http://www.al-monitor.com/cms/render/live/en/sites/almonitor/home/rssfeeds/business-rss/maincontent/nrc-business.html nrc-business Jahia 6.6.0.0 r40429, http://www.jahia.org c5cce520-7e73-48d7-adcd-8e42946ff83a http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/qom-najaf-anxiety-competition-shiite.html The long-standing competition for influence between Shiites' two holiest cities is growing. 5/22/13 7:17 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/qom-najaf-anxiety-competition-shiite.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_qom-najaf-anxiety-competition-shiite/Hawza.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Iraqi Shiite hawza cleric Sheikh Jassim al-Saidi prays in a Baghdad mosque, June 3, 2003, after being released from detention by US forces. Saidi said that he had been accused of instigating violence toward US forces occupying Iraq. Ali Mamouri 5/17/13 1:10 PM e191d2ca-92bb-48e9-af3f-8db88815ecfc http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/iran-elections-no-surprises-script.html The Iranian government in 2012 staged calm parliamentary elections that resulted in victory for loyal supporters of the supreme leader; it hopes to do the same during this year’s presidential vote. 5/22/13 7:08 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/iran-elections-no-surprises-script.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_iran-elections-no-surprises-script/Hassan Rowhani.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Iran's former top nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani flashes a victory sign after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the Interior Ministry in Tehran, May 7, 2013. Barbara Slavin 5/22/13 5:23 PM ca164fe4-bc63-4071-a0ce-f559457cc3b3 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/turkey-considers-future-of-syria.html As Turkey re-examines and develops its position on the Syria conflict, there is a distinct possibility that Ankara’s policies could contribute to the formation of a quasi-independent Kurdish state in northern Syria, as was witnessed in Iraq. 5/22/13 6:43 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/turkey-considers-future-of-syria.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_turkey-considers-future-of-syria/1-RTR3A3TG.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 A security checkpoint guarded by Syrian Kurd Asaish officers (R) is seen at Derik in Hassakeh, northern Syria, Oct. 31, 2012. Fikret Bila 5/22/13 9:03 AM http://siyaset.milliyet.com.tr/nasil-bir-suriye-/siyaset/ydetay/1711619/default.htm 4a966384-6a0e-4c04-a37a-f86170b91bca http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2013/05/turkey-takes-interest-in-minority-grievances.html A Turkish governmental committee, known as the Wise Men Group, has met with representatives of Turkish minorities so that the latter can voice their grievances to Ankara. 5/22/13 6:05 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2013/05/turkey-takes-interest-in-minority-grievances.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_turkey-takes-interest-in-minority-grievances/1-RTR37MBE.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, patriarchal vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, during the international conference on the Arab awakening and peace in the Middle East in Istanbul, Sept. 7, 2012. Stelyo Berberakis 5/22/13 8:47 AM http://www.sabah.com.tr/Gundem/2013/05/20/azinliklarin-sesi-akil-adamlar-oldu?paging=2 09dea331-cb57-432d-af35-55594bdbb406 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/tunisian-government-changes-stance-ansar-sharia-ennahda.html While typically tolerated by the Ennahda government, popular anger has prompted the Tunisian authorities to admit the connections between Ansar al-Sharia and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. 5/22/13 6:00 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/05/tunisian-government-changes-stance-ansar-sharia-ennahda.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_tunisian-government-changes-stance-ansar-sharia-ennahda/Tunisia.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 A riot police officer fires teargas during clashes with supporters of Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia at Hai al-Tadamon in Tunis, May 19, 2013. 5/22/13 11:41 AM http://www.businessnews.com.tn/Tunisie---Les-raisons-d’un-revirement-dans-le-traitement-avec-Ansar-Al-Chariâa,519,38243,3 b277c6d4-df9d-41f8-a961-ddbbc0801c6e http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/syria-israel-golan-heights-front-active.html After the Israeli air raids on sites near Damascus at the beginning of May, the Golan front, which had been dormant for decades, seems to be heating up. 5/22/13 5:47 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/syria-israel-golan-heights-front-active.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_syria-israel-golan-heights-front-active/RTXZBND-001.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Israeli soldiers stand near signs pointing out distances to different cities at an observation point on Mount Bental in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, May 5, 2013. Tareq al-Abed 5/22/13 7:03 AM http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionID=2466&ChannelID=59389&ArticleID=1687 fcb29158-40b6-4297-b6ee-c54e10734392 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/muhammad-durrah-israel-palestine-intifada.html At the site of Muhammad al-Durrah's grave, his father Jamal recounts his son's final moments, rebuking Israeli claims that he was not killed by Israeli gunfire. 5/22/13 5:37 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/muhammad-durrah-israel-palestine-intifada.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_muhammad-durrah-israel-palestine-intifada/Durra.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Jamal al-Durrah (50) and his son Mahmoud (3) pray at the grave of Muhammed al-Durrah, who was killed by Israeli soldiers on Sept. 30, 2000, in Bureij camp cemetery, Gaza. May 22, 2013. Hazem Balousha 5/22/13 3:14 PM 542c64ae-58f5-40b1-8c4b-a9a011c981d7 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/sudan-military-campaign-against-rebels.html In an effort to eradicate rebels throughout the country, the Sudanese government has increased military operations in areas where rebels maintain a significant presence. 