AX INTEL BULLETIN: Egypt - progress in Nile dam talks
DATE: 21JAN2020
Diplomacy rarely produces big, flashy outcomes. One is more likely to wind up with an infuriatingly slow, cumulative drip, drip, drip of incremental results that — hopefully — help to fill out the larger picture.
The tripartite talks between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have been a case in point… Read More...Tags: economics, egypt, ethiopia, sudan, nile basin, gerd
06/01/20 07:02 Filed in:
syria | economics | military | Turkey | al-Qaida | ISISAX INTEL BULLETIN: Syria’s 2020 outlook
DATE: 06JAN2020
No matter where you look, the prospects for Syria and its people in 2020 seem extremely grim. Militarily, the most concerning issue remains the fate of Idlib, where at least three million people – roughly 16 percent of Syria’s in-country population – remain crammed in a killing-zone that encompasses just 3.5 percent of its territory… Read More...Tags: syria, economics, military, Turkey, al-Qaida, ISIS
06/01/20 05:01 Filed in:
egypt | economics | libya | gerd | nile basinAX INTEL BULLETIN: Egypt’s 2020 outlook
DATE: 06JAN2020
The only prediction that one can make for certain for Egypt’s coming year is that it will be a hectic one.
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03/01/20 07:56 Filed in:
iran | iraq | syria | terrorismAX INTEL BULLETIN: Soleimani’s assassination & what’s next?
DATE: 03JAN2020
The killing of Qassem Soleimani is one of the biggest developments in the Middle East in decades — it far eclipses the deaths of Osama bin Laden or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in terms of strategic significance and implications.
The U.S. and Iran have been engaged in a dangerous tit-for-tat for months now, but this is a massive walk up the escalation ladder… Read More...Tags: iran, iraq, syria, terrorism