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The State Of Qatar And The Isaias Afwerki Regime

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The State of Qatar, until recently the main financier and patron of the Isaias Afwerki regime, is now its enemy together with Iran and Turkey, the triad that the Eritrean regime alleges it promotes the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood. In March 2015, a Saudi led coalition with the United Arab Emirate as its major partner started a war in Yemen over the Houthi rebellion which has been simmering for many years. That must have been a boon for the Eritrean regime. Since it came to power in 1991 after defeating the Ethiopian Derg regime, the rebel group has been pursuing a goal of becoming a major actor in the geopolitics of the volatile region that includes Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, and the Congo. That overly ambitious …show more content…

That cheap pandering certainly doesn’t benefit Eritrea; its only value is simply reiterating his government’s loyalty to the Saudi led alliance, in addition to appeasing the ultra-nationalists among his Egyptian hosts. In October 7, 2017, Osman Saleh, Eritrea’s foreign minister said, “Eritrea is opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood and we do not allow them to come and preach in ERITREA.” He spiced it up and stated, “Turkey and Qatar support the MUSLIM BROTERHOOD [while] Egypt is fighting them.” He preempted the reaction of his Middle Eastern audience by adding Israel to the lot and stating, “we are not eager to see countries such as Turkey, Israel, Iran and others to be involved in the region.” In addition, Osman Saleh affirmed his regime’s position, stating that, “Eritrea is on a solid path as it relates to her relations with the region. we feel we have good relations with Sudan but they [the detractors] are basing their approach by relating it [our position] with our relations with Egypt.” PFDJ’S New Guise It is understandable why the Eritrean regime targets

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