#MiddleEast

Thomas A. Carlson

MedievalMidEast

Today I found news of a #Crusader lord written within a decade of the events, in an #Arabic geographical source. #medieval #MiddleEast I'm working through place names in an Arabic

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ On #HumanRights day we should remember Patrick Zaky #PatrickZaky the Egyptian rights campaigner who was arrested and tortured when he went back for a holiday to Egypt from

Karim Sadjadpour

ksadjadpour

1 Fakhrizadeh was the captain of Iran’s nuclear program as Soleimani was the captain of Iran’s regional activities. Iran’s regional/nuclear ambitions don't end after their deaths, but the absence of

Hassan Hassan

hxhassan

A groundbreaking detail buried deep in the lawsuit filed by former Saudi intelligence chief against the crown prince MBS in US courts: MBS *encouraged* Vladmir Putin's military intervention in Syria

Sarah Leah Whitson

sarahleah1

Amer Fakhoury evaded justice in #Lebanon NOT because of the "statute of limitations" in the case but because the US threatened Lebanon with sanctions unless they released him, then

Cole Bunzel

colebunzel

I have a new piece in @ForeignAffairs: "Why Are Al Qaeda Leaders in Iran? What a Prisoner Exchange Reveals About an Unlikely Relationship" 1/8https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2021-02-11/why-are-al-qaeda-leaders-

Hassan Hassan

hxhassan

Lately things have been extremely busy, and I have holding on to a bunch of big news related to jihadism and extremism in the region. I’ll be posting a couple

Oz Katerji

OzKaterji

The easiest way to tell someone should never be listened to on the subject of the Middle East is if they claim Iran & Al-Qaeda have no ties because one

Abdullah al Andalusi

AbdullaAndalusi

There is no historical interpretation of Islam that demands Sunni vs Shia war, it's just the influence of clashing secular states. Proof of this is that the excuse of hating

Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes

tcwittes

A few thoughts on this, if true:https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-israel-has-told-abbas-it-will-limit-annexation-to-2-3-settlement-blocs/ Yes, this is a sign the broad regional & internat’l pressure has impact. It’s also a sign t

Michael Page

MichaelARPage

As Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT notes, there is no justification for massive ($23 billion!) proposed US arms sale to #UAE, given their involvement in unlawful strikes that have killed scores of civilians

Jason Blazakis

Jason_Blazakis

It is important to remember that #Russia flirtation with the #Taliban is isnt new. In 2018, there was a little read report that State was considering adding Russia to the

Tareq M. | طارق بن محمد

Ctrl6

Scattered points, but somehow interlinked:When did the #UnitedStates start paying attention to the Middle East? Or let me ask in a different formulation, when did the United States realize the

Orde F. Kittrie

ordefk

Thread: 1/ The Morocco-Israel peace deal is good for both countries, but sustained US follow-through by Biden admin & Congress will be key to ensuring peace is implemented in a

Ben 😷 Hubbard

NYTBen

NEW from the @nytimes international/graphics dream team: How corruption and dysfunction in Lebanon's government and the port of Beirut allowed the accidental assembly of a massive bomb - and how

Dalia Dassa Kaye

dassakaye

A thread here with some thoughts on the explosions in #Iran in the past week or so, keeping in mind that reporting from within Iran is not terribly reliable. I

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