kashmir on Monday, in one of the deadliest days in the disputed Muslim-majority region since its autonomy was ended last year.
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