Today: September 20, 2024
Today: September 20, 2024

Latest From Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University

MidEast|World

Qatari mediation was already producing diminishing returns – assassination of Hamas negotiator further erodes Gulf state’s role

Successor to slain Palestinian negotiator is a hardliner who resides in Gaza’s tunnels and has no realistic chance of being in Doha for talks.

Qatari mediation was already producing diminishing returns – assassination of Hamas negotiator further erodes Gulf state’s role
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Oman serves as a crucial back channel between Iran and the US as tensions flare in the Middle East

The small Gulf state has hosted high-level Western and Iranian delegations, passing messages between them.

Oman serves as a crucial back channel between Iran and the US as tensions flare in the Middle East

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