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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
"IT"S VERY HARD TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT TRAVELING TO THE MIDDLE EAST OR THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST IS SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW IF THEY DON"T HAVE TO DO."
MONTHS OF JAPAN’S EFFORTS TO WALK A FINE LINE BETWEEN AN ANTAGONIZED IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES WERE PUT TO A CRUCIAL TEST WEDNESDAY AS TEHRAN STAGED TWO SEPARATE BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACKS ON TWO IRAQI BASES HOSTING U.S. TROOPS, SENDING TENSIONS SOARING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
SEVERAL AIRLINES ON WEDNESDAY SAID THEY WOULD BE AVOIDING IRANIAN AIRSPACE OR CANCELING FLIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
AS TENSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CBSN WILL TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT HOW THE U.S. AND OTHER PLAYERS IN THE REGION ARE REACTING. THE ONE-HOUR SPECIAL "CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: FEARS OF WAR" WILL INCLUDE "CBS EVENING NEWS" ANCHOR NORAH O"DONNELL"S INTERVIEW WITH VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, CORRESPONDENT ELIZABETH PALMER"S INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, AND CORRESPONDENT HOLLY WILLIAMS" INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN GENERAL ABDUL KARIM KHALID, AS WELL AS EXPERT ANALYSIS.
EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST
“THE PERCEPTION OF RISK OF TRAVELING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST HAS GONE UP, AND REFLECTING THAT, FREIGHT RATES HAVE GONE UP ACCORDINGLY,” SAID TILAK DOSHI, A VISITING FELLOW AT THE NUS MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE IN SINGAPORE WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT SAUDI ARAMCO AND LOUIS DREYFUS ENERGY.
「ALSO THERE』S PERCEIVED TO BE A HIGHER RISK ASSOCIATED WITH ASSETS BASED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS THEY』RE SO MUCH NEARER TO ANY POTENTIAL FURTHER MILITARY ACTIONS,」 HE SAID. 「ONE OF THE RISKS WITH ARAMCO WAS ALWAYS A HIGHER RISK PREMIUM BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY』RE BASED AND THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I GUESS IT』S JUST A REFLECTION OF THAT TODAY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.」
ON IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FOLLOWING ISRAEL"S PLAYBOOK.
RUSSIAN AND TURKISH LEADERS INAUGURATE TURKSTREAM PIPELINE; ERDOGAN WARNS US OF 『NIGHTMARE OF CONFLICT』 IN MIDDLE EAST.
BRUSSELS (REUTERS) - THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CALLED ON WEDNESDAY FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE USE OF WEAPONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES, URGING EFFORTS TO RESTART DIALOGUE.
IT HAS BEEN A MANTRA OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR A DECADE OR MORE THAT, WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD DESCEND INTO CHAOS. OR EVEN WORSE, IRAN WOULD RESURRECT THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND SWALLOW THE REGION WHOLE.
WITH TENSIONS RISING BETWEEN TEHRAN AND WASHINGTON, JOURNALIST HAMIDREZA HOMAYOUNIFAR IS FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS FROM INSIDE IRAN. SPEAKING TO GOOD MORNING EUROPE, HE SAID THE COUNTRY"S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI SEES RECENT EVENTS AS A WATERSHED MOMENT THAT COULD LEAD TO THE US BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
“FOR THOSE TRAVELLING TO THE MIDDLE EAST OR COUNTRIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ABTA』S GUIDANCE IS TO FOLLOW THE FCO』S RECOMMENDATION TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS VIA THE MEDIA AND THE FCO TRAVEL ADVICE WEBSITE. THE FCO』S GUIDANCE TO TRAVELLERS CURRENTLY IN IRAN IS TO CONSIDER LEAVING IF CONTINUED PRESENCE IS NOT ESSENTIAL.”
OTHER UNITS INCLUDE AROUND 100 MARINES FROM THE SECOND BATTALION, SEVENTH MARINE REGIMENT. THE COMPANY-SIZE CONTINGENT IS DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT AS PART OF A SPECIAL PURPOSE TASK FORCE MEANT TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE MARINES, FRESH OFF HELPING AMERICAN FORCES WITHDRAW FROM NORTHEASTERN SYRIA, ARE REINFORCING DOZENS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL POSITIONED AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD. THE COMPOUND IS LARGE, MORE THAN 100 ACRES, WITH GUARD POSTS, LIVING AREAS, DINING HALLS AND SMALL SHOPS.
FALCON GROUP, A PROVIDER OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, HAS NAMED THREE SENIOR MANAGERS IN ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST AS IT SEEKS TO BOLSTER LEADERSHIP AND NEW BUSINESS IN THE REGIONS.
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST INVOLVING IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES IN IRAQ HAS NO EFFECT ON BRUSSELS AIRLINES, THE COMPANY』S SPOKESPERSON WENCKE LEMMES-PIREAUX TOLD HET LAATSTE NIEUWS.
THE FOLLOWING BRIEF REVIEW OF SEVEN MIDEAST CONFLICTS REFLECTS THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND RAISES THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT MUST BE DONE TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS IN THE HOPE OF SOLVING SOME OF THESE CONFLICTS. HERE IS A QUICK GUIDE TO WHAT AILS THE MIDDLE EAST OVERALL.

 

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