Joe Snell Joe Snell is an editorial team member of Al-Monitor. On Twitter: @joesnell03, Email: jsnell@al-monitor.com Mar 31, 2021 The Takeaway: China moves to elevate its role in Middle East, but faces odds Also: Bibi ignored on Iran; Nile dam mediation; the UAE and Somaliland; Russia and Saudi Arabia; Turkey and Uighurs; the kingdom’s night lights; and more! Iraq | Mar 31, 2021 Despite Baghdad-Erbil agreement, Iraq fails to pass federal budget bill Disagreements over the dollar exchange rate and foreign loans have blocked the parliament from passing the country's budget bill for a fifth time. Russia | Mar 24, 2021 The Takeaway: Israel: Deja vu, all over again Netanyahu barely holds on, for now, with prospect of a fifth election. Elsewhere: Hezbollah in Moscow; Egypt’s matriarchal village; Turkey’s tanking stock market; GCC digs out of COVID debt; scrolls found in Israel’s "cave of horror"; and more! Iraq | Mar 1, 2021 Iraq passes law addressing women survivors of Yazidi genocide The landmark bill formally recognizes the Yazidi genocide and the trauma of sexual violence, but the community still faces grave security concerns and missing men, women and children. Iran | Feb 28, 2021 China, Iran relations widen amid renewed nuclear talks While pressuring Washington to drop sanctions and renew the JCPOA, Beijing has expanded trade and military relations with Tehran and its neighbors. Iraq | Jan 11, 2021 First doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to hit Iraq by February Iraq has pushed hard to be among the world’s first countries to receive and distribute the vaccine after committing $170 million to COVAX, a global body to promote the vaccine. Iran | Dec 17, 2020 Iran's Christians face renewed fears ahead of Christmas The case of Dabrina Bet Tamraz and her parents highlights a string of crackdowns against Evangelical and Protestant Christians across the country that have forced many to flee. Iran | Dec 10, 2020 Death penalty upheld for Iran journalist defector who turned from establishment Ruhollah Zam, the son of a regime-connected cleric, was charged in June with "corruption on earth" for inciting violence in Iran's 2017 protests. Iraq | Dec 3, 2020 Scarred but still standing, Mosul museum reopens at last Ninevah’s renowned cultural heritage museum, known for the Islamic State's disastrous attack on its treasures, has finally reopened to the public. Iraqi-Kurdistan | Nov 18, 2020 Erbil governor dies of coronavirus; his 'legacy of service will endure,' PM Barzani says Local and foreign offices praised the late governor and called his death a great loss for the KRG. Pagination Show more Latest News Ultra-Orthodox protests after Israel army says draft notices to start Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 16, 2024 MSF calls on UN, aid groups to 'come back to Sudan' Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 16, 2024 Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 16, 2024 See more Podcasts How Iran may look under new Reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian Leading Trump VP picks on Middle East policy How Iran’s new president will shift US-Iran relations See more
Mar 31, 2021 The Takeaway: China moves to elevate its role in Middle East, but faces odds Also: Bibi ignored on Iran; Nile dam mediation; the UAE and Somaliland; Russia and Saudi Arabia; Turkey and Uighurs; the kingdom’s night lights; and more!
Iraq | Mar 31, 2021 Despite Baghdad-Erbil agreement, Iraq fails to pass federal budget bill Disagreements over the dollar exchange rate and foreign loans have blocked the parliament from passing the country's budget bill for a fifth time.
Russia | Mar 24, 2021 The Takeaway: Israel: Deja vu, all over again Netanyahu barely holds on, for now, with prospect of a fifth election. Elsewhere: Hezbollah in Moscow; Egypt’s matriarchal village; Turkey’s tanking stock market; GCC digs out of COVID debt; scrolls found in Israel’s "cave of horror"; and more!
Iraq | Mar 1, 2021 Iraq passes law addressing women survivors of Yazidi genocide The landmark bill formally recognizes the Yazidi genocide and the trauma of sexual violence, but the community still faces grave security concerns and missing men, women and children.
Iran | Feb 28, 2021 China, Iran relations widen amid renewed nuclear talks While pressuring Washington to drop sanctions and renew the JCPOA, Beijing has expanded trade and military relations with Tehran and its neighbors.
Iraq | Jan 11, 2021 First doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to hit Iraq by February Iraq has pushed hard to be among the world’s first countries to receive and distribute the vaccine after committing $170 million to COVAX, a global body to promote the vaccine.
Iran | Dec 17, 2020 Iran's Christians face renewed fears ahead of Christmas The case of Dabrina Bet Tamraz and her parents highlights a string of crackdowns against Evangelical and Protestant Christians across the country that have forced many to flee.
Iran | Dec 10, 2020 Death penalty upheld for Iran journalist defector who turned from establishment Ruhollah Zam, the son of a regime-connected cleric, was charged in June with "corruption on earth" for inciting violence in Iran's 2017 protests.
Iraq | Dec 3, 2020 Scarred but still standing, Mosul museum reopens at last Ninevah’s renowned cultural heritage museum, known for the Islamic State's disastrous attack on its treasures, has finally reopened to the public.
Iraqi-Kurdistan | Nov 18, 2020 Erbil governor dies of coronavirus; his 'legacy of service will endure,' PM Barzani says Local and foreign offices praised the late governor and called his death a great loss for the KRG.
Ultra-Orthodox protests after Israel army says draft notices to start Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jul 16, 2024