NEWS: #Syria ’s real GDP is projected to contract by 1.5% in 2024. As of 2022, poverty affects 69% of the population. Extreme poverty reached 27% up from a negligible level in 2009: wrld.bg/TlNR50RUEfN

'How Germany lost the Middle East'

From an honest broker without a colonial footprint in the region, Germany has suffered the most of all countries reputationally in the region since 7 Oct - more so than Israel and the US
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What’s behind #Norway ’s recognition of Palestinian statehood? Check out my latest Al Jazeera English piece, featuring quotes from Jørgen Jensehaugen, Hasini Liyanage, Hugh Lovatt, as well as Universitetet i Oslo's Bjorn Olav Utvik and Sverke Runde Saxegaard. aje.io/jygsx7

#GazaUnderAttack

#DailyData from Amwaj.data | 🇮🇷 Iran GDP composition

🏗️ Construction: 4.3%
💼 Petroleum: 7.9%
🌾 Agriculture: 10.7%
🏭 Industry & Mining: 19.5%
🌐 Services: 57.6%

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#IranEconomy #GDPComposition #Diversification

Both #Iran and #Israel clearly watching Ukraine-Russia very closely.

#Israel ’s foreign minister lashes out in Spanish at Spanish decision to recognise Palestinian state, saying that 700 years of Islamic rule in Al-Andalus shows what “radical Islam really wants”…

NEW: A Turkish man who crossed into Jacumba, CA illegally w/ a group of other Turkish men told me he paid $10k to a cartel, & expressed shock at how easy it was to cross the U.S. border with no resistance, telling me Americans should be “worried” about security & who is crossing.

NEW: Many regional leaders and diplomats showed up in Tehran for Raisi's funeral, with #Iran signaling continuity despite loss.

But there are dark clouds ahead without course correction to ensure June 28 presidential vote is inclusive.
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Raisi's funeral is about more than the late Iranian president. My take w/ comments from Trita Parsi who speaks about how foreign dignitaries are 'manifesting' Iran's repaired relationships, and from Mohammad Ali Shabani on how this may be a 'watershed' moment
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Please join us in welcoming Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi to the Chatham House MENA programme! As an Associate Fellow, Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi will contribute to our work on Iran, Iraq, geopolitics and regional security.

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Try retweeting posts you agree with by people you generally disagree with. It's refreshing.

In my latest for Amwaj.media, I explain how Iraqi 'resistance' factions have been expanding their regional campaign to include Jordan. Yet, there is no consensus between Iran's spectrum of local allies towards Jordan.

A thread for more nuance 🧵
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NEW: Many regional leaders and diplomats showed up in Tehran for Raisi's funeral, with #Iran signaling continuity despite loss.

But there are dark clouds ahead without course correction to ensure June 28 presidential vote is inclusive.
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Former foreign ministers Salehi, Mottaki, Kharazi, Zarif, fmr. Speaker Larijani, Sec. of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Abbas Aragchi, and others at AmirAbdollahian’s funeral at the foreign ministry.

NEW: #Iraq votes to make Eid Al-Ghadir—a major occasion in Shiite religious calendar—an official national holiday. As Amwaj.media reported earlier this month, contention has been both Shiite-Sunni and intra-Shiite.

Sadrists already claiming victory.

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As #Iran buries #Raisi , the #Biden administration should see Iran’s fragility as an opportunity for regional and nuclear de-escalation. with thanks Indira Lakshmanan for requesting. Stimson Center Laura Rozen Alon Pinkas David Rothkopf usnews.com/opinion/articl…