Grasping a Window In Time
The first five months of 2021 saw relative stability in the Middle East region, after the de-escalation of several local conflicts. In Syria, the Assad Government has regained 70 percent of the country’s territory. Some other Arab countries, which had severed diplomatic ties with Syria after its civil war erupted, reconnected with the Assad Government to seek resumption of diplomatic relations. In Yemen, forces agreed to pursue the political resolution of conflicts through UN mediation, reaching agreements on a ceasefire, prisoner exchange and humanitarian assistance. Libya’s interim government was formed with the Government of National Unity and the Libyan National Army agreeing to hold national elections at the end of this year.
The relative peace in
