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Iran will avoid direct conflict but has other options

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IRAN

Washington has increased pressure on Tehran on a near-daily basis since it designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation on April 8. The United States has imposed new sanctions…

Covert Iran-Israel clashes could spiral out of control

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IRAN/ISRAEL

The incident, which is being widely attributed to Israel, is part of a series of unexplained fires and explosions at sensitive military and industrial sites. It follows heightened…

Premier’s resignation will deepen the Lebanese impasse

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LEBANON

The protests, which have mounted over 13 days, are unusually diverse in terms of geography, class and sect. People across the country are expressing their outrage over…

Middle East regimes will survive lasting instability

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MIDDLE EAST

Regime resilience in the Middle East.

Political challenges in Lebanon face the IMF agreement

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LEBANON

The government had met a number of the IMF’s conditions, including the passage of a capital control law and an electricity sector reform plan. It had also completed an audit to…

Contested Syrian oil will have limited economic impact

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SYRIA

This depreciation reflects the underlying weakness of the government’s financial position. Political and territorial advances in favour of President Bashar al-Assad -- most…

Need will drive solar power growth in the Middle East

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MIDDLE EAST

Solar energy use in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq is being driven from the grassroots up or through foreign aid. Its growth is a practical response to intermittent electricity supplies…

Securitised Middle East COVID-19 responses raise risks

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MIDDLE EAST

The pandemic has compounded existing economic and political crises in Beirut and Baghdad, with the securitisation of the response straining military and state legitimacy…

Riyadh’s radical power centralisation risks a backlash

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SAUDI ARABIA

This follows the detentions on November 4 of multiple important royal family members, ministers and former ministers, most notably the powerful head of the National Guard.

Refugees in Middle East could face forced repatriation

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MIDDLE EAST

Middle Eastern response to EU Syrian refugee policy.