Regional Overview: Middle East
Last week in the Middle East, fighting between pro-Hadi forces and Houthis continued in Yemen, with intensified clashes reported in and around Taizz city. Amid stalled power-sharing negotiations, pro-Hadi and pro-Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces engaged in minor clashes in Abyan, while there was a decline in Houthi drone strikes against Saudi Arabia.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
25-31 October 2020
Last week, demonstrations broke out across the Middle East against the French president who stated he would protect the right to caricature the Prophet Mohammad. In Syria, dozens of Turkish-backed fighters were killed by a Russian airstrike, while Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) increased its shelling of regime forces.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
18-24 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, intense fighting between the Houthis and joint anti-Houthi forces was reported in Ad Ali and Mirab, while renewed clashes broke out between pro-Southern Transitional Council (STC) and pro-Hadi fighters in Yemen’s south.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
11-17 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, two members of Hurras Al Din were killed by a drone strike conducted by the global coalition forces in northern Syria, while three former opposition commanders were killed by unidentified gunmen in the south.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
4-10 October 2020
Last week in the Middle East, a truck bomb explosion reportedly led to the deaths of 18 civilians in Syria, while two former opposition figures were killed in an armed attack by unknown gunmen.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
20-26 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the United States (US) threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad in response to continuous attacks by militias in Iraq on US and global coalition targets.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
13-19 September 2020
Last week in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed normalization agreements with Israel in Washington, DC, setting off a wave of protests in Bahrain, Palestine, and Iran.…
Regional Overview: Middle East
2 August-5 September 2020
Last month in the Middle East, a blast in Beirut left Lebanon reeling from the overwhelming human and financial cost of the explosion. Armed clashes intensified in both the Marib district and in Al Bayda in Yemen, and in the Greater Idleb area in Syria.…
