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Somalia’s 2023: A Year to Remember: From Arms Embargo Lift to Security and Economic Milestones
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and PM Hamza Abdi Barre’s tenure in 2023 can be regarded as a significant year of achievements for Somalia, reflecting...
Explainer: How Darfur became a ‘humanitarian calamity and catastrophic human rights crisis’
The outbreak of conflict seven months ago in Sudan has led to “a convergence of a worsening humanitarian calamity and a catastrophic human rights...
Shippers avoiding Red Sea transits after attacks, watching Suez Canal traffic
Shippers are diverting from Middle East transit routes in response to a growing number of drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of...
Hamas maneuvering complicates efforts to secure new prisoner swaps
Israel wasn’t slamming the door on renewed indirect prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas when it this week barred David Barnea, the head of Mossad,...
The EU–China Summit: A Delicate Balancing Act
In a high-stakes Summit, EU President Michel and President von der Leyen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss a range of issues,...
Potential Threats, Fears and Strategic Analysis
Recently, a scholar from the London School of Economics and the author of an Oxford University Press book on Al-Qaeda, Sajjan Gohel, wrote an...
Hamas is still reaping benefits from its surprise attack on Israel
Much of Gaza lies in ruins, with its people pushed from their homes by Israeli bombardment and the death toll climbing ever higher. On...
Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs
Over half a million people have been displaced in Myanmar amid a surge in fighting between the military and armed groups that started in...
Transforming Gaza from Crisis to a Complex Strategic Quandary
The situation in Gaza has evolved into a multifaceted challenge that defies easy resolution. External interference, the absence of regional cooperation, and intense political...
Gaza War and the Chinese-Russian manipulation to expel U.S. from the Middle East
After the start of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” by the Hamas movement against Israel on October 7, 2023, to which Israel responded with Operation “Iron...