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Category: Media

Why is Netanyahu so desperate for a ceasefire with Hamas?

MESF network member Dr Ibrahim Fraihat has published an OpEd on Al Jazeera on the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to reach a ceasefire with Hamas. Read it here.

MESF PhD candidate Tezcan Gümüş interviewed on 3RRR

Tezcan Gümüş was interviewed on 3RRR radio on Turkey-Saudi relations. Listen to the interview here.

The Afghanistan Peace Process Requires a New Regional Consensus

MESF’s Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dr Niamatullah Ibrahimi have published a new piece in The National Interest on Afghanistan. Read the full text here.

‘People still believe in Syria’: Searching for a shattered nation

Dr Dara Conduit’s CAAR sponsored guest Zaki Mehchy received a write up in The Sydney Morning Herald. Read it here.

Russia Doesn’t Solve Conflicts, It Silences Them

Read Dr Ibrahim Fraihat’s latest writing in Foreign Policy (with Leonid Issaev) on Russia’s involvement in the Middle East here.

Hewing a stone of hope out of Syria’s mountain of despair

MESF and CAAR’s visiting speaker Zaki Mehchy was interviewed by The Age’s Maher Mughrabi. Read the interview here.

Dr Ibrahim Fraihat interviewed on al-Jazeera

MESF’s Dr Ibrahim Fraihat was interviewed on al-Jazeera’s Inside Story on the protests in Jordan. Watch the full program here.

A/Prof Ben Isakhan quoted by SBS

A/Prof Ben Isakhan was quoted in an article published by SBS titled ‘Who are the Yazidis and why are they persecuted?’ Read the full article.

Professor Akbarzadeh interviewed by ABC The World Today

Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh was interviewed by the ABC’s The World Today program on Iran. Listen to the transcript here.

Professor Akbarzadeh quoted by Argentinian newspaper Infobae (Spanish)

Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh was quoted on the Iran nuclear deal by the Argentinian newspaper Infobae. Read the article here.

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