Zineb Riboua

My latest for @WSJ I argue that Putin strives for strategic coherence. Unlike Washington, each of Moscow’s foreign operations, in Europe, Africa, or in the Middle East, no matter how ramshackle, reinforce every other. wsj.com/articles/the-w…

Israeli cyberattacks “undermined the regime’s legitimacy in the most intimate way: by denying loyal officials and security personnel access to their own money.” Read @Doranimated @zriboua on the new era of financial warfare. wsj.com/opinion/predat…

There’s a scene in Apocalypse Now where Captain Willard moves upriver along the Mekong, stopping at a series of military outposts. The further he goes, the more lawless and surreal each one becomes, horrifying and undisciplined soldiers. That’s Syria. People talk about a state,…

Israel’s success in an unprecedented cyber campaign against the Islamic Republic’s financial system offers the Trump administration new tools for confronting the Iranian threat, write @Doranimated and @zriboua on.wsj.com/4o0hSdd

Israel did something radical: It destroyed digital assets and banking records to undermine the Iranian regime. Khamenei spent decades building a parallel financial system, all vanished. With my colleague @Doranimated we explain what this means: wsj.com/opinion/predat…

“Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports to China are set to rise to the highest in more than two years in August, five trade sources said on Friday, as the top exporter seeks to regain market share in the world's biggest importer. State oil firm Saudi Aramco will ship about 51 million…

Backlash against Morocco for maintaining ties with Israel. What’s often overlooked is the role of Western-based radicals in fueling pro-Hamas/anti-Israel sentiment, especially when directed at Muslim-majority countries like Morocco. middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-s…

Syria is the living description of a Tower of Babel. Total disintegration, what a nightmare. I, however, remain optimistic despite all recent developments. Sometimes things need to get worse to get better. And too much at stake for the great powers involved to let it go.

Discovered this gem of a journal, on top of having some precious artifacts they have the stories too behind the expeditions etc, the ones from Benin are the most interesting ones, it shows how the fetish altar works as the king must never leave. penn.museum/sites/journal/…

“Strong nation states are a threat — especially Arab states are viewed as a threat to Israel,” @USAMBTurkiye said. But in Syria, he said, “I think all of the the minority communities are smart enough to say, we’re better off together, centralized.”

מאמר חדש של שותפי לפודקסט #Israel_Update, מייק @Doranimated, יחד עם עמיתתו ממכון האדסון @zriboua המעולה, על לוחמת הסייבר הישראלית והשמות שהיא גרמה במערכות הפיננסיות של הרפובליקה האסלאמית של איראן. מדהים. הנה תקציר בעברית (באדיבות צ'אט ג'י פי טי) - אבל אם תקראו את המקור תמצאו…

During the 12-day war, Israel launched an unprecedented cyber campaign against Iran's financial system. The attack powerfully undermined the regime's legitimacy. Khamenei now faces a clear choice: Abandon your nuclear ambitions or face economic ruin. @Doranimated @zriboua

Putin’s plan is working. After overwhelming North African countries with refugees given the instability in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and others where the Russian mercenaries operate, the next step is to overwhelm and divide Europe.