Middle East
Regional Overview – Middle East 7 May 2018
9 May 2018
Events relating to elections and labour concerns stood out in a number of countries this past week, which included International Workers’ Day on May 1. In Iraq, Islamic State (IS)…
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Rebel Infighting in Northern Syria: The War of Abolition
5 May 2018
Rebel infighting is not a new phenomenon in Syria’s civil war and is endemic of the weakness and disunity of the rebel and Islamist camp in the Syrian civil war.…
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Turkey’s Air War in Iraq
2 May 2018
Since the beginning of 2017, Turkish military forces have been responsible for the vast majority of the remote violence reported in the Iraqi governorates bordering Turkey. This is largely due…
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The Assassination of Clerics in Southern Yemen
2 May 2018
Over the first months of 2018, an increasing number of assassination attempts have targeted local Muslim clerics in southern Yemen. At least five imams have reportedly been killed since January,…
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Regional Overview – Middle East 30 April 2018
2 May 2018
The number of political violence events recorded in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine dropped this week, while the number of events in Bahrain and Turkey rose considerably. Meanwhile Syria is…
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5 Hidden Conflicts in the Middle East: #5 Spillover Conflicts
28 April 2018
In this series of infographics, ACLED’s Research Analyst, Melissa Pavlik, explores 5 hidden or under-reported conflicts across the Middle East. The fifth explores spillover conflicts (2017-present).
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