#Middleeast

#Syria - #oilandgas - #maritime - Another strike against a tanker off of the Syrian Coast & Port of Baniyas. It appears to be the same vessel, according to #socialmedia

A #MiddleEast kingdom just sold around 5% of it's #GDP in bonds .Do not ask who, or to whom it was sold.You'll know soon enough. Have messaged my source asking

David Halbfinger

This may be hard to watch, but it's important: Corona patients are mostly dying alone, but in Israel, several hospitals have begun allowing short visits under strict controls. On Sunday,

Joseph Bahout باحوط

How will the #Coronavirus crisis affect some #Middle_Eastern issues in the coming months?A bunch of ⁦@CarnegieEndow⁩ fellows weigh in:https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/81409 My two-cents on this:(1)«In parallel to the upward curve of infections,

Required reading for everyone who feels that "anti-imperialist principles" or realpolitik oblige them to support the Assad regime. You're just validating systematic industrial-scale rape, torture, and murder as a means

Today the UN released a summary of its investigation into attacks on seven protected sites in northwest Syria, which our team has been reporting on for nearly a year (https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/atoms/files/NWS_BOI_Summary_06_Apri

Editing TheGrayLady

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#Vaccine #Passports - #Aviation #Travel - The #UnitedKingdom company has announced @iPLATOhealth @myGP_app - found here: https://www.mygp.com/ - a 1st step, but are we leading to multiple nations & companies

Gregg Carlstrom

Does this sabotage Biden's efforts at diplomacy or give him leverage over Iran? If you want to frame it as the latter, you'd have to argue that Iran believes renewed

Risk Intelligence

#MENA #marsec: New players and different rules are changing the game in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. How does that impact the maritime trade? 1/6  #maritime #security #shipping

Most popular covid19 conspiracies on Arabic social media:1) Virus was created by the Jews2) Virus was created in a US lab by the CIA3) The virus is punishment for LGBT

William Armstrong

Report says average deaths in Istanbul between 9 March and 12 April exceed previous years' averages by 30%, casting doubt on Turkey's official Covid19 death figures. Data seems solid, has

If you wanna attack an Iraqi, use his overconfidence and negligence against him, site and observe silently and you’ll see his pattern. If you wanna attack a Turk, catch him

Alan Kurdi's death was relentlessly used to shame white people who wanted to preserve their nation and safeguard it from invasion.The murder of #EmilyJones, a direct result of that invasion,

Read my investigation into #Iran's Me Too:Sexual abuse allegations surfaced against more than 100 men on social media, the most prominent an internationally famous artist Aydin Aghdashloo. #آیدین_آغداشلو#من_هم https://ww

Today we learned Iran has launched its first military satellite - more proof that Trump's Iran policy just strengthens Iran and causes them to act more aggressively.1/ It's hard to