Links 17 June - 10 July 2017

Recent posts:

• On the protest movement in Morocco's Rif
• “a greater number of ignorant dumbos than any other republic”
• Sisi's "non-regime"
• Is the State Dept. losing patience with KSA/UAE over Qatar?

Recent links:

• Families say 3 Egyptians accidently killed by army airstrike - The Washington Post
• Rif : les sécuritaires déclarent la guerre à Driss El Yazami - Le Desk
• Elaine Mokhtefi · Diary: Panthers in Algiers · LRB
• Au Maroc, le Rif défie le roi, par Aboubakr Jamaï (Le Monde diplomatique, juillet 2017)
• Maroc : une guerre feutrée pour le pouvoir divise les islamistes
  On division inside the PJD.
• Egypt's Sisi Gives With One Hand, and Takes Away With the Other
  David Butter.
• Hamas to create buffer zone with Egypt to improve ties - The Washington Post
• A Way Out of the Qatar Mess - The New York Times
  Senator Bob Corker wants to halt arms sales to all Gulf states.
• Economists Puzzled By Unexpected Plunge In Saudi Foreign Reserves | Zero Hedge
• Corruption Crackdown Intensifies in Tunisia, and the People Cheer - The New York Times
• Cairobserver — Icon at Risk: Hotel du Lac in Tunis
• Saudi ups the ante: What next for embattled Qatar? | Middle East Eye
  Christopher Davidson says dig in for the long haul.
• Hamas goes to Cairo « LRB blog
  Mouin Rabbani.
• Will Get Fooled Again - Seymour Hersh, Welt, and the Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Attack - bellingcat
  Elliott Higgins.
• Syria: Trump‘s Red Line - WELT
  Seymour Hesh claims US knew Assad not behind Khan Sheikoun attack.
• If Baghdadi is dead, next IS leader likely to be Saddam-era officer | Reuters
  Send Rumsfeld to cut a deal.
• A Macron Doctrine?
  Joseph Bahout.
• The Origins and Evolution of ISIS in Libya
  Jason Pack, Rhiannon Smith, and Karim Mezran.
• Is the Saudi Prince Up to His New Job? « LobeLog
  Thomas W. Lippman.
• Saudi succession reshuffle: A threat to the house of cards
  Robert Springborg.
• The long-term cost of Saudi succession shake-up
  Bruce Riedel.
• Libya's Shifting Sands: Derna | Al Jazeera
  Interesting documentary on ISIS in Libya
• Qatar Airways: Why the world's favorite airline wants a piece of No. 74 - American Airlines — Quartz
• The Rehabilitation of Africa’s Most Isolated Dictatorship | Foreign Policy
  Eritrea comes out of the cold, with Gulf and Egyptian help
• We Need Tunisia in the Fight Against ISIS - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• New book – Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East – Hammonda.
  Andrew Hammond has updated one of the best book on contemporary Arab culture
• Saudi Arabia Deports 15,000 Qatari Camels | Foreign Policy
  Absurd headline of the weak.
• How to Save Libya From Itself? Protect Its Oil From Its Politics - The New York Times
• Libya’s Increased Oil Production Thwarts OPEC’s Reduction Plans - The New York Times
• The Siege of Doha « LobeLog
  Gary Sick, always a must-read on Gulf affairs.
• Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington | Qatar Crisis Heightens Obstacles to the Economic Reform Agenda
• Saudi Arabia Rewrites Succession as King Replaces Heir With Son, 31 - NYTimes.com