AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarScoop: What the Palestinians expect from Trump's peace planAxios - Barak RavidPalestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat sent a long and pessimistic preview of the Trump peace plan to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarThe Iran deal is bigger than IranAxios - Richard HaassThere are reasons to dislike the Iran nuclear deal, which has suspended but in no way resolved the challenges posed by Iran’s nuclear program. But …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarBig reforms are coming to Saudi Arabia this yearAxios - Khorri AtkinsonSaudi Arabia began a series of reforms last year to its ultraconservative social dictates, including bringing back movie theaters and, most notably, …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarTurkey’s Afrin campaign heightens tensions with U.S.Axios - Marc PieriniTurkey’s incursion into Afrin, in northwestern Syria, marks a significant move in its campaign against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarMosul, after ISISAxios - Haley BritzkyIn December, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proclaimed the end of the nearly four-year-long war against ISIS, five months after al-Abadi …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarFrench-led effort a vital step toward ending chemical weapons useAxios - Rebecca HersmanToday a group of 30 countries, led by France and including the U.S., launched the International Partnership Against Impunity for Use of Chemical …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarSaudi oil chief eyes longer-term cooperation with RussiaAxios - Ben GemanSaudi Arabia’s oil minister suggested Sunday that OPEC and non-OPEC producers including Russia should extend cooperation beyond the end of 2018, when …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarLebanese spies exposed in cyber hacking campaignAxios - Shannon VavraHackers with links to Lebanon’s main intelligence agency left hundreds of gigabytes of intercepted data on the open internet, per a report from …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarIran's Revolutionary Guards feel the forces of moderationAxios - Erica PandeyIran's Revolutionary Guards, an elite branch of the country's military, have been directed to sell assets and businesses that don't pertain to their …
AvatarAxiosAvatarAvatarThe world's worst humanitarian crisis, by the numbersAxios - Haley BritzkyWarfare, severe food shortages and disease are devastating Yemen, already one of the world's poorest countries. The U.N. has called the situation the …