Middle East and North Afrika
The Obama administration said that a proposed Russian sale of fighter jets to Iran would violate a U.N. arms embargo on Tehran, setting up another standoff related to last year’s nuclear negotiations. State Department spokesman […]
Iran’s nuclear deal with the West has come into effect, but that does not mean international concerns about Teheran’s nuclear program have been fully resolved. Iran has continued to develop certain military technologies, including ballistic […]
Russia started strengthening its air defense capabilities in Syria after Turkey downed a Russian warplane on Nov. 24, 2015. Before the incident, Russian forces depended on four deployed multi-role Su-30 aircraft that escorted strike packages. A […]
The strategy to defeat the Islamic State (IS) needs to address its territorial, political and ideological dimensions. Given the multitude of actors on the ground, their divergent interests and the intricacies of such a strategy, […]
According to the ISW analysis dated January 29,2016, US-backed forces are pressuring ISIS on the periphery of the organization’s areas of control. ISIS lost control of Ramadi, Anbar Province to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and […]
The U.S. Treasury Department unleashed sanctions against 11 people and companies involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program on Jan. 17, 2016, just one day after President Obama lifted sanctions based on Iran’s nuclear program. The […]
The Islamic State (ISIS), mainly considered “the world’s most powerful terrorist organization” or “the richest terrorist organization in history” is far more than just a terrorist organization. It is, in fact, a militant organization that […]
Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on January 2, 2016, signaling it would not tolerate attacks, whether by Sunni jihadists or minority Shi’ites, and stirring sectarian anger […]
MENA will face new security challenges in 2016, after the black swans events that marked 2015: the Russian military intervention in Syria, the signing of the Iran nuclear deal, the downtaking of the Russian fighter […]
Iraq’s prime minister Haider Al-Abadi accused Turkey on December 30, 2015 of failing to respect an agreement to withdraw its troops from the country’s north, so Iraq could resort to military action to defend its […]
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