News Briefs Middle East Minute for July 2, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East. Baghdad hosts Egypt and Jordan in a historic summit, Russia rejects reopening a humanitarian aid border from Iraq into Syria, and Turkey formally withdraws from an agreement to combat violence against women.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for June 25, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. All eyes in Jordan are on the trial over April’s alleged coup attempt, an attack on a building belonging to Iran’s atomic energy agency is foiled, says Iranian state TV, and an American translator says that love made her pass on classified government information to a man tied to Hezbollah and the Lebanese government, including the names of US informants in Iraq.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for June 18, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the MENA region with Al-Monitor. A long-anticipated meeting finally takes place between the leaders of Turkey and the United States, Israel approves a new government and ushers in a new Prime Minister, and Iranians head to the polls for a presidential election.
News Briefs The Takeaway for June 16, 2021 Israel’s new PM must win over Washington. Saudi and Syria reestablishing ties? And a foreign policy breakdown of Iran’s presidential frontrunner. Read these stories and more in Al-Monitor's Takeaway. Click here for the full report.
Turkey’s “killer robots” fuel debate over autonomous machines of warfare A United Nations report suggests there is evidence that Turkish-made artificial intelligence drones hunted down and engaged logistics convoys and retreating HAF forces in Libya’s ongoing civil war.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for June 11, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the MENA region with Al-Monitor. Rockets target Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition troops and foreign contractors, Israel accuses Hamas of trying to jam its Iron Dome, and an Iranian destroyer joined by an intelligence-gathering vessel sail into the Atlantic Ocean.
Palestine Gazans flock to beaches despite pollution disaster Gazans are flocking to the beaches this summer despite growing pollution concerns as water treatment plants continue dumping raw sewage into the sea.
Israel Israel forms new government as Netanyahu fights to stay in power Less than an hour before a midnight deadline to form a new government, Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party were able to form a majority coalition. If the coalition is approved, it will effectively end the 12-consecutive year era of Netanyahu, who was the longest serving PM in Israel’s history. Here are three stories for a deeper dive: - Knesset speaker refuses to set inauguration date - Mixed views among Israeli-Arabs over Ra'am party joining coalition - Expect dirty tricks in Netanyahu's last battle for survival
News Briefs Middle East Minute for June 4, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East. A coalition government threatens to unseat Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Iran’s largest naval ship sinks after an onboard fire, and Sudan’s interim government is having second thoughts about a Russian naval base on the Red Sea.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for May 28, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the MENA region with Al-Monitor. Iraqis renewed calls for protests demanding government accountability, Syria holds a presidential election despite large parts of the country still out of control, and the US will reopen its consulate in Jerusalem in a move to revive US-Palestinian relations.
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