5/22/13 5:29 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/sudan-military-campaign-against-rebels.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_sudan-military-campaign-against-rebels/1-RTXYJ1Y.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses a news conference in Juba, April 12, 2013. Al-Nour Ahmad Al-Nour 5/22/13 11:15 AM http://alhayat.com/Details/516054 affd4de8-2f9a-4ada-b735-04c8adf5f663 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/iraq-sectarian-violence-roadmap.html Iraq’s religious leaders need to help broker the political compromise that is eluding its political leaders. 5/22/13 4:56 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/iraq-sectarian-violence-roadmap.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_iraq-sectarian-violence-roadmap/RTR2PHJW-001.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 31, 2011. Harith Hasan 5/22/13 11:45 AM 16b4c0c3-96b4-4430-b6e5-2dffb0f7de13 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/lebanon-jihadists-palestinian-camps-syria-conflict.html Lebanese security sources have revealed that jihadists have infiltrated Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps while they wait to see what happens in Syria. 5/22/13 4:53 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/lebanon-jihadists-palestinian-camps-syria-conflict.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_lebanon-jihadists-palestinian-camps-syria-conflict/1-RTXZN77.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 A woman walks past Palestinian Fatah members carring their weapons as they take part in a parade to mark the 65th anniversary of Nakba, at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, May 15, 2013. Jaafar al-Attar 5/22/13 6:39 AM http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionID=2465&ChannelID=59362&ArticleID=1489 c81395b3-fda8-42b3-85af-27bf625fc0cf http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/western-concerns-us-instability-jordan.html As instability both politically and economically grows in Jordan, the US plans to donate millions to the kingdom annually to help pay its general budget. 5/22/13 4:44 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/05/western-concerns-us-instability-jordan.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_western-concerns-us-instability-jordan/1-RTXZNTS.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Jordanian demonstrators burn Israeli flags with Palestinian refugees to mark Nakba Day outside the UN office in Amman, May 15, 2013. Tamer al-Samadi 5/22/13 8:13 AM http://alhayat.com/Details/515784 33b67bfd-29b7-4e60-8a0a-fdc7becc872d http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/us-drones-yemen-policy.html US security assistance toward Yemen cannot depend primarily on controversial drone attacks and needs to be linked to security reform in the country. 5/22/13 4:17 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/us-drones-yemen-policy.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_us-drones-yemen-policy/1-RTXZMEY.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 An X-47B drone is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, 2013. Daniel Tavana 5/22/13 10:21 AM 624bb9e5-1058-4389-a9e6-9cbf792a3764 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/israel-palestine-one-state-solution.html Frustrated at the lack of progress, Palestinians of various backgrounds have joined to create a movement that explicitly calls for a single democratic state in historic Palestine. 5/22/13 4:17 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/israel-palestine-one-state-solution.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_israel-palestine-one-state-solution/1-RTXZDI4.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 A laborer works on a construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim, May 7, 2013. Daoud Kuttab 5/22/13 12:34 PM 7b96aef6-17eb-4426-96f7-09254e97908b http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/gulen-movement-peace-process-pkk.html The Gulen Movement in Turkey is not against the peace process with the PKK, but is not on its bandwagon either. 5/22/13 3:39 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/gulen-movement-peace-process-pkk.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_gulen-movement-peace-process-pkk/PKK.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Turkish-Kurdish woman waves a PKK flag during a demonstration in support of Syrian Kurds, in the southeastern Turkish town of Nusaybin, near the Turkish-Syrian border, Jan. 26, 2013. Mustafa Akyol 5/22/13 1:23 PM 3c9216d8-03d2-4fb4-9ee2-2c50d6f29040 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/liberman-as-netanyahus-future-heir.html Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to strengthen his alliance and unification with Avigdor Liberman’s party. 5/22/13 3:15 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/liberman-as-netanyahus-future-heir.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_liberman-as-netanyahus-future-heir/RTR2VOT2.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman attend a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem Dec. 28, 2011. Nadav Perry 5/22/13 10:43 AM e9373a4c-98d6-4728-938c-c80f94987287 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/when-lapid-alienates-the-israeli-center.html Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid reveals himself not just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's economic twin, but also as his political clone. 5/22/13 3:15 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/when-lapid-alienates-the-israeli-center.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_when-lapid-alienates-the-israeli-center/1-RTXZTWT.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Israel's Finance Minister Yair Lapid attends a Yesh Atid party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2013. Mazal Mualem 5/22/13 11:33 AM 3da47b1e-981d-48e8-9435-6a13dacfcd8c http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/gaza-fishing-zone-israel-siege.html Israel's announcement to re-extend Gaza's fishing zone from three to six nautical miles comes at the end of the lucrative sardine season and does not promise relief for fishermen. 5/22/13 3:15 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/gaza-fishing-zone-israel-siege.