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8 February 20210623 Beenish Ashraf

Iran’s Use of Death Penalty Continues Despite International Outcry

On 12 December 2020, Iranian authorities had executed Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian dissident and journalist who was living in exile in Paris since 2009, o

31 January 20210633 Neville Teller

Normalisation ‒ The New Norm in the Middle East

Over the course of a few months the well-established link between supporting the Palestinian cause and opposing normalisation with Israel has been sev

31 January 20210589 James M. Dorsey

Think Muslim World Is United in Opposing Islamophobia? Think Twice

Think the Muslim world is united in opposing Islamophobia? Think twice. Rising anti-Muslim sentiment in countries like China, Myanmar, and India as

24 January 20210575 Neville Teller

Abbas and Biden – a Workable Partnership?

Joe Biden knows as much about the background to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as anyone, and more than most. Over the eight years 2008–2016 that th

16 January 20210614 MPC Journal Team

UAE Discusses Moroccan Sahara with Morocco

On 16 January 2021,United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation reported that foreign minister, Abdullah bin

15 January 20210712 Neville Teller

Turkey Talks with Forked Tongue

Normalisation is in the air. In the past few weeks Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced not only that he would like to have better re

13 January 20210631 James M. Dorsey

The Middle East Braces for Fallout of US–China Divide

China would like the world to believe that the Middle East and North Africa region does not rank high on its totem pole despite its energy dependence,

11 January 20210654 MPC Journal Team

Cairo Meeting on Middle East Peace Process Concludes with 11 Points

On 11 January 2021, the ministers of foreign affairs of Egypt, France, Germany and Jordan, met in Cairo to discuss means to continue the Middle East P

8 January 20210704 Neville Teller

Normalisation and the Turmoil in Yemen

In this new era of Israeli-Arab normalisation, Israel has an even more direct interest than it always had in the outcome of the decades-long civil con

Syrian soldier with the national flag inside Aleppo's Umayyad Mosque [Reuters/Omar Sanadiki]

20 December 20160934 Hakim Khatib

Aleppo: Evacuations Continue but What’s Next?

Evacuations from besieged Aleppo are in progress right now and thousands of wounded people, elderly civilians and children have already made it out w