Amine Ayoub

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May 31, 2025, 8:45 AM

The Red Sea’s Echoes: Why Yemen’s “New” War is an Old Nightmare

The Red Sea, once a bustling artery of global commerce, is now a flashpoint. Houthi missiles, defiant and destructive, tear through vital shipping lanes, disrupting supply chains, inflating prices, and spreading a palpable sense of instability across the world....

May 31, 2025, 8:43 AM

Spain’s Folly: Sumar’s Boycott Bill Betrays US, Israel, & Morocco

Madrid’s radical Sumar party just declared war – not on global terror, but on peace, prosperity, and the very allies crucial to Western security. Their outrageous bill, calling for a total boycott of Israel and Morocco over "occupied territories,"...

May 28, 2025, 9:22 PM

Tripoli Just Flipped: Why the US Can’t Afford to Miss This Moment in Libya

Tripoli is burning again. Gunfire echoed through the capital in early May as Libya plunged into yet another power struggle. This time, the trigger was the death of one of the country’s most notorious militia leaders: Abdel Ghani al-Kikli,...

May 28, 2025, 12:05 AM

How Washington’s Biggest Drill Exposes Tunisia’s Democratic Decay

African Lion 2025 officially began in Tunisia on April 14, bringing together over 10,000 troops from more than 40 countries in what has become the largest U.S.–led military exercise on the African continent. Tunisia, hosting the initial phase through...

May 26, 2025, 7:04 AM

Harbored by Qatar, Freed to Kill: The Untold Story of 9/11’s Architect

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the world changed forever. But while flames engulfed the Twin Towers and the Pentagon burned, one truth evaded headlines and congressional hearings: the role of Qatar. Over two decades later, a troubling...

May 16, 2025, 5:42 PM

Algeria and France Are Feuding—Here’s Why Washington Should Care

In a move that might normally pass with limited international notice, Algeria expelled 15 French diplomats last week, citing procedural violations. France responded in kind. While this tit-for-tat exchange may seem like yet another chapter in the long, complicated...

May 15, 2025, 11:06 PM

Militia’s Last Stand: How an Ambush in Libya Opens the Door for America

AFP

Abdel Ghani al‑Kikli’s sudden and brutal removal from Libya’s fractious security landscape this week has shattered the uneasy equilibrium that long hampered any prospect of a unified, functioning government in Tripoli—and with it, a rare chance for the United States to...

May 9, 2025, 2:36 PM

Morocco’s Power Play during Iberian Blackout Redraws Strategic Lines

The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI , received the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, at the Royal Palace in Rabat on February 21, 2024. (AFP)

On April 28, 2025, the Iberian Peninsula experienced a sudden and crippling power failure that brought large parts of Spain, Portugal, and southern France to a standstill. In just five seconds, Spain lost more than 15 gigawatts of electricity—approximately...

May 2, 2025, 6:24 PM

Algeria’s Wartime Mobilization Law: The Domino Reshaping North African Security

In Algiers, during the 60th anniversary of Algeria's independence on July 5, 2022.
RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

Algeria’s draft mobilization bill, approved by cabinet on April 20 to implement Article 99 of its constitution, grants sweeping emergency powers—requisitioning private assets, directing industrial output, imposing censorship and curfews—whenever the president declares a “major crisis.” While ostensibly aimed...

Apr 29, 2025, 7:31 AM

Atlantic Lifeline: Morocco’s Ports as America’s Shield Against Sahel Terror

THOMAS SAMSON/AFP

The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—having withdrawn from ECOWAS and formally established the Alliance of Sahel States—declared their intention to shift all trade through Morocco’s Atlantic ports, abandoning reliance on Algeria’s faltering corridors. While this decision...

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Amine Ayoub, a writing fellow with the Middle East Forum, is a policy analyst and writer based in Morocco.

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