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Quoted by CNN: “Cracks are appearing in the Mideast’s most important alliance. That’s bad news for Trump”
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Cité pat L’Orient Le Jour: La portée des dernières sanctions américaines contre le Hezbollah
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Sanctions unlikely to affect Hezbollah
Quoted in the Daily Star on the impact of US sanctioning Iran on Hezbollah: “The U.S. is targeting the official economy in Iran, while Hezbollah benefits from transactions outside the official economies of both Lebanon and Iran” “The Trump administration is going after Hezbollah’s source of support, and if the Shiite group felt the Iranian regime’s survival is in question, it might act to increase the cost of U.S. diplomatic pressure on Iran”.
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My take for Der Tagesspiegel on how to end the Syrian conflict
On the 7th year anniversary of the Syrian war, the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel asked me how this conflict can come to end, click here to read my take.
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Quoted in the Arab Weekly on US Strategy in Syria
Joe Macaron, a fellow at the Arab Centre in Washington, said the US strategy assumed that the war in Syria was almost over but “recent events proved otherwise.” There were “new doubts now about [US] commitment to Kurdish forces and a potential confrontation with Turkey in Syria,” Macaron wrote via e-mail. “At any rate, this US strategy lacked specifics and did not convey a clear game plan in Syria.”
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Quoted in German newspaper General-Nnzeiger about Syria
Es ist unklar, wie die USA auf diese Konkurrenz reagieren werden. Außenminister Rex Tillerson stellte im Januar zwar ein Syrien-Programm seines Landes vor, doch dieses ist von den Ereignissen bereits wieder überholt. Washington gehe in der Tillerson-Strategie davon aus, dass der Krieg in Syrien zu Ende gehe, sagte Joe Macaron vom Arab Center in Washington unserer Zeitung: Doch der Krieg könnte noch lange dauern. Und es ist möglich, dass Syrien am Ende ganz zerrieben wird, in einzelne Einflusszonen zerfällt und auf Jahre hinaus ein Krisenherd bleibt
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Quoted in the Daily Star on US mediation of the maritime dispute between Lebanon and Israel
Quoted in the DailyStar on Tillerson visit to Lebanon:
“Israel’s decision to build wall derailed talks to demarcate maritime line. The best outcome is to have both parties re-commit on halting exploration in disputed areas. State Dept should designate an official to follow up on mediation”.
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Al-Jazeera Interview: US-Turkish tensions in Syria
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Was quoted in the Chilean newspaper La Tercera on the main issues dominating the Middle East in 2018.
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