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Our contributor in Cairo discusses the emergence of a last-minute challenger for the Egyptian presidency who, until recently, supported the country’s leader.
The war in Yemen has been long, complicated and devastating for the people that live there. But is the death this week of former leader and Arab strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh a catalyst for positive change or the start of yet more turmoil? Andrew Mueller is joined by Kamal Al-Solaylee, Iona Craig and Osamah Al-Rawhani.
This week more than 90 per cent of Iraqi Kurds voted in favour of seceding from Iraq – a predictable result that has nonetheless wrongfooted everybody. Can Iraq be kept together? Does it matter if it isn’t? And could Kurdistan’s time have come at last? Andrew Mueller is joined by the KRG’s representative to the US Bayan Rahman, Kurdish journalist Mohammed Rasool and analysts Andrew Apostolou and Renad Mansour.
In Iraq, Mosul is all but recaptured from Islamic State. In Syria, Raqqa looks likely to be freed next. Does the caliphate have a future if it holds no territory? And how can the retaken cities be rebuilt to stop IS coming back?
Donald Trump calls prime minister Narendra Modi his friend – could it be because of India’s $2bn deal to buy drones from the US? We also look at the role of Al Jazeera in the region, as pressure mounts on Qatar over its isolation. Plus: an unusual relaxation of security rules at Genvoa Airport.
As tensions continue to rise between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Andrew Mueller asks if the co-ordinated shunning of Qatar by many of its neighbours is just a distraction – and where this political stalemate could be heading.
This week Donald Trump announced that he would not stop Turkish troops entering northern Syria, opening a path to the Kurdish people who live there. In doing so he allowed history to repeat itself: the Kurds are no strangers to being forgotten, ignored and openly betrayed by the international community. Andrew Mueller explores a shameful history.
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