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Azure Strategy’s focus is on supporting our clients’ business & investment objectives in GCC states & analysing major developments in MENA

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🌍 With 2024 set to be the hottest year on record, are climate summits "fit for purpose"?

🌡️Fossil fuel delegates outnumber climate scientists
🌡️Weak financing frameworks
🌡️Lack of actionable carbon reduction metrics

Reforms are vital → https://t.co/9bHIB0vCOr #COP29

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📣 Iran and Israel recalibrate while ceasefire holds

In this week's MENA strategic bulletin, we assess the fallout from 12 days that put the region on edge.

Full analysis here:
https://t.co/sX9NAdUjy3

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5/🇮🇷What’s Iran thinking?
Iran, for now, is cautious. It’s distancing itself from the Houthis and avoiding provocations – especially after recent setbacks to its missile programme.

But it won’t negotiate with Trump unless sanctions are lifted. And they won’t be.

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🇮🇱 On March 18, Israel ended a two-month truce with Hamas, launching a massive air campaign in Gaza. Netanyahu says this is “just the beginning.”

Our latest MENA Bulletin explores what happened – and what it means. https://t.co/E80VXQXsbL

Here’s a break down:

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What’s the US thinking?
The US is directly targeting the Houthi movement as the last and most powerful remaining Iranian proxy. But there’s a catch:
The Houthis have grown more independent – and strategic. They’re not likely to back down just because Washington wants them to.

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For the first time since the second intifada, Israeli tanks are in the West Bank. What are Israel's intentions?
https://t.co/B2SaUzr6Or

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Will Trump’s Gaza Plan Prompt Arab States into Action?

Facing almost unanimous popular opposition to Trump’s Gaza proposal, Arab leaders are being pushed to think hard about a viable alternative solution :https://t.co/4a9IPhVK67

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Our latest MENA Strategic Bulletin analyses the prospects of the latest round of Gaza ceasefire talks, as well as bringing updates from Tehran, Damascus and Ankara.

Full analysis here: https://t.co/kOMYOFO0Km

#Gaza #MaximumPressure #TrumpMENA

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Azure Strategy’s Political Personality Profiles analyse decision-makers using Margaret H. Hermann’s methodology – predicting how beliefs, values & past behaviour shape future actions.

Ahmed al-Sharaa - Is his shift to ‘moderate’ leader genuine? https://t.co/HTPomUrHbK

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In this week’s MENA Strategic Bulletin, Kanz Majdalawi unpacks the consequences of Trump’s 90-day aid freeze for Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria #USAID #MENA #Jordan #Syria #Lebanon

👉 https://t.co/NLJ28Q7YMI

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Unpacking the Gaza ceasefire deal:
- Who will be released in the prisoner exchange, and when
- What it means for humanitarian aid entry
- Provisions for internally displaced Gazans to return home.
https://t.co/1fIePp7pNT

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MENA Strategic Bulletin: After more than two years of political deadlock, Lebanon has finally elected a new president. What's in Joseph Aoun's intray?
https://t.co/cwcAYiebho

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👉As Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham seeks international legitimation, Israel looks to take advantage of its moment of strategic ascendency. What's next? https://t.co/hTGivQ5wuS
#Syria #HTS #Israel #Yemen #MENA #Geopolitics

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📢MENA Strategic Bulletin Special Edition: The overthrow of Assad.

We unpack the consequences of a seismic week in Syrian history: https://t.co/2PeSFJyfEi

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'Azure' was yesterday's Word of the Day in @nytimes! The word has appeared in 55 articles so far in 2024. Can you use it correctly in a sentence? – I think I can!

#NewYorkTimes #DailyWordChallenge #BrainTraining #AzureStrategy
https://t.co/MKkOBDz8vE

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🗓️Coming up in January: An Azure Strategy–@RapidanEnergy special event on Trump 2.0 for MENA - energy, climate, and geopolitics. Contact details below 👇👇👇

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The rapid advance of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in Syria has taken many by surprise.

With Assad unlikely to go gently, there’s a high likelihood of a protracted struggle at a great civilian cost.

Read our full analysis here: https://t.co/h4cmWjys0l

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📣 MENA Strategic Bulletin: Trump’s Middle East Appointees

From a real estate investor to a Baptist preacher, Trump’s Middle East picks are typically unconventional.
Here's what to expect: https://t.co/Pt5qyw9MoG