Middle East
US consulting giants reveal $7.5 million in work for Saudi crown prince’s reform agenda
Two of the world's biggest consulting firms have just registered as Saudi foreign agents for work they did for the...
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Lebanese-Americans step up advocacy as country crumbles
The Lebanese-American community has launched a multi-pronged influence operation to cement US support at a critical moment for the Mediterranean...
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UAE lobby sought out congressional hawks on Al Jazeera attack
Lobbyists for the United Arab Emirates were in touch with Congress for months prior to the release of a July...
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Progressive foreign policy group to lobby on Saudi human rights
A year-old foreign policy group that aims to end US support for nondemocratic governments has registered its first lobbyist. Bethany...
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Libyan strongman Haftar gets a legal team to fight human rights charges
A Libyan strongman accused of torture and extrajudicial killings now has a legal team to defend him. Khalifa Haftar is...
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Jailed Algerian tycoon hires Trump-connected lobbyist for $10 million
One of Algeria's richest businessmen has hired a lobbyist close to President Donald Trump for an eye-popping $10 million just...
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Meet the US war critic who just registered as an agent of Iranian media
A decade and a half after he started writing op-eds slamming US interventionism in the Middle East, a 72-year-old writer...
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Turkish defense industry hires ex-congressmen to unblock arms sales to Pakistan
A Turkish defense contractor has retained two lobbying firms to help unblock a US veto of a $1.5 billion arms...
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Syrian Kurds hire their first Washington lobbyist to help take on Turkey
The Washington office of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) has hired its first lobbyist amid concerns over US sanctions...
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Lobbyist says he got US to press Tunisia for presidential candidate’s release
A former lobbyist for a presidential candidate in Tunisia claims to have gotten the US government to press for his...
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