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Week in Review

Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (L) meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in Tehran on May 29.

Analysis

Israel alarmed by IAEA report, possible US backchannel diplomacy with Iran

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Turkey election

Analysis

Turkey’s Kilicdaroglu scapegoats Syrian refugees in bid to defeat Erdogan

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Biden Saudi Arabia

Analysis

Biden gives priority to Israel-Saudi normalization

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein gives a joint press conference with his German counterpart at the foreign ministry headquarters in Baghdad on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Murtaja LATEEF / AFP) (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraqi FM expects continuity in ties with Turkey, no matter who wins election

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

A woman sits outside a tent at a camp for those displaced by conflict in the countryside near Syria's northern city of Raqa on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Assad will demand high price for return of refugees

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Turkey election

Earthquake, refugees, Assad may be keys to Turkey's election

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Sudan refugees

Can diplomacy end the fighting in Sudan?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (left) meets with Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Jeddah on April 12, 2023.

Arab initiative offers best chance for Syria in years

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

HOW HWEE YOUNG/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Is China playing long game against dollar in Middle East?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed welcoming his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Abu Dhabi March 19, 2023.

Analysis

In Syria, Arab engagement with Assad may fall short

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

In this handout photo released by Iraq's National Security press office, Iraq's National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji (R) meets with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (C) in Baghdad on March 19, 2023. (Photo by IRAQI SECURITY MEDIA CENTRE / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/IRAQI SECURITY MEDIA CENTRE/A

Analysis

Iran-Iraq agreement about more than borders

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (L) arrives at the Elysee Presidential Palace to meet with the French president, Paris, France, Feb. 16, 2023.

Interview

'You don’t solve issues by running away,' says Iraq's KRG PM