There has been an open-ended escalation and threats between the Trump administration and the Iranian leadership with various scenarios of retaliation. Non-state actors like Hezbollah have lined with the so-called ‘resistance nexus’ and vowed to take revenge of the general assassination in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad International Airport on Friday, 3 January 2020.
To help deconstruct the new security and political uncertainties in the Middle East and beyond, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies is hosting a public seminar entitled, “Where is the Middle East headed after the killing of Soleimani?” at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, 8 January 2020, in Doha at Al Jazeera Media Institute auditorium.
The list of participants includes Mahjoob Zweiri, Director of the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University; Liqaa Maki, Senior Researcher at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies; Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui, Senior Researcher At Al Jazeera Centre for Studies and Haoues Taguia, Researcher at Al Jazeera Centre for Studies.