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Joe Snell

Joe Snell is an editorial team member of Al-Monitor. On Twitter: @joesnell03, Email: jsnell@al-monitor.com

Blinken in Cairo

The Takeaway: US ties with Egypt loom large again

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

Members of Iraqi security forces close access to the Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, on April 25, 2021, after a fire erupted in the medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases.

Iraqi security forces to fill security vacuum that harbors Islamic State

Joe Snell

Iraqi President Barham Saleh attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on Jan. 22, 2020.

Iraq unveils massive anti-corruption project

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a protest rally in Istanbul on May 18, 2018, against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US Embassy move to Jerusalem.

The Takeaway: Erdogan’s incendiary remarks about Israel worsen ties with Washington

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

Heavy smoke and fire surround Al-Sharouk tower as it collapses during an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City on May 12, 2021.

The Takeaway: How Netanyahu gains politically from conflict with Gaza

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

Yazidi women hold up pictures of missed relatives during a commemoration ceremony in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on Aug. 3, 2019.

'Mountain of information' against Islamic State leads UN investigators to recognize Yazidi genocide

Joe Snell

This combination of pictures taken on May 5, 2021, shows (L to R) leader of Israel's Yesh Atid (There Is a Future) party Yair Lapid, and leader of the Yamina (Right) party Naftali Bennett, arriving at the Israeli president's residence in Jerusalem.

The Takeaway: Could a Bennett-Lapid coalition last in Israel?

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

Staff of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission display electoral lists ahead of the upcoming general elections, at the commission's local offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on April 6, 2021.

The Takeaway: Does Hamas win if Abbas delays Palestinian elections?

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

In this handout provided by the EU Delegation in Vienna, Representatives of the European Union, Iran and others attend the Iran nuclear talks at the Grand Hotel on April 15, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. Representatives from the United States, Iran, the European Union, Russia, China and other participants from the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are meeting directly and indirectly over possibly reviving the plan.

The Takeaway: Two tracks lead to Tehran: one through Vienna, another through Baghdad

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (L) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, upon his arrival in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on March 11, 2021. Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have been locked for almost a decade in inconclusive talks over the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, which broke ground in 2011.

The Takeaway: Sudan not occupying Ethiopian territory, says Sudan’s ambassador to US

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

A worker walks with a piece of wood on his shoulder at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019.

The Takeaway: Nile Dam talks fail, crisis escalates

Andrew Parasiliti

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Joe Snell

Andrew Parasiliti , Elizabeth Hagedorn , Joe Snell

Iraqis stand outside the parliament building, or Council of Representatives, in Baghdad's Green Zone on Feb. 27, 2020.

Iraq passes $89 billion federal budget bill

Joe Snell