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2022 In Review

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Dec 30, 2022
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Clockwise from top left: Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu gather in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality during a protest in Istanbul on Dec. 15, 2022; A demonstrator with an Iranian flag painted on her face, shouts slogans as she participates in a rally outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 17, 2022; US President Joe Biden (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022; Israel's ex-premier and leader of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on Nov. 2, 2022. — GETTY IMAGES

2022 has been a transformational year for the Middle East and North Africa, witnessing unprecedented popular upheaval in Iran, geopolitical ramifications following Russia's war in Ukraine, a US-OPEC+ rift and an economic fallout in Lebanon. Al-Monitor correspondents across the region compiled the biggest trends in thorough analysis and coverage, below: 

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