Lauren Blaxter is a Middle East Research Manager at ACLED. She has been responsible for coding Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan since May 2017. Lauren holds a BA in Human Rights, a Graduate Diploma in Law, and a LLM in International Criminal Law. Her work focuses on law and forensics in armed conflict.
Across the Middle East, events related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to dominate the news…
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Across the Middle East, there were relatively few events compared to the weeks prior. Key…
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Following a major decrease in battles across the region at the end of February, clashes…
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Last week in the Middle East key developments include: continued fighting in Yemen; a new…
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Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: continued fighting across most frontlines in…
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At the height of the Arab Spring in February 2011, a mass protest movement took…
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Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: major fighting in Yemen; a lack…
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Last week in the Middle East, key developments include: unrest around a major outbreak of…
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