Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey is a journalist and researcher focusing on geopolitics, conflict and humanitarian issues in the Middle East and North Africa. On Twitter: @jfentonharvey

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on June 11, 2024. (Source: KSAmofaEN/Twitter/X)

Kuwait doubles down on Saudi ties driven by economics, counter-Islamism

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah (R) welcomes Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she arrives for a meeting in Tripoli on May 7, 2024.

What's behind Italy's growing Libya engagement as Russia influence expands?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on December 22, 2023. The last French troops withdrew from Niger on December 22, 2023, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region, AFP saw and Niger's military announced. The French exit from Niger leaves hundreds of US military personnel, and a number of Italian and German troops, remaining in the

What Niger-US rupture says about Russia and West's shaky future in Sahel

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

RED SEA - MAY 10: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Logistics Specialist 1st Class Ousseinou Kaba (left), from Silver Spring, Md., and Logistics Specialist Seaman Abigail Marshke, from Flint, Mich., attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) May 10, 2019 in the Red Sea. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been deployed to U.S. Cen

How Russia seeks to capitalize on US strikes in Yemen, Red Sea tensions

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

his combination of pictures created on April 18, 2023 shows Sudan's army chief, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L), in Juba on October, 14, 2019 and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (R) known as Hemedti, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), addressing the media upon his return from Russia at Khartoum airport on March 2, 2022. - AKUOT CHOL,ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images

How Sudan could become an Iran-UAE proxy war

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Rafale fighter jets are seen with Qatar's colors during a ceremony for the delivery to Qatar of the first of 36 Rafale multipurpose fighter jets from French manufacturer Dassault, Merignac, France, Feb. 6, 2019.

France, UK jostle for defense influence with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Italian Government Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Italy and UAE push reset button, boost strategic partnership under Meloni

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the Elysee Presidential Palace, Paris, France, Jan. 26, 2023.

In Iraq, Macron seeks bigger sphere of influence for France

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

UAE seeks turnaround in relations with Somalia for help in Yemen war

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (L) shakes hands of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) after a press conference at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2019. Fred Dufour/Pool via REUTERS - RC1583F62660

China shows greater interest in Syria amid pandemic, US tensions

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Tonnes of medical equipment and coronavirus testing kits provided bt the World Health Organisation are pictured at the al-Maktum International airport in Dubai on March 2, 2020 as it is prepared to be delivered to Iran with a United Arab Emirates military transport plane. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s diverging regional coronavirus strategy

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) arrive, ahead of an annual leaders summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2019. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2RRD9HRDDG

Underlying tensions still restrict full GCC reconciliation

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In Exmouth, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

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Kuwait doubles down on Saudi ties driven by economics, counter-Islamism

What's behind Italy's growing Libya engagement as Russia influence expands?

What Niger-US rupture says about Russia and West's shaky future in Sahel

How Russia seeks to capitalize on US strikes in Yemen, Red Sea tensions

How Sudan could become an Iran-UAE proxy war

France, UK jostle for defense influence with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar

Italy and UAE push reset button, boost strategic partnership under Meloni

In Iraq, Macron seeks bigger sphere of influence for France

UAE seeks turnaround in relations with Somalia for help in Yemen war

China shows greater interest in Syria amid pandemic, US tensions

Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s diverging regional coronavirus strategy

Underlying tensions still restrict full GCC reconciliation