In 1st episode of Amwaj.media's 'The Axis'—a new podcast on #Iran and its Arab allies—Ali Hashem علي هاشم and I address Iran-Israel confrontation and 3 shifts that could reshape region:

-KSA-Israel normalization
-Iran-US 'de-escalation'
-Iran-KSA/GCC business

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Tamer Badawi تامر بدوي End IRGC in Iraq محمد شياع السوداني Government of Iraq - الحكومة العراقية Minstry Of Finance Iraq|وزارة المالية العراقية طيف سامي المكتب الإعلامي لرئيس الوزراء 🇮🇶 A political gesture. By principle, Baghdad disputes the legal basis of Kurdistan’s independent energy sector, that's an ongoing problem.

That said, Baghdad has its eyes on Khor Mor's gas to supply Kirkuk gas power plants. The field's operators have developed a very constructive

The PUK, New Generation, KJG, and KIU factions in the Iraqi parliament said in a joint statement: We are strongly against any attempt to postpone the Kurdistan parliamentary elections.

OPERATIONS AT THE KHOR MOR GAS FIELD IN IRAQ'S KURDISTAN REGION TO RESUME IN HOURS - TWO LOCAL OFFICIALS TELL @REUTERS

The محمد شياع السوداني government was probably not obliged to provide this emergency supply (or it may have approved it later), but as the attack on Khor Mor comes at a diplomatically critical time, DC and European capitals will take note of this gesture.

In this context, Tariq Jawhar, a PUK leader, expressed to Shafaq News Agency his belief that the recent field targeting is linked to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani's visit to the United States and the energy agreements concluded with Washington.
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Out now on the blog, Santiago Sosa sansosa.bsky.social highlights the importance of micro-dynamics of armed conflict and peace in Colombia with implications for our understanding of conflict processes and trajectories.

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“Emirati-owned Dana Gas has suspended operations at a gas complex in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region after a drone strike that killed four people, it said on Monday.”

This is the most useful post I've read today, so far.

Thousands of refugees who escaped to neighbouring #Egypt have been detained in a network of secret military bases, & then deported back to #Sudan

New investigation by The New Humanitarian and Refugees Platform in Egypt - منصة اللاجئين في مصر thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations…

As an academic from Turkey who has a PhD from the US & has been working in Germany for 8 years I can say that the struggle for academic freedom is a global issue. No country is a safe heaven. So our best bet would be to unite our forces in calling for freedom of expression.

“Thousands of Sudanese refugees who escaped to neighbouring Egypt have been detained by Egyptian authorities in a network of secret military bases, and then deported back to their war-torn country...,”

Sara Creta & Nour Khalil The New Humanitarian
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