News Briefs Middle East Minute for October 16, 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. Lebanon and Israel begin talks over their long-disputed sea border, Iran-backed militias in Iraq agree to stop attacks on US interests, and Saudi Arabia fails in a bid to join the UN Human Rights Council.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for October 9, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and a few upcoming events around the Middle East. Kuwait names a new crown prince, Qatar submits a formal request to purchase US fighter jets, and Kurdish officials are preparing to release thousands of Syrians from a displaced camp, including many families of Islamic State fighters.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for October 2, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and now a few upcoming events around the region with Al-Monitor’s Middle East Minute. US diplomats may be heading for the exits in Baghdad. Lebanon’s Prime-Minister designate quits in a case of “collective betrayal.” And Turkey is accused of shooting down an Armenian warplane as a decades-long territorial conflict heats up.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for September 25, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor: Iran is slapped with new sanctions by the US targeting arms sales, Turkey and Greece agree to resume talks after a four year silence, and Saudi Arabia will gradually open an important Muslim pilgrimage after a seven month suspension.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for September 18, 2020 Israel signs historic agreements with the UAE and Bahrain at the White House. Turkey withdraws an exploratory vessel from the eastern Mediterranean and deescalates tensions with Greece. And two Iranians are accused of hacking US networks and selling sensitive information on the black market.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for September 11, 2020 Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines: Iraq braces for a major reduction of US troops as soon as this month. Former Lebanese officials will face severe sanctions for supporting Hezbollah and engaging in corruption. And a British - #Iranian woman who was arrested years ago on accusations of espionage was hit with new charges, and they come as she was nearing the end of her current prison term.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for August 28, 2020 Iran welcomes international officials to visit alleged former nuclear sites. Turkey foils a major Islamic State attack in Istanbul as threats by the radical group grow across the country. And tensions flare between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon’s border.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for September 4, 2020 Saudi Arabia opens its airspace to Israeli flights for the first time in history in a nod to last month’s historic UAE-Israel peace deal. A new report accuses #Iran of gruesome violations toward their November protesters. And an American that joined ISIS and was captured in Syria has pled guilty to terrorism charges.
Egypt’s solar shift As electricity prices soar, some Egyptians are opting for a cheaper — and more sustainable — source of energy.
Registered Only Middle East Mornings with Brian Hook - February 28, 2020 In a conversation during Al-Monitor's Middle East Mornings event on February 28, 2020, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said the US government is looking at how it might assist the Iranian people during the coronavirus outbreak, but it was the Iranian regime that bore primary responsibility for how it managed the crisis.
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