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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
U.S. and U.K. divide increases on IranBritain’s refusal to go along with the Trump administration’s fiery approach to recent Iranian aggression has experts and lawmakers concerned about the state of the “special r...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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UK warships to escort British-flagged vessels through Strait of Hormuz
In The News
UK warships will accompany all British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in a change of policy after the government earlier said it did not have the resources to pr...
By Nicholas Heras
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US-led coalition carries out patrols in Syria amid Turkish invasion threats
In The News
The US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State is carrying out patrols along the Syrian border between Tal Abyad and Serekaniye amid Turkish threats to invade over its southe...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Maximum Pressure on Iran Unsettles Syria's Kurds
In The News
Hawkish factions in Washington tout the Syrian Kurdish forces as a way to block Iran from regaining the “land bridge” through the Middle East that it once had through its alli...
By Nicholas Heras
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Donald Trump vetoes resolutions prohibiting defence sales to Saudi and UAE
US President Donald Trump issued three vetoes on Wednesday overriding Congress decisions and allowing arms and defence sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The White House anno...
By Nicholas Heras
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Britain’s Power Play in the Persian GulfIn calling this week for a European naval coalition to provide security for commercial ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom is seeking to both uphold the ne...
By Jim Townsend
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Top US commander visits SDF leadership in Syria amid Turkish threats
A top US commander on Monday met with Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazlum Abdi to discuss developments in northeast Syria. Mustafa Bali, the head o...
By Nicholas Heras
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The US has a risky new plan to protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks
In The News
The Trump administration is planning to send US Navy ships to help escort oil tankers in the Gulf in order to protect them from possible Iranian aggression. But some experts w...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Turkey receives first Russian missile delivery, risking US ire
In The News
Turkey received the first batch of Russia's S-400 missile defence system on Friday in a move expected to raise tensions with the United States, which has repeatedly warned aga...
By Nicholas Heras
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In The News
Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Middle East Dictators Buy Spy Tech From Company Linked to IBM and GoogleIt is the size of a small suitcase and can be placed discreetly in the back of a car. When the device is powered up, it begins secretly monitoring hundreds of cellphones in th...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Move over, Bahrain? Iraq signals interest in better ties with Israel
In The News
That Israel and the Sunni-Arab Gulf states cooperate closely is the Middle East’s worst-kept secret. Despite the absence of formal diplomatic relations, everybody knows Jerusa...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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'Nuclear Clock is Ticking... Very Slowly, and on Purpose' - Iran Expert
In The News
The crumbling nuclear agreement lost yet another cornerstone this Monday, with the Iranian announcement that it is expediting uranium enrichment – above the level that was set...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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"A nasty, brutal fight": what a US-Iran war would look like
A deadly opening attack. Nearly untraceable, ruthless proxies spreading chaos on multiple continents. Costly miscalculations. And thousands — perhaps hundreds of thousands — k...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump team weighs giving China a get-out-of-jail free card on IranThe State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administration’s pledge to bring Iranian ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US-Backed Syrian Forces Pledge to End Child Recruitment
A major armed group in Syria has committed to identifying and releasing young boys and girls currently within its ranks, and put in place preventative, protection and discipli...
By Nicholas Heras
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Whether the U.S. fails or succeeds in Syria, tough choices lie ahead
As the perennial jousting between the U.S. and Iran focuses on drones, nuclear enrichment and safe passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Washington is strugglin...
By Nicholas Heras
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
US keeps imposing sanctions, but how well do they work?Imposing sanctions has become the Trump administration's go-to move to signal to the country and the world that it's doing something about a problem. After President Donald Tr...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump sanctions on Iranian foreign minister could expose the real face of the country's 'charmer-in-chief'
In The News
The Trump administration is expected to sanction Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, any day now, and the announcement could offer a rare glimpse into the internal ...
By Sam Dorshimer
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leaderThe Trump administration's latest sanctions against Iran reinstate an embargo on some of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's front companies that President Barack Obama lifted as pa...
By Sam Dorshimer
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SDF arrest 5 ISIS sleeper cell members in Manbij, Raqqa
Counterterrorism units linked to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested five members of the so-called Islamic State among sleeper cells in Raqqa and Manbij, a s...
By Nicholas Heras
