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Sometime before July 10, the UN Security Council will vote on whether to extend the annual mandate for cross-border assistance int ...
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Following the contention over the Guardian Council’s policies and calls to both boycott and mobilise for elections, cleric and Chi ...
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Principlist Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iran’s next president on 18 June 2021. He will succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in ...
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In the seventh in a series of TRANSITION 2021 memos examining the Middle East and North Africa, Soner Cagaptay offers guidelines f ...
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Ebrahim Raisi’s election as president of Iran came as no surprise. All those who might have been a threat to him were disqualified ...
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On June 28, the United States struck three militia sites—two in Syria and one in Iraq—in retaliation for escalating drone attacks ...
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Principlist Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iran’s next president on 18 June 2021. He will succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in ...
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As it assesses U.S. priorities in Iraq, the Biden administration would do well to focus on sovereignty and accountability as the m ...
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  Striking back one time in twelve will not stop Iranian proxy attacks, so Washington must consider more consistent and painf ...
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In 2003, following the toppling of the regime of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis had high hopes for fundamental change in their lives after ...
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