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_gaza-fishing-zone-israel-siege/RTR3FBUI.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Palestinian fishermen push their boat at the seaport of Gaza City, March 22, 2013. Abeer Ayyoub 5/22/13 8:58 AM 2bf799b3-20dc-4315-b2cc-ae786c37efd6 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/washington-relaxed-erdogan-gaza-visit.html US President Barack Obama seems confident that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won’t upset the Turkey-Israel rapprochement. 5/22/13 3:14 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/washington-relaxed-erdogan-gaza-visit.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_washington-relaxed-erdogan-gaza-visit/RTXZPFQ.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) answers a question as US President Barack Obama (R) listens during a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, May 16, 2013. Tulin Daloglu 5/22/13 11:38 AM 72cf868e-6054-45b0-8cfc-1f8eaf92def7 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/iraqi-vice-president-criticizes-economy.html In a statement issued on his personal Facebook page, economist and former Iraqi vice president Adil Abdul-Mahdi has vehemently criticized the country’s economic policy. 5/22/13 1:34 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/iraqi-vice-president-criticizes-economy.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_iraqi-vice-president-criticizes-economy/1-RTR2I0GN.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Iraq's then-vice president Adil Abdul-Mahdi speaks during a news conference at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Sept. 7, 2010. Omar al-Shaher 5/22/13 10:46 AM 1b0ef334-1d58-4880-9884-ff70466098cc http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/israels-triple-challenge-on-the-syrian-front.html Israel faces tactical, operative and strategic challenges on its Syrian front, trying to combine efficient deterrence without sinking into the Syria quagmire. 5/22/13 1:30 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/israels-triple-challenge-on-the-syrian-front.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_israels-triple-challenge-on-the-syrian-front/1-RTXZC70.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 An Israeli soldier prays atop a tank close to the cease-fire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, May 6, 2013. Yoav Limor 5/22/13 10:16 AM ba6a4915-3bb4-45d2-a80d-0e9ed86e2258 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/hezbollah-preemptive-war-qusair-support-base.html To preempt dissent among its base, Hezbollah is conducting a propaganda campaign to convince supporters that the sacrifices they are making in the battle for Qusair are worth it. 5/22/13 1:26 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/hezbollah-preemptive-war-qusair-support-base.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_hezbollah-preemptive-war-qusair-support-base/RTXZU7Q.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Hezbollah supporters and relatives of Hasan Faisal Sheker, an 18-year-old Hezbollah member killed in the battle for Qusair, carry his coffin in Nabi Sheet near Baalbeck, May 20, 2013. An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Beirut 5/22/13 6:01 AM 30398a28-a79c-4a6d-9de8-8428649cef43 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/muslim-brotherhood-frame-salam-sabahy.html Opposition figures have accused the Muslim Brotherhood of framing the daughter of a powerful opponent for fraud in an act of retaliation. 5/22/13 12:24 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/muslim-brotherhood-frame-salam-sabahy.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_muslim-brotherhood-frame-salam-sabahy/160634725.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Former Egyptian president candidate Hamdeen Sabahi (C) talks to the media after attending the funeral of killed Egyptian activists Amro Saad and Mohammed al-Guindi outside Omar Makram Mosque in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 4, 2013. Ahmed Ateyya 5/21/13 6:56 PM a14c28b8-e4a7-4ee0-a3ca-0040a97a05ee http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/khomeini-daughter-petitions-khamenei-rafsanjani.html Ayatollah Khomeini's daughter Zahra Mostafavi has written to the supreme leader to ask him to intervene after the Guardian Council disqualified Hashemi Rafsanjani for the presidential race. 5/22/13 11:09 AM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/khomeini-daughter-petitions-khamenei-rafsanjani.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_khomeini-daughter-petitions-khamenei-rafsanjani/Zahra.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini Omid Memarian 5/22/13 9:34 AM 6a256ed3-ae49-481e-8c99-e9514595af47 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/turkey-political-discourse-accusations.html Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first to place CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the same boat of the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. 5/21/13 6:41 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/turkey-political-discourse-accusations.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_turkey-political-discourse-accusations/Erdogan aggression.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Riot police surround a protester during a demonstration against Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government's policy on Syria in Ankara, May 18, 2013. Tulin Daloglu 5/21/13 1:34 PM 69874cdf-e82a-4d1b-a337-debdbf255ed7 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/business/2013/05/lapid-netanyahus-coo.html In his capacity as finance minister, Yair Lapid can either succeed, letting his achievements be credited to the prime minister, or fail and take the blame himself. 5/21/13 6:30 PM http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/business/2013/05/lapid-netanyahus-coo.html http://www.al-monitor.com/files/live/sites/almonitor/files/contributed/jnt_news_lapid-netanyahus-coo/1-RTXZTWQ.jpg?t=thumbnail_278 Israel's Finance Minister Yair Lapid gestures as he speaks during a Yesh Atid party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, May 20, 2013. Itay Shiloni 5/21/13 7:40 AM http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0%2c7340%2cL-3602172%2c00.html