Must Read The Arab Countries Are Burning Down Again Negara Arab Hancur Terbakar Round Tiga

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 No 1.  Here is a short video from Wion. They talk about mounting protests and violence in the Middle East again.
 






 
No 2. The following is adapted from "Arab Winter? What Arab Winter?" by Prof James M. Dorsey dated Sep 3, 2023. (Dr. James M. Dorsey is an Honorary Fellow at Singapore’s Middle East Institute-NUS). The Middle East is going into its THIRD ROUND of unrest and uprisings since 2011.
     

Protests in Syria, Bahrain, Libya, IranArab autocrats scrambling to squash third wave of protests in a decadecracking down street protests, increased repressionexploding and potential future powder kegslatest protests after street agitation across Middle East2011 Arab Spring toppled  leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen2019 and 2020 uprisings in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Sudanlatest protests suggest more troubleIRAN
Iran braces for Sept 16 first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s deathMs. Amini’s death sparked months of street protests 530 people killed, 22,000 arrestedSince then protest and civil disobediencePeople cannot take more pressurewill witness street protests again  SYRIA
Syria two weeks sustained anti-govt protests by Druze-population demanding fall of President Bashar al-AssadAssad’s military will have to keep him in power
BAHRAIN

Bahrain failed to end three-week-long hunger strike by 800 prisoners acceding to demands for improved incarceration conditionsLIBYA
this week Libyan security forces deployed in Tripolito prevent renewed protestsprotests heap pressure on Libya’s govt to step down 
IRAQ READY TO BURN DOWN

Authorities imposed curfew in Kirkuk after four people killed Arab, Turkmen protesters opposed to Kurds in disputed Kirkuk clashed with Kurds this weekendIraq could rejoin Middle Eastern countries experiencing social unrest EGYPT WILL EXPLODE AGAIN

Supporters of  al-Sisi, including UAE, worry renewed protests in Egypt.people aren't comfortable with anything right now debt crisis, prices inflation gone up dramaticallyPeople's situation from bad to worsewillingness to stay quiet has disappearedlikely to hear about discontent openly in the streets‘Egypt’s Sisi Rules by Fear—and Is Ruled by It’ growing, noticeable divergence between govt promises and everyday lifeFear of renewed protests in Egypt 
world’s largest importer of wheat for 2023-2024reason why UAE agreed to provide Egypt US$100m a year wheat  SAUDI ARABIA LIVING DANGEROUSLY
Saudi’s unnecessarily harsh repression of any sign of dissent.Saudi Arabia's out-of-proportion repressive measures  sentencing to death 54-year-old teacher for  Twitter postTeacher's Twitter accounts had 10 followers
protests in Iran, Syria and powder keg Egypt suggest repression only buys  timemounting discontent with social and economic policies spilling onto the streets.The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.
By Syed Akbar Ali 

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