Middle East Minute: Oil prices soar as OPEC+ maintains current production levels Al-Monitor's Joe Snell with the latest Middle East headlines in one minute.
Middle East Minute: Turkey describes Russian invasion as "war" Al-Monitor's Joe Snell with the latest Middle East headlines in one minute.
Security Middle East leaders react to Russian invasion of Ukraine This week's special format of the Middle East Minute looks at some of the reactions from leaders across the Middle East and North Africa to this week's Russian invasion of Ukraine. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.
Iraqi-Kurdistan Mosul University’s storied library, once splintered by the Islamic State, reopens to the public Mosul University’s Central Library was reopened to the public on Feb. 19, eight years after it was left in ruins by the Islamic State. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.
News Briefs Middle East Minute for February 11, 2022 1. Israeli police are accused of spying on public figures. 2. Tunisia’s president locks the country’s top judges out of their offices. 3. Hundreds in Morocco mourn the death of "little Rayan." Al-Monitor's Joe Snell catches you up on some of this week’s biggest MENA headlines.
Politics and Diplomacy Health catastrophe looms in northwest Syria Hospitals in northwest Syria are closing or limiting services at an alarming rate.
Syria US special forces raid kills head of Islamic State Heaps of rubble and a collapsed roof are all that’s left of the home of the former leader of the Islamic State, evidence of a US military operation months in the making. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.
News Briefs The Takeaway by Al-Monitor for Feb. 3, 2022 1. Iran and Israel: Bennett knocks Bibi’s ‘unacceptable’ legacy 2. Iran and Turkey: Iranian gas outages trigger energy review 3. Iran and China: Beijing bolsters Iran ties with new consulate 4. Egypt boosts Africa investment with new solar plant 5. Hamas produces alternative to Israel’s ‘Fauda’ And more. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports. Read the full report here.
Politics and Diplomacy Islamic State prison break in northeast Syria The Islamic State earlier this month attacked a prison in northeast Syria that held as many as 5,000 members of the extremist group. Kurdish-led forces, backed by the US, regained control of the complex, but it's unclear how many IS militants escaped. The search is now underway to find them. Al-Monitor's Joe Snell reports.
Syria Snowstorms create deadly conditions for displaced Syrians Heavy snowstorms blasted NW Syria this month. Displaced Syrians now contend with freezing temperatures that have frozen water systems, large blankets of snow that have collapsed shelters and closed roadways, and renewed threats of flooding as the snow melts.