Emily Przyborowski

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Turning point. Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (C-down) and Parliament Speaker Mohammed Halbousi (C-up) attend a parliamentary session regarding the ouster of US troops in Baghdad, January 5. (AFP)
Washington’s relationship with Baghdad suffers fallout from US-Iran showdown
January 11, 2020
US Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, reinforce the US Embassy Compound in Baghdad, January 2. (Reuters)
US faceoff with Iran enters new phase
January 04, 2020
Jordanian visitors walk next to a poster depicting Jordanian King Abdullah II during their visit to Baqoura area on the Jordanian side of the border with Israel, November 13. (Reuters)
Washington’s policies straining Israel, Jordan ties
December 21, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about protests in Iran to the media in the briefing room at the State Department in Washington, November 26. (AFP)
Does US support help Iranian protesters?
November 30, 2019
A truck carrying UF6 fuel leaves the Natanz nuclear power plant in central Isfahan to the underground Fordow facility, November 6. (AFP)
‘Maximum pressure’ campaign choking Tehran from the inside and the outside
November 23, 2019
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper (L) with his Iraqi counterpart Najah al-Shammari in Baghdad, October 23. (AFP)
US experts unsure where Iraqi election would lead if Iranian influence endures
November 16, 2019
US President Donald Trump (C) poses for a picture with Sudanese Foreign Minister Asma Mohamed Abdalla (L), Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (2nd L) and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew, Novmber 6. (White House/ dpa)
US mediation looks to break Egypt-Ethiopia dam deadlock
November 08, 2019
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders adresses J Street National Conference in Washington, October 28. (DPA)
US Democratic candidates take unprecedented stance on aid to Israel
November 02, 2019
Clearing the air. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (R) and US Defence Secretary Mark Esper in Baghdad, October 23.(Reuters)
US withdrawal from Syria strains Iraq relationship
October 26, 2019
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives to announce the threat of sanctions on Turkey in the Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, October 11. (AP)
US-Turkey relations may be left beyond repair
October 19, 2019
An opportunity to act. US President Donald Trump (R) and Iraqi President Barham Salih hold a meeting in New York, September 24. (AFP)
As Iraqis protest Iranian encroachment, US may have better opportunity at engaging Baghdad
October 12, 2019
Away from base. F-22 Raptors taxis prepare to take off at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. (Reuters)
US trains on transfer of operations out of Qatar
October 05, 2019
US President Donald Trump addresses the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24. (AFP)
Sharp differences keep Washington, Tehran apart
September 28, 2019
Saudi military spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki displays wreckage of an Iranian cruise missile used in an attack that targeted Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, in Riyadh, September 18. (AP)
US cautious, ambivalent towards Iran’s alleged attacks
September 21, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement in Ramat Gan, near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, September 10. (AFP)
Israeli elections, US calculations delay Deal of the Century prospects
September 14, 2019
A 2018 file picture shows FDD’s CEO Mark Dubowitz (R) presenting former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley with the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Statesmanship Award. (FDD)
Iran threatens Washington think-tank, move likely to further isolate regime
August 31, 2019
Muftia Tlaib, the maternal grandmother of US Representative Rashida Tlaib, walks with her son Bassam (R) outside their home in the village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa in the occupied West Bank, August 15.(AFP)
Netanyahu’s decision to bar Muslim congresswomen complicates US-Israel ties
August 24, 2019
A member of the Kurdish security forces examines debris at the site of an ISIS-claimed car bombing in the town of al-Qahtaniyah in the Hasakah province, August 7. (AFP)
Pentagon sees Iraq and Syria facing greater threat from ISIS, Iran proxies
August 17, 2019
Ghosts of terror. AIMA President Ariel Eichbaum (L), US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) and Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie attend a memorial service to honour the 85 people killed in Argentina’s worst terrorist attack, in Buenos Aires, July 19. (AP)
In showdown against Iran, US sees a front next door
August 03, 2019