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Early signs from the Biden administration suggest the Syrian conflict, which is approaching its 10th year, will not be a priority for the new US team.
But it could be re-evaluated, with time running out on the diplomatic clock, an ISIS resurgence and fragile ceasefires threatening to dissolve.
The administration of President Joe Biden is America s fourth to face the Syrian conflict, which has killed about 400,000 and displaced about 10 million.
Experts and former officials predict continuity in the short term but possible policy changes when the re-evaluation is completed.
William Roebuck, the executive vice president of the Arab Gulf States Institute who was until last year the US deputy special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, expected US policy in Syria to hold for the next few months.
Israel’s decision to give 5,000 vaccine doses to Palestinian health workers is wholly inadequate, rights group says CNBC 3/02/2021 Natasha Turak
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz s office announced that the transfer had been approved on Sunday, marking the first such move since the country of 9 million began receiving shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in mid-December.
Israel has since then deployed what s become the fastest vaccination campaign in the world in terms of shots per person.
Rights organizations say the lack of equitable vaccine distribution to Palestinian territories is a dereliction of duty by Israel, which is classified by the U.N. as an occupier state.
Questions abound regarding the fate of relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States under newly installed President Joe Biden, whose incoming ad
Questions abound regarding the fate of relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States under newly installed President Joe Biden, whose incoming administration has vowed to uncover the circumstances behind the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Jan. 19, 2021
After months out of the global spotlight, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has swept back to centre stage with eye-catching diplomatic and economic moves aimed at showing the new U.S. president he is a valuable partner who can get things done.
Within the span of a few weeks, the kingdom announced an Arab deal to reconcile with Qatar, voluntary cuts to Saudi crude output to help stabilise markets and new momentum on an economic diversification plan that stumbled due to political controversy, low oil prices and COVID-19.
Whether behind the scenes or front and centre chairing a Gulf summit for the first time, the brazen young prince, known as MbS, is moving to present an image as a reliable statesman and set a pragmatic tone with a less accommodating Biden administration, especially on foe Iran, three foreign diplomats said.