Regional Overview: Middle East
December 2022
View latest month’s regional overview Yemen: Demonstrations in Hadramawt highlight tensions between the Southern Transitional…
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Luca Nevola is Middle East Regional Specialist at ACLED and has been in the organization since November 2018. He was originally hired as Yemen and KSA researcher and subsequently worked as Senior Researcher in MENA Religion and Repression. He currently produces analysis and coordinates research across the Middle East desks. Luca holds an MA and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Milano-Bicocca. He has conducted extensive fieldwork research in Yemen and works as a Yemen analyst for several research institutes focusing on elite politics, political Islam, minority groups, and tribal dynamics.
Beyond Riyadh: Houthi Cross-Border Aerial Warfare (2015-2022)
Analysis of Houthi rocket, missile, and drone attacks from 2015 to 2022.
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Violence in Yemen During the UN-Mediated Truce: April-October 2022
A review of key conflict trends during the truce period.
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Coding Religious Repression and Disorder: Outcomes and Critical Reflections From the ACLED-Religion Pilot Project
This final report explores the main trends in repression and disorder observed in Bahrain, Egypt,…
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Minority Repression in Iran
Over the past two years, state authorities have carried out more than 400 repression events…
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Mapping Religious Repression in Yemen
Religious repression in Yemen has been exacerbated by the ongoing conflict. In this infographic, ACLED-Religion…
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Religious Repression During Ashura Season: Cases From Bahrain, Iraq, and Yemen
Religious celebrations can function as catalysts for religious repression, carrying a potential for state abuses…
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