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US, Kurdish officials call Turkish threats of military operation in Syria 'serious'

Turkish military tanks drive past the town of Ariha on the M4 highway in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on May 7, 2020.
Amberin Zaman, Jared Szuba | Turkey | May 26, 2022
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US lawmakers urge Blinken to press Israel on Masafer Yatta evictions

Al-Monitor Staff | Israel | May 26, 2022
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Despite rumors of alternative coalition, no Gantz-Netanyahu deal yet in Israel

Mazal Mualem | Israel | May 26, 2022

Iran urges UN to condemn colonel's 'terrorist assassination'

Mourners at the funeral of Quds Force Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaee in Tehran, May 24, 2022.
Al-Monitor Staff | Iran | May 26, 2022

AKP municipalities tone down the volume on Kurd-Pop in Turkey

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Nazlan Ertan | Turkey | May 26, 2022

New Islamic State leader reportedly caught in Turkey

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Al-Monitor Staff | Turkey | May 26, 2022

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An Egyptian laborer is pictured at Al-Reesa seawater desalination plant in el-Arish city, in the northern Sinai Peninsula, March 20, 2022.

Egypt grants new incentives to foreign investors

Ahmed Gomaa | Egypt | May 26, 2022
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Qataris to receive visa-free access to UK, invest $12.5 billion

Al-Monitor Staff | Gulf | May 25, 2022
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The economics of social unrest in Iran 

Bijan Khajehpour | Iran | May 25, 2022

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A picture taken on Feb. 14, 2019, shows Kurdistan's regional parliament in Erbil.

Iraq’s Kurdish parties struggle to unite amid deep divisions

Shelly Kittleson | Iraqi-Kurdistan | May 25, 2022
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Middle East states share condolences after Texas mass shooting

Al-Monitor Staff | May 25, 2022

Jordanian official says Captagon seizures on track to double this year

Adam Lucente | Jordan | May 25, 2022

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Moroccan Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Minister Abdellatif Miraoui and Israeli Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen.

Israeli, Moroccan ministers of science and technology sign cooperation agreement

Rina Bassist | Israel | May 26, 2022
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Abu Dhabi to partner with British Petroleum on hydrogen power

Adam Lucente | Gulf | May 24, 2022
Trucks drive in and out of the Bee'ah waste management company in the Gulf emirate of Sharjah.

Explainer: Waste-to-energy plant opens in UAE

Adam Lucente | Gulf | May 24, 2022

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A Tunisian Jewish woman is seen in the Ghriba synagogue in the Tunisian resort island of Djerba.

Pilgrimage to Tunisian island of Djerba highlights ancient Jewish heritage

Stephen Quillen | North Africa | May 27, 2022
An artefact is seen at the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on Saadiyat island during the French prime minister's visit as he launched the French-Emirati "Year of Cultural Dialogue," Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 10, 2018.

Abu Dhabi gears up for first natural history museum in Gulf region

Rabih Damaj | Gulf | May 25, 2022

Egyptian-German archaeologists unveil inscriptions, reliefs of Esna Temple

Hagar Hosny | Egypt | May 24, 2022

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Palestinian probe finds journalist 'murdered' by Israeli soldier

Palestinians light candles during a vigil in honour of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City on May 26, 2022
Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 26, 2022

Canada Soccer cancels Iran football friendly: statement

Canadian fans celebrate after the team's qualification for the World Cup in March 2022
Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 26, 2022

Louvre ex-director charged in art trafficking case

The Louvre is the world's most visited museum with around 10 million visitors a year before the Covid-19 pandemic
by Murielle KASPRZAK and Joseph SCHMID | AFP | May 26, 2022
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Al-Monitor correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn discusses US policy toward Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Biden’s upcoming travel to the Middle East

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Israeli-French filmmaker Amos Gitai talks about his celebrated body of work that examines the Arab-Israeli conflict, traumas of war and celebration of life amid adversity

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Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Roll: government not about to fall

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Ancient temple to Greek god Zeus discovered in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

Ancient temple to Greek god Zeus discovered in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

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Middle East Minute: Finland holds "open and direct" talks with Turkey

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Lebanese elections in one word: خرق
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