Category Archives: Middle East
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July 13, 2017
Iran’s destabilising actions since 2015 have undermined any hope that the country has changed course. That’s the conclusion of “Beyond Compliance- Iran and the JCPOA“, a new report by The Henry Jackson Society to coincide with the two-year anniversary of …
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December 8, 2016
Originally published by City A.M
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson‘s attack on Saudi Arabia runs the risk of harming UK efforts to build trading relations with Gulf states, experts say.
In remarks reported earlier this week, Johnson accused the Saudi regime of “twisting” …
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United Kingdom
December 3, 2016
Originally published by the Telegraph.
Faced with almost certain defeat in the city of Aleppo, Syrian rebel groups have promised to continue their war by adopting the guerrilla tactics of assassinations, armed raids and roadside bombs.
The four-year battle for control of …
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Terrorism & Security
November 29, 2016
Originally posted by TRT World
The pro-Assad coalition in Syria has conquered more than a third of the rebel-held enclave in eastern Aleppo City, the last urban stronghold of the mainstream armed opposition. Without significant external assistance, it is difficult to …
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Middle East,
Opinion Editorial,
Russia,
Syria
November 25, 2016
Originally posted by the New Arab
Much is made of the foreign fighters who flock to join the “caliphate” Islamic State (IS) claims to have established in Iraq and Syria.
Although many foreign fighters are from Middle Eastern and North African countries, …
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Iraq,
ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
Syria
November 12, 2016
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY THE TELEGRAPH:
A flotilla of Russian warships arrived off the coast of Syria on Saturday, readying for a large-scale land and sea assault on the city of Aleppo.
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“Moscow clearly intends this as a message to the West – …
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News Coverage,
Russia,
Syria
October 19, 2016
Originally published by The Week
The EU’s security commissioner has warned of the threat to Europe posed by Islamic State militants fleeing Mosul.
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Kyle Orton, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, believes the group is deliberately giving up its caliphate.
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Read full …
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Defence,
Europe,
European Union,
Extremism,
Iraq,
ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
Religious Fundamentalism,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security,
Turkey
October 18, 2016
Orginally published by Boston Globe
BEIRUT — Islamic State leaders had long promised their followers an apocalyptic battle — foretold, some believe, by the Prophet Mohammed — in an otherwise nondescript village they controlled in northern Syria.
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Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, the senior Islamic …
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Extremism,
Iraq,
ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
Religious Fundamentalism,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security
October 3, 2016
Originally published in The Telegraph
US-backed Syrian rebels say they are within 48 hours of reaching the Isil-held town of Dabiq, which is regarded by the jihadists as the preordained site of the final apocalyptic battle between Muslims and Christians.
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But analysts believe a …
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ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security,
Turkey,
United States
September 28, 2016
Originally posted in New Zealand Herald
Syrian government forces have begun an all-out ground assault on besieged rebel-held east Aleppo, as they attempt to retake the whole of the city.
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“The regime plan for Aleppo looks to be: besiege, starve, bombard, terrify, and …
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Russia,
Syria,
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United States
Orginally published in New Zealand Herald
Syrian government forces have begun an all-out ground assault on besieged rebel-held east Aleppo, as they attempt to retake the whole of the city.
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“The regime plan for Aleppo looks to be: besiege, starve, bombard, terrify, and shrink …
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News Coverage,
Russia,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security,
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September 27, 2016
Originally published in The Telegraph
Syrian government forces have begun an all-out ground assault on besieged rebel-held east Aleppo, as they attempt to retake the whole of the city.
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“The regime plan for Aleppo looks to be: besiege, starve, bombard, terrify, and shrink the pocket down,” …
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News Coverage,
Russia,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security,
United States
September 15, 2016
TIME: 13:00 – 14:00, Thursday 15th September 2016
VENUE: Committee Room 11, House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, SW1A 0AA
SPEAKERS: Emma Webb, Research Fellow, Henry Jackson Society;
Rupert Sutton, Research Fellow, Henry Jackson Society
To see a summary of this event click here
With over a hundred …
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September 14, 2016
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Israel/Palestine,
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Terrorism & Security,
United Kingdom
September 12, 2016
The UK. government is set to construct and pay for a wall along a roadside barrier in the port of Calais, France. The roadside wall has been blasted by critics for closely resembling the U.S.-Mexico border wall proposed by Republican …
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France,
ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
United Kingdom
A defiant President Bashar al-Assad on Monday vowed to retake the whole of Syria, hours before a ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the bloodshed took effect.
In a rare public appearance at a mosque in the Damascus suburb of …
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ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security
September 9, 2016
Israel’s defence minister was in London this week, urging British Jews to take a lead role in the “battle of public opinion” on Israel and the Middle East.
Speaking in front of a 100-strong audience at the Pillar Hotel on Thursday …
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News Coverage,
Palestine,
United Kingdom
September 8, 2016
Isis’s statelet is faltering. But unfortunately, the way Isis is losing its urban strongholds is legitimising it, laying the groundwork for a military recovery.
Isis is waging a revolutionary war that prioritises politics and focuses on the long term, exhausting its …
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Iran,
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ISIS,
Islamism,
Middle East,
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Religious Fundamentalism,
Syria,
Terrorism & Security
Syrian government forces carried out a chlorine attack Wednesday that killed two civilians, including a 13-year-old girl, and caused respiratory injuries in scores of others in a rebel-held area near the besieged city of Aleppo, anti-government activists alleged.
Mohammed Abu Jaafar, head of forensics in the war-torn …
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ISIS,
Middle East,
News Coverage,
Syria
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