Europe should join the #US in pressing #Israel to not retaliate further & then focusing renewed efforts on securing a ceasefire in #Gaza - which continues to fuel the wider regional instability. Read Julien Barnes-Dacey's policy alert here ecfr.eu/article/direct…

🎙️ Europeans need to understand the dynamic changes in the Gulf region as the #UAE & #SaudiArabia are positioning themselves as influential middle powers who can have an impact on wider global politics, says Camille Lons on ECFR's podcast 👇 buff.ly/3U0udjn

Amidst the ongoing regional escalation and war in Gaza, the situation in the West Bank continues to deteriorate due to Israeli actions. My recent backgrounder for World Politics Review on the dangerous situation there: worldpoliticsreview.com/palestinian-au…

Abdoulaye SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily has officially resigned as UN SRSG for Libya

While it is no easy posting, Bathily leaves Libya, its political process, security sector and the international dynamics swirling around this troubled country in a far, far worse state than he found it.

📰 'While the #EU officially opposes returning Syrians, there is growing buy-in on the front of rethinking certain areas of Syria as safe to return #refugees , mainly supported by right-wing political parties' comments Kelly Petillo in The New Arab buff.ly/4aBx4q1

📰 “The bottom line is that Iran’s nuclear programme has advanced pretty dramatically and with far less international oversight than at any point in its history since the US withdrawal from the JCPOA,” Julien Barnes-Dacey for The Telegraph
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Israel’s confidence will be boosted by international support for its position. With Western countries rallying behind the country & Jordan helping intercept the drones global attention has been drawn away from the Gaza crisis 👇 ecfr.eu/special/the-ga…

📰 'The Jordanian response was aimed more at preventing regional escalation than tightening up any strategic alliance with #Israel ' analyses Julien Barnes-Dacey for DW News buff.ly/4aAFWfM

🎙️“Europe must unite their pressure on #Israel and push for a ceasefire in #Gaza because tensions in the region will not be containable until such agreement is reached”, says Julien Barnes-Dacey in ECFR's podcast special: buff.ly/4cQ0WAR

New ECFR paper by Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد assessing Iraq's place in the deepening regional confrontation provoked by the Gaza war with a focus on Iraq's relations with Iran

As the Middle East is increasingly engulfed in a dangerous escalation between Israel and Iran driven by the war in Gaza, keep an eye on ECFR's Gaza Crisis Map for the latest analysis and policy recommendations. ecfr.eu/special/the-ga…

'Arab states are concerned about preventing regional escalation' Julien Barnes-Dacey tells Middle East Eye “I don’t see this as strategic alignment with Israel. They will keep talking with Iran to prevent an unravelling that they fear will suck them all in' middleeasteye.net/news/us-push-m…

The weak showing of the attacks may strengthen an Israeli perception that #Iran is on the back foot, lacking willpower & capacity for deeper engagement in a conflict & that #Israel can now inflict a long-desired deeper blow on Iran & its proxies. Julien Barnes-Dacey buff.ly/3W5IOgp

With the recent escalation in the Middle East, my latest policy paper for ECFR provides a lens through which to understand Iraqi-Iranian relations.

Proxy battles: Iraq, Iran, and the turmoil in the Middle East

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Since Hamas’s attacks sparked the war in Gaza on 7 October 2023, a dangerous cycle of escalation has played out across the Middle East.

Read our new policy brief by Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد. @ECFRMENA

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