Turkey
Don’t Forget Non-Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Kemal Kirisci Thu, Jun 22, 2017, 3:30 PM
Turkey has been inundated with Syrian refugees, placing even greater strain on the country's new asylum system.
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Omphalos: Middle East Conflict in Perspective
Omphalos takes an interdisciplinary look at the contemporary Middle East, and is published jointly with two key partners: Academic Exchange, an educational non-profit that seeks to deepen understanding of Israel in the international academic community, and the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy and its blog, Markaz. Turmoil in today's Middle East today implicates a wide array of legal questions, bears huge costs for civilian populations, and poses diverse challenges to policymakers, activists, lawyers, and reformers. For the issues that Lawfare treats, the Middle East is a kind of omphalos.
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Middle East Ticker
U.S. Sinks Deeper into Syrian Civil War, Gulf Feud Starting to Shift Qatari Policy, U.S. Resumes Weapons Deliveries to Saudi Arabia
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 4:00 PM
The U.S. military shot down a Syrian bomber on Sunday, Qatar is reconsidering its support for Hamas while continuing to fight it out in the editorial pages, and the United States is supplying the Saudi air campaign in Yemen again.
Qatar
GCC Crisis: How to Resolve the Diplomatic Rift
Beverly Milton-Edwards Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 11:45 AM
Kuwait has mediated previous rounds of this feud. Can Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah do it again?
ISIS
Beyond Iraq and Syria: ISIS' Ability to Conduct Attacks Abroad
Daniel Byman Thu, Jun 15, 2017, 11:14 AM
The terrorism threat posed by the Islamic State is real but at times exaggerated and even more frequently misunderstood. Although U.S.-led advances against the Islamic State’s base in Iraq and Syria will likely continue, the United States is not fully prepared for the group’s defeat.
Middle East Ticker
Qatar Braces for a Long Fight, Islamic State Loses Ground in Raqqa, and Terrorists Attack on Iranian Soil
J. Dana Stuster Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 11:06 AM
Qatar looks for ways to circumvent the Saudi blockade, the Syrian Democratic Forces approach Raqqa’s Old City, and the Islamic State hits two targets in Tehran.
Israel-Palestine
The Palestinian Authority's Handling of the ICC Inquiry
David Bosco Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 3:30 PM
Several news outlets are reporting on conciliatory signals from the Palestinian Authority regarding negotiations with Israel. One key gesture is a temporary deemphasis on pursuing Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC). As Bloomberg reports:
Iran
ISIS Attacks Iran and Accusations Fly
Suzanne Maloney Fri, Jun 9, 2017, 3:00 PM
Iran's understanding of the Islamic State's terrorist attacks in Tehran this week is contextualized by the Islamic Republic's early history.
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