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In Brief: Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon claims

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Middle East
Bashar al-Assad > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it builds up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Monday. Moscow entered the Syrian Civil War in 2015 to support the ailing regime of president Bashar al-Assad. Now, according to the US department of defense, Russia is…

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In Brief: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps launches second satellite

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
IRGC Parade in Tehran > YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a state-backed paramilitary group that is considered a terrorist group by the United States, has launched a second satellite into space. State television broadcast the launch in the Shahroud desert, following the return of Iran’s top diplomat from months of…

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In Brief: New Iran nuclear deal ‘getting closer’, US spokesperson says

Posted 9 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The US and Iran are “getting closer” to reaching a new nuclear deal, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said this week. Speaking to reporters during a daily press briefing, Psaki dismissed questions around the possibility of US sanctions against Russia hindering the talks in Vienna, saying that both…

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In Brief: Iran will enrich uranium to 20% even if nuclear deal revived

Posted 1 March, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Peace process
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran will continue to enrich uranium to 20 percent even if the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal is revived and sanctions are lifted, Tehran's nuclear chief said last week. “Enrichment […] continues with a maximum ceiling of 60 percent, which led Westerners to rush to negotiations, and it will…

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Analysis: Israel and the Middle East react to Ukraine

Posted 1 March, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has prompted a host of reactions from the Middle East, though few of these have been as unequivocal as in Europe or North America. What happened Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid confirmed on Monday that Israel would vote in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …

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Christian Wakeford speaks in debate on Palestinian statehood

Posted 24 February, 2022 in Coexistence, Hamas, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI Parliamentary Supporter Christian Wakeford today took part in a backbench debate on recognising Palestinian statehood. In his contributions, Christian warned against unilateral actions and made clear that "the best route to sustainable progress lies through direct negotiations" between Israel and the Palestinians. He also made the case for "concrete steps" to a two state solution, arguing…

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Analysis: Update from Iran nuclear talks

Posted 24 February, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Months of talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appear to be reaching a conclusion – despite Tehran’s refusal to negotiate directly with the Biden administration. The news from the Vienna talks – which began in April 2021 but were then paused for months following the election…

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In Brief: Israel sends diplomats to Vienna for nuclear talks

Posted 17 February, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Israeli diplomats have travelled to Vienna to meet negotiators involved in talks aiming to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal for the first time since the Vienna talks resumed last April. The Israeli delegation, headed by deputy director general of strategic affairs at the Foreign Ministry Joshua Zarka…

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Analysis: Shifting sands in the Middle East

Posted 17 February, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Naftali Bennett lauded a new “regional architecture of moderate countries” in the Middle East as he left Bahrain on Tuesday evening, completing the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to the Gulf State. What happened Bennett’s visit to Bahrain saw the prime minister meet with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad…

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In Brief: Renewed nuclear deal ‘in sight’ but not certain, claims US

Posted 9 February, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The Biden administration said on Monday that a renewed deal to restrict Iran’s nuclear programme was possible, but that any agreement had to be completed urgently as Tehran advances its capabilities. Negotiations in Vienna, which began last summer, were halted at the end of January, before being…

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