Middle East This Week: September 24, 2024

September 24, 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 city walls of Sfax, Tunisia. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Hamed Gamaoun (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Middle East Elections

Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024

Philippe Jacqué, Le Monde (September 23, 2024): Europe is considering what approach to take with Kais Saied’s Tunisia

RFI (September 23, 2024): Tunisians resume protests against president ahead of October election

Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Sam Metz, AP (September 19, 2024): A Tunisian presidential candidate sentenced to 20 months vows to campaign from prison

Fadil Aliriza, Middle East Institute (September 17, 2024): Excluded candidates, marginalized dissent before Tunisia’s presidential elections

Amnesty International (September 17, 2024): Tunisia: At least 97 arrested as authorities escalate pre-election crackdown

Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024

Iraq Oil Report (September 23, 2024): Analysis: As cash flows from Baghdad, political risks deepen for Kurdistan and its oil sector

Rudaw (September 19, 2024): US urges people to get out and vote in Kurdistan election

Winthrop Rodgers, Fikra Forum (September 18, 2024): Free and Fair? Setting Expectations for the KRI’s October Elections

Past Middle East Elections

Jordan Parliamentary Elections: September 10, 2024

Ronen Yitzhak and Elie Podeh, Jerusalem Post (September 23, 2024): Islam’s influence in Jordan presenting significant challenges for the king – opinion

The New Arab (September 18, 2024): Jordan’s King Abdullah swears in new government led by technocrat

Mohammad Ersan, Arab Reform Initiative (September 18, 2024): Jordan: How to Read the Election Results and Why the Islamists Came Out Ahead

Cathrin Schaer, DW (September 17, 2024): How dangerous is the Islamist victory in Jordan’s elections?

Algeria Presidential Election: September 7, 2024

Madjid Serrah, The New Arab (September 17, 2024): With Tebboune re-elected, will Algeria’s foreign policy change?

AP (September 17, 2024): Algeria’s president sworn in for a second term after lopsided election

Turkey Local Elections: March 31, 2024

Joshua Levkowitz, Foreign Policy (September 23, 2024): The New Face of Turkey’s Opposition

Elections On Deck

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