Regional Overview: Middle East
15-21 November 2020
Last week in the Middle East, Israeli warplanes struck Damascus International Airport and nearby areas…
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Salma Eissa is a Middle East Research Manager at ACLED and has been with the organization since October 2017. Salma has an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She has over 10 years of experience in the Egyptian civil society and research and academia sectors and has a keen interest in political analysis and trends and patterns of political violence in the MENA region. She is fluent in Arabic and English.
Regional Overview: Middle East
4-10 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, a truck bomb explosion reportedly led to the deaths…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
20-26 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the United States (US) threatened to close its embassy…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
13-19 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed normalization…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
6-12 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the Saudi-led coalition conducted airstrikes in Yemen for the…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
2 August-5 September 2020
Last month in the Middle East, a blast in Beirut left Lebanon reeling from the…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
19-25 July 2020
Last week in the Middle East, it was generally quiet as event counts were low…
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A Sudden Surfacing of Strength: Evaluating the Possibility of an IS Resurgence in Iraq and Syria
Evaluating an IS Resurgence The historical moment in which the Islamic State (IS) exploded into…
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Regional Overview: Middle East
12-18 July 2020
Last week was another relatively quiet week across the Middle East. However, across the region,…
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