Middle East Analitika

  Source: axios.com Professor Dr. Eric Lob Associate Professor at Florida International University On Saturday, April 12th, the United States and Iran will hold talks in Oman on restricting Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump stated that the talks would be direct, while Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said they would be indirect. Trump also increased economic sanctions against Tehran to gain greater leverage in the talks. Before the talks were confirmed, Trump had delivered a letter through the United Arab Emirates to Khamenei demanding that he agrees to negotiate or confront catastrophic consequences in the form of military strikes. Since winning the popular vote in the US presidential election last November, Trump has claimed that he possesses a popular mandate to pursue his domestic and foreign policy agenda. As the United States enters another round of nuclear negotiations with Iran, the question remains whethe...

Source: brookings Mohammad Khatibi Political Commentator and Broadcast Journalist There is no end in sight for Yemeni operations in the Red Sea amid Israel’s continued onslaught on Gaza. In recent weeks, the U.S. intensified airstrikes on different locations and cities in Yemen, but these have failed to deter the Houthis from conducting more operations. Saudi-led coalition bombed the country for more than a decade but to no avail, and Riyadh came to the table with a reduced demand, and a fragile peace was achieved. The reason for the failure seemed to be a lack of ground presence and the failure of Saudi-Emirati-backed groups to defeat the Houthis.  Now, there are reports of plans to enable these groups to start a war against Sana’a. Reports suggest that the U.S. is planning to provide these groups with aerial support. The plan's effectiveness should be questioned due to previous failure. During the Yemen civil war, Saudi-Emirati-backed groups started to take action against ea...