News Briefs Middle East Minute for January 8, 2021 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. Iran seized a South Korean oil tanker, Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbors signed a deal signaling the end of the Gulf rift, and Iraq issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump.
News Briefs Al-Monitor's Wrap Up of 2020 in the Middle East From drone strikes to a dire pandemic to historic diplomatic wins and losses, the Middle East has been dramatically shifted into a new direction. As we wrap up 2020, let's look back on just a few of the many storylines that shaped the region.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for December 18, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines around the region with Al-Monitor. Turkey is hit with US sanctions over its purchase of a Russian-made missile defense system, Sudan is removed from the US state sponsors of terror list, and two Iranian officials have been blacklisted by the US over the disappearance of a former FBI agent.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for December 11, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines around the region. Morocco and Israel agree to normalize relations, Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister is charged over the Beirut blast, and the International Criminal Court found reasonable basis to believe that British troops committed war crimes in Iraq.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for December 4, 2020 Catch up on some of this week's biggest headlines around the region. Iran passed a bill to stop UN inspections and increase uranium enrichment, Israel voted to dissolve its parliament and sets the path for a fourth election, and Egypt is condemned for its shocking rise in using the death penalty.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for November 20, 2020 Catch up on some of this week's biggest headlines around the region with Al-Monitor. Egypt detained members of a human rights group, srael launched air strikes targeting Iranian and Syrian positions, and the US announced troop withdrawals in Iraq and Afghanistan.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for November 13, 2020 Catch up on some of this week's biggest headlines around the region with Al-Monitor. Jordan holds parliamentary elections despite a resurgence of the coronavirus, Iraq resumes displaced camp closures that could leave thousands homeless, and Iran releases hundreds of detainees that were involved in anti-government protests.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for November 6, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and a few upcoming events around the region with Al-Monitor. Turkey fines Facebook, Twitter and others for disregarding a controversial new law, Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in the West Bank, and Algeria votes yes to constitutional reforms.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for October 30, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and a few upcoming events around the region with Al-Monitor's Middle East Minute video. Turkey joins growing calls to boycott French goods, Syria’s Idlib heats up, and construction is underway at an Iranian nuclear facility.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for October 23, 2020 Turkey withdraws troops from northwest Syria. The US pushes to remove Sudan from its state terrorism list. And a decades-long arms embargo expires against Iran. Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and a few upcoming events around the Middle East with Al-Monitor.
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