Joyce Karam
Senior News Editor at Al-Monitor
Senior News Editor @AlMonitor | Adjunct Professor at GWU | Author of China-Middle East newsletter 📝 RT≠ Endorsement 📧 [email protected]
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1 month ago |
al-monitor.com | Joyce Karam
Announcing the change of guard at the embassy in China, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, told reporters on Wednesday that Fazli is the new ambassador to Beijing, effectively replacing Mohsen Bakhtiar. Who is the new ambassador? Fazli, 66, is no stranger to the political scene. He is a staunch conservative and, as Beatrice Farhat reports, has served in various roles within Iran’s legislative and security apparatuses since 1992.
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1 month ago |
al-monitor.com | Joyce Karam
➡️ In Yemen as well, China stands to benefit from Trump’s agreement with the Houthis to stop attacks on US ships reached last week. Further ensuring secure maritime navigation and allowing Chinese vessels to pass through the Red Sea is a net positive for Beijing even though it struck its own deal with the Houthis last year.
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2 months ago |
al-monitor.com | Joyce Karam
What is Egypt thinking? As Dale Aluf writes, the answer is simple: diversification, diversification, diversification. Since 2015 — when Cairo received its last batch of F-16s, which still constitute the bulk of Egypt’s airpower, with more than 200 jets — President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the powerful military have moved to diversify the country's arsenal.
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2 months ago |
al-monitor.com | Joyce Karam
What does China want from the US-Iran talks? For China, three key principles guide its approach to Iran:➡️ Support for a deal: China wants a deal between Iran and the US that would avert military conflict, prevent further instability in the region and align with Beijing’s strategic interest in curbing nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. ➡️ Sanctions relief: China is eager to see sanctions on Iran eased and is unlikely to support a return to snapback sanctions at the UN if the talks fail.
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2 months ago |
al-monitor.com | Joyce Karam
➡️ From Damascus’ perspective, it's too soon to forget decades of Chinese policy backing the Assad dynasty, including Beijing’s role in shielding former President Bashar al-Assad from United Nations Security Council repercussions as he bombed and displaced his own people. ➡️ From Beijing’s standpoint, it’s equally hard to ignore that Syria’s new rulers are predominantly from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist militant group that has long hosted fighters from the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP).
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