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Latest hacks illustrate global attribution problems

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INTERNATIONAL

Both incidents renew the debate over the limits of attribution and the principles which ought to guide appropriate responses by nations and businesses that have been affected by…

Reconstruction of Libya's Derna will be difficult

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LIBYA

The Derna flood is the largest natural disaster to have hit Libya in decades, with at least 4,300 confirmed dead and 8,500 missing. The public have accused east and west-based…

Gulf split heralds new uses for cyber capabilities

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GULF STATES

The Qatar crisis in June 2017 was similarly sparked by a piece of ‘fake news’ planted on Doha’s national news agency showing the Qatari emir as expressing support for Iran and the…

Israel faces a major reversal in Middle East ties

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ISRAEL

Meanwhile, Israel urged its citizens to leave Egypt and Jordan immediately. The conflict with Hamas and the risks of wider escalation have overshadowed Israel’s long-term efforts…

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…

Morocco will position for control of Western Sahara

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MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA

The self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) withdrew from the 1991 ceasefire after Morocco carried out military operations in the buffer zone in Western Sahara…

US Iraq policy will aim at adaptive response to threat

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IRAQ/US

This followed a February 15 attack targeting US troops stationed at Erbil airport, in the Kurdistan region, after which the administration launched its first use of force…

Syria’s Deraa will see chronic instability and poverty

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SYRIA

This came as Damascus blamed a former rebel leader for the May 4 abduction and killing of nine policemen in the nearby town of Muzayrib. The security situation in Deraa, which…

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…

Iran sharpens cyber tools for foreign policy ends

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IRAN

Iran’s cyber capability.