West Asia Roundup: February 2024

Abstract With the ongoing Israel -Hamas war and increasing violence and death and destruction of large number of civilian Palestinians in this over five weeks war, the patience of President Biden – the biggest backer of Israel, is running...

West Asia Roundup: January 2024

Abstract Apart from the Houthi strikes on commercial ships in the Red Sea and counter strikes by the US & UK navies on the Houthi targets as well as the unfolding complexities of the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, the Iranian strikes inside...

West Asia Roundup: December 2023

Abstract As the Israel-Hamas war continued in its third month with devastating consequences and civilian casualties the regional and global attention was essentially focussed on containing the war from spreading further. UN Secretary...

West Asia Roundup: November 2023

Abstract The Israel-Hamas war, started with October 7 terror attacks, continued to witness the excessive and indiscriminate Israeli bombings over Gaza and the ground offensive leading to over 17000 casualties including nearly 600...

West Asia Roundup: October 2023

Abstract 7th October became the ‘Black day ‘ as the Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on the Israelis killing nearly 1400 civilians and military personnel and taking over 250 hostages of all ages after breaching the...

West Asia Roundup: September 2023

India hosted the G20 Summit on September 8-9. Leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman and Egypt participated of which UAE, Oman and Egypt were special invitees while Crown Prince and Prime Minister represented Saudi Arabia as a G20 member....

West Asia Roundup: August 2023

Abstract Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after his consultations with the Americans and others invited about forty participants including national Security Advisers to Jeddah for discussing the way out of the Russia-Ukraine War. But...

West Asia Roundup: July 2023

Abstract Winds of rapprochement continue to blow over the region. President Erdogan paid visits to Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha. He also expressed keenness to talk to Greece while agreeing to remove his hold from the Swedish entry to NATO....

West Asia Roundup: June 2023

Prime Minister’s Visit to Egypt On his way back from a highly successful visit to USA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a State visit to Egypt on 25 January at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo. Both...

West Asia Roundup: May 2023

Abstract Resilience and political astuteness of President Erdogan enabled him to win the Presidential elections once again in the second round despite several odds including the poor performance during the devastating earth quakes. He was...

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