The March Issue of MENA Focus has been released.  MENA Focus is published every month of the semester by the West Asia Center.

• Tensions in the Middle East Rise as the Trump Administration Launches Airstrikes on Houthi Rebel
• Israel Resumes Airstrikes on Gaza, Ending Ceasefire and Escalating Conflict
• Syria, a precarious transition of power marked by violence
• Turkey expressed its welcome for the agreement between Syria’s new government and the SDF
• Iraq: Economic Improvement, Promising Investment Opportunities, and Growing International Partnerships – Mohammad Mustafa Jumma (Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Korea)