Search - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Will Egyptians pay to WATCHiT?

Iran consumer prices remain stubbornly high despite rial recovery

Iranians shop in the capital Tehran's grand bazar on November 3, 2018. - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today that President Donald Trump has "disgraced" US prestige and would be the ultimate loser from renewing sanctions on the Islamic republic.
Trump announced in May he was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions, sparking outrage among world powers who say Iran has been complying with commitments to restrict its atomic programme. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Lebanon elections pit old guard against new movement

Will gold exports help boost Iran's economy?

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.

A customer buys Iranian gold coins at a currency exchange office in Tehran's business district October 24, 2011. Iranian media reported last week that monetary authorities had reversed a six-month-old decision to cut interest on bank deposits, aiming to mop up excess cash in the economy and halt a dangerous rise of inflation. The news made sense to economists,

Muslim Brotherhood's new TV channel unlikely to influence viewers

Syria’s presidential elections, explained

LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images

Kerry’s words not enough to recast US-Egypt ties

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps aboard his aircraft after meeting with members of Egypt's government in Cairo, November 3, 2013. A day before Egypt's deposed Islamist president goes on trial, Kerry expressed guarded optimism on Sunday about a return to democracy in the country, as he began a tour partly aimed at easing tensions with Arab powers. REUTERS/Jason Reed (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX14YP8

Interview

Former PM Olmert: 'Netanyahu is finished'

Erdogan’s Islamic credentials no longer a winning hand among Turkey’s Kurds

Interview

Fear shouldn’t overtake rationality in approach to artificial intelligence, says UAE AI minister

Omar Olama

Omar Sultan Al Olama

Omar Sultan Al Olama

UAE Minister of State