News Briefs Middle East Minute for March 12, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. Libya’s parliament approves a temporary new government, a former German employee was convicted of spying for Egypt, and secret French documents related to the Algerian War of Independence can now be declassified.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for March 5, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. Iraq passes a groundbreaking law for Yazidis, Morocco suspends cooperation with Germany’s embassy, and Turkey and Egypt may be close to a new maritime deal.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for February 26, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. A Syrian intelligence officer is convicted in Germany of crimes against humanity, a mysterious oil spill washes ashore in Israel, and a new report is expected to link Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Politics and Diplomacy Highlights from the Latest Arab Barometer Survey The Arab Barometer, a research network that gathers data from the Middle East and North Africa, released a new wave of studies in January 2021. Here are a few of the survey’s biggest findings.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for February 19, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. Rockets rain down on Erbil, Turkey raids an Iraqi cave where 13 captives were killed, and an assault on Yemen’s city of Marib is endangering millions of civilians.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for February 12, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. History is made in the UAE, UN experts shame over 50 countries for failing to repatriate nationals in Syria, and a prominent women’s rights activist was released from Saudi prison.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for February 5, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. A prominent critic of Hezbollah was killed in Lebanon, an Iranian diplomat was sentenced in Europe to 20 years in prison, and Israel’s chief vaccine advisor warns that children may also have to receive the coronavirus vaccination.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for January 29, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the region with Al-Monitor. Washington freezes arms sales, including those planned to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Iran sentences a dual citizen to 10 years in prison, and the Biden administration restores aid to Palestinians and takes steps to reopen diplomatic missions.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for January 22, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. A pair of suicide bombings devastates Iraq’s capital, hundreds are arrested in violent protests in Tunisia, and in his last day in office, former US President Donald Trump pardons several people tied to Iranian sanctions and Israeli espionage.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for January 15, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East. Lebanon begins a 24-hour curfew rule that’s in effect for 11 days, Turkey may have to brace for the return of nearly 1,500 migrants, and the US designates Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group.
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