J. Dana Stuster
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Europe Looks for Ways to Protect Businesses from Iran Sanctions
Germany suggests parallel financial systems to insulate business from U.S. sanctions on Iran, Bolton says feud with Turkey would end “instantly” if pastor released, and King Salman hits the brakes on his son’s ambitious reforms. → Read More
Saudi Strike Kills 40 Children in Yemen
The deadly bombing in Yemen fits a pattern of carelessness in the Saudi air campaign, Turkey threatens to find new partners after U.S. imposes sanctions, and Iraq finalizes its election recount but is still negotiating a governing coalition. → Read More
Saudi Arabia Responds to Human Rights Criticism by Expelling Canadian Ambassador
Riyadh picks a fight with Canada, the Trump administration reinstates sanctions on Iran, and U.S. partners are paying off al-Qaeda in Yemen’s civil war. → Read More
The Conditions for Trump’s 'No Preconditions' Offer to Iran
The United States lifts a hold on military aid to Egypt, Trump makes a confusing diplomatic overture to Tehran, and the trial of an American pastor strains ties with Ankara. → Read More
Trump Administration’s Iran Strategy Overshadowed by Bellicose Rhetoric
Pompeo outlines an Iran strategy, Israel rejects Russia’s buffer zone proposal for Syria, and Turkey ends its two-year state of emergency. → Read More
No Grand Bargain for Syria at Trump-Putin Summit
Trump and Putin agree to secure the Israel-Syria border, Iran is on a diplomatic offensive to secure its oil exports, and new protests erupt in southern Iraq. → Read More
Battle for Hodeidah Pauses for New U.N.-backed Talks
The UAE supports a new diplomatic push for the Houthis to handover the Yemeni port, the Assad regime displaces 270,000 people with new offensive near Deraa, and protests in Iran continue as Rouhani looks to preserve the nuclear deal. → Read More
Southwest Syria Braces for New Regime Offensive
Erdogan gets the executive powers he’s cultivated for years, the Assad regime is marching toward the Jordanian border, and Iran’s economic troubles prompts new protests. → Read More
Experts Say Emirati Plan to Supply Aid to Hodeidah Is Inadequate
The advance on Yemen’s lifeline port suggests a grueling fight ahead, the United States withdraws from the U.N. Human Rights Council after years of criticism, and Turkey braces for a decisive election. → Read More
Experts Say Emirati Plan to Supply Aid to Hodeidah Is Inadequate
The advance on Yemen’s lifeline port suggests a grueling fight ahead, the United States withdraws from the U.N. Human Rights Council after years of criticism, and Turkey braces for a decisive election. → Read More
Attack on Humanitarian Aid Hub in Yemen Appears Imminent
Emirati-backed forces in Yemen are advancing on Hodeidah, the Gulf states reopen aid flows to Jordan after protests, and Iraq’s election has become a political crisis. → Read More
Jordan Appoints New Prime Minister in Effort to Quell Economic Protests
King Abdullah tries to contain popular outrage over new taxes and subsidy reductions, the Gulf crisis enters its second year, and Turkey and the U.S. reach an agreement on the Kurdish presence in Manbij. → Read More
Saudi-Backed Forces in Yemen Near Strategic Houthi City
The alliances in Yemen’s civil war shift again, Assad is pushes his luck in southwest Syria, and France presses Libya’s factions to hold elections. → Read More
Trump’s Plan B for Iran: All Sanctions, No Friends
The United States will go with sanctions alone against Iran, the Saudi crown prince’s campaign for reform without reformers, and the Assad regime waits for better terms. → Read More
Iraq’s Controversial Cleric Poised to Win Election
What you missed while the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran deal stole the headlines. → Read More
Trump’s New Iran Policy, Three Days In
Despite signaling U.S. withdrawal from the Iran deal since last October, Trump still doesn’t have a plan for what comes next. → Read More
The Last Days of the Iran Deal?
Trump appears poised to scuttle the Iran deal, Russia tries to mediate between Israel and Iran to prevent direct conflict in Syria, and it’s election season in the Middle East. → Read More
European Leaders Make Case for Iran Deal in Meetings with Trump
Macron and Merkel make the pitch for preserving the Iran deal, Erdogan calls snap elections, and a Houthi political leader is killed by a Saudi airstrike. → Read More
Trump Launched a Punitive Strike on Syria. Now What?
The reaction to the multinational strike on Assad’s chemical weapons facilities, the political crisis in Libya, and the Gulf feud’s latest casualty: Emirati-Somali ties. → Read More
Trump Looks for A Way Out of Syria
Advisers are warning Trump against plans to pull out, protests turn deadly on Israel-Gaza border, and Sisi gets his second term. → Read More