Tag: Egypt
LDESP Middle East News Update – October 2014
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – October 2014 The focus of the October 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update is on the growing rifts within Iran’s leadership and government between the hardliners and the relatively moderate, as well as news headlines from the region including Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Egypt. What’s inside: In Review:… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – June 2014
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – June 2014 The focus of the June 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update is on the recent presidential elections in Egypt and Syria. What’s inside: In Review: Middle East Elections – Egypt and Syria “Abdul Fattah al-Sisi Declared Egypt’s New President,” BBC “A New Political Dilemma for Egypt’s Ruling… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – March 2014
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – March 2014 The focus of the March 2014 LDESP Middle East News Update is on the Sinai Peninsula and Security in Egypt, as well as reports and articles on the Syria, Iran, Yemen and Libya. save. What’s inside: In Review: The Sinai Peninsula and Security in Egypt “Special Report:… Read More ›
InReview: The Middle East in the New Year
The New Year brings with it an endless list of promises and threats to and from the Middle East. Just one month into 2014 it is clear that the ever-volatile region has not been left in the lurch and the U.S.’s presence continues to shape and react to the conflicts and realities throughout these… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – December 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – December 2013 The focus of the December 2013 LDESP Middle East News Update (PDF) includes includes articles on the Levant and Gulf States including Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. What’s inside: News from the Levant and Gulf States: the Syrian conflict, Egypt’s new round of protests,… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – November 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – November 2013 The focus of the November 2013 LDESP Middle East News Update (PDF) includes articles and analysis on relations between the U.S. and Jordan, as well as developments on negotiations with Iran on their nuclear program. What’s inside: In Review: The Latest in Jordanian – U.S. Relations “Surprisingly… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – September 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – September 2013 The focus of the 20 September 2013 edition of the LDESP Middle East News Update includes articles and analysis on developments between Iran, Syria and the U.S., as well as on Egypt and Iraq. Please click here to view the document. What’s inside: In Review: The Middle… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – August 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – August 2013 The focus of the 24 August 2013 edition of the LDESP Middle East News Update includes articles and analysis on recent chemical attacks in Syria, as well as on the Gulf and the Levant more broadly. Please click here to view the document. What’s inside: In Review:… Read More ›
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – The Sinai Peninsula: July 2013
LDESP MIDDLE EAST NEWS UPDATE – The Sinai Peninsula: July 2013 The focus of the 15 July 2013 edition of the LDESP Middle East News Update includes articles, reports and analysis Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the country as a whole. Please click here to view the document. What’s inside: In Review: Conflict in the Sinai “Battle for the… Read More ›
In Review: Background to Egypt’s “30 June” Movement
From our 1 July LDESP Middle East News Update on the Gulf and the Levant. Observers of the Middle East will rarely find the region lacking in news. And for those who thought the beginning of Ramadan on 8 July would at least usher in a temporary and slight respite from the regular upheavals, already… Read More ›
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