Middle East This Week: August 27, 2024

August 27, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the greater Middle East and North Africa, usually posted on Tuesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

The Atlas Mountains in Algeria. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Farid Air Challal (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Middle East Elections

Algeria Presidential Election: September 7, 2024

Melissa Chemam, RFI (August 26, 2024): Algerian election campaign marked by social pledges and claims of unfair play

Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024

Massinissa Benlakehal, AP (August 26, 2024): Tunisia’s president reshuffles Cabinet ahead of October election

The New Arab (August 23, 2024): Tunisia court releases former presidential hopeful

Human Rights Watch (August 20, 2024): Tunisia: Prospective Presidential Candidates Barred

Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024

Rudaw (August 22, 2024): Kurdistan election campaign begins September 16

Israel Parliamentary Elections: Due by October 2026 (earlier elections possible)

Times of Israel (August 22, 2024): Party led by Bennett would overtake Likud in elections, could form coalition – poll

Libya Presidential and Legislative Elections: TBD (indefinitely postponed)

DW (August 24, 2024): Libya – The comeback of Saif Al Islam Al Gaddafi

Edith M. Lederer, AP (August 20, 2024): Libya’s instability will worsen further without a unified government and elections, UN envoy says

Elections On Deck

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