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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey is a journalist and researcher focusing on geopolitics, conflict and humanitarian issues in the Middle East and North Africa. On Twitter: @jfentonharvey
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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics
![The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on December 22, 2023. The last French troops withdrew from Niger on December 22, 2023, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region, AFP saw and Niger's military announced. The French exit from Niger leaves hundreds of US military personnel, and a number of Italian and German troops, remaining in the](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-03/GettyImages-1867022315.jpg?h=17f79c87&itok=g5Y81Q_4)
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In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics
![RED SEA - MAY 10: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Logistics Specialist 1st Class Ousseinou Kaba (left), from Silver Spring, Md., and Logistics Specialist Seaman Abigail Marshke, from Flint, Mich., attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) May 10, 2019 in the Red Sea. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been deployed to U.S. Cen](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-03/GettyImages-1143755170%20%281%29.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=mqptGfyP)
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In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics
![Rafale fighter jets are seen with Qatar's colors during a ceremony for the delivery to Qatar of the first of 36 Rafale multipurpose fighter jets from French manufacturer Dassault, Merignac, France, Feb. 6, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-08/GettyImages-1094437024.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=2gTpCWAM)
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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics
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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics
![Tonnes of medical equipment and coronavirus testing kits provided bt the World Health Organisation are pictured at the al-Maktum International airport in Dubai on March 2, 2020 as it is prepared to be delivered to Iran with a United Arab Emirates military transport plane. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/04/GettyImages-1204606754.jpg/GettyImages-1204606754.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=nq29BhCG)
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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics
![Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) arrive, ahead of an annual leaders summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2019. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2RRD9HRDDG](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2019/12/RTS2U6A1.jpg/RTS2U6A1.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=OGrSIsyG)
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Jonathan Fenton-Harvey
In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics