Sean Mathews
Journalist at Middle East Eye
Journo @MiddleEastEye Author of, The New Byzantines: The Rise of Greece and Return of the Near East @Hurstpublishers Prev. @AJEnglish @AlMonitor @TheEconomist
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2 days ago |
middleeasteye.net | Sean Mathews |John Rees
US President Donald Trump is setting up shop in the oil-rich Gulf. His wares are high-tech weaponry, AI chips and nuclear technology. Because Trump's focus will be on business deals when he arrives in the Gulf on Tuesday, his visit is being framed as economic, above geopolitical. But Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy also underscores a deeper truth about the current world order. His visit will start on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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5 days ago |
middleeasteye.net | Sean Mathews
US President Donald Trump seems to think Israel could ruin his big trip to the Middle East, and it’s causing trouble. Trump appears to want the Middle East to have a respite from war and mass starvation during his trip to the oil-rich Gulf starting on Tuesday. He is signalling that he can leave Israel in the dust if it doesn’t go along for the ride. “Rift is too strong of a word, but frustration is bubbling,” a senior western official in the region told Middle East Eye.
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6 days ago |
middleeasteye.net | Sean Mathews
Libya’s Tripoli-based government and the US have held talks about sharing billions of dollars in frozen Libyan state assets if the Trump administration helps unlock the funds, two sources familiar with the secret discussions told Middle East Eye. The Trump administration would help in unlocking around $30bn, which have been frozen since the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled by a Nato-backed uprising, a western official and one Arab source familiar with the talks told MEE.
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1 week ago |
middleeasteye.net | Sean Mathews
Saudi Arabia has been lobbying the US to stop all US attacks on Yemen ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the kingdom, warning that it would create an “embarrassing situation” for Riyadh and the US, Middle East Eye can reveal.
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1 week ago |
middleeasteye.net | Sean Mathews
The US will stop bombing Yemen “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday at the White House, underscoring his shock and awe preference for unveiling policy decisions. Trump said the Houthis in Yemen had told the US on Monday night that “they don’t want to fight anymore, they just don’t want to fight”. “We will honour that. We will stop the bombings,” Trump said. Oman confirmed Trump’s statement that the Houthis agreed to stop attacking vessels in the Red Sea.
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Israel-Turkey deconfliction talks just won't go away. The talks I revealed first on @MiddleEastEye w/@ragipsoylu came out of intense lobbying by the US, we reveal exclusively again. -Marco Rubio pressing Hakan Fidan to deescalate with Israel. https://t.co/gbICxjqmAd
An Israel-Turkey clash could rope in #Greece, I told @AJBalkans, discussing my book w/@HurstPublishers The New Byzantines. Greece + #Israel entering an unprecedented pseudo-alliance in response to #Turkey 's rising power and US retreat from Europe. https://t.co/9vzXKMtEAi https://t.co/L1p8MVTdzb
Always nice to have the Foreign Minister of Turkey confirm my reporting....news moves fast.
BREAKING — Turkey and Israel hold technical talks on a deconfliction line in Syria, Turkish FM Fidan says Fidan confirms our story below ⬇️