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Lakshmi Priya is an Associate Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Commentary 615: Civil War Complicates Fight against COVID-19 in Syria

02 June 2020

Syria reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 23, 2020, while its first death was confirmed on March 29. As of April 9, the number of confirmed c

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Commentary 642: India Joins the Jeddah Amendment

05 October 2020

India joined the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct as an observer state following a high-level virtual meeting held on 26 August 2020 a

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Commentary 810: 'Psychological warfare': How snapback sanctions put Iran under greater pressure

05 February 2026

On 28 September 2025, the E3 powers—the UK, Germany, and France—invoked snapback sanctions against Iran, underscoring that the latter had

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Commentary 664: West Asia News Survey

04 February 2021

POLITICAL Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign Abraham Accords WASHINGTON (16 September, 2020): Israel signed normalization agreements with the UAE and

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Commentary 601: The Growing Iran-Syria Strategic Alliance

13 April 2020

In a first since facing an uprising and civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Tehran on February 25, 2019 and met Iranian Supreme Leader

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Commentary 612: Kushner’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan: An Exercise in Futility?

11 May 2020

Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior advisor of President Donald Trump, unveiled the economic peace plan titled ‘Peace to Prosperity’ in a

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Prime Minister Modi's Visit to Palestine

23 March 2018

On February 10, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Palestine, nine months after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited India. This was th

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