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Live Updates: Israeli hostage killed in Hamas captivity as Erdogan blasts US policy

A ball of fire rises above a building during an Israeli strike in Rafah

Al-Monitor Staff | Israel | Dec 8, 2023

Supporters hang a campaign banner of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at a bus on a street in Cairo on December 7, 2023, ahead of the country's presidential election.

As Egyptians head to the polls, Gaza war is helping Sisi secure a third term

Ayah Aman | Egypt | Dec 9, 2023

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi gives a joint press conference with his German counterpart following talks at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on March 10, 2021.

Israel already suffering 'strategic defeat' with global outcry over Gaza, Jordan’s FM says

Elizabeth Hagedorn, Andrew Parasiliti | Jordan | Dec 8, 2023

Despite visits, deals, Russia's Putin does not acquiesce to Iran's Raisi on Gaza

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022.

A correspondent in Tehran | Iran | Dec 9, 2023

With 32% trade boost, Turkey eyes Saudi investments amid domestic downturn

Saudi Arabia and Turkey's national flags flutter outside the presidential complex in Ankara prior to the arrival of the Saudi crown prince to Ankara, June 22, 2022.

Jack Dutton | Turkey | Dec 9, 2023

Why is the US reluctant to strike back against Yemen's Houthi rebels?

A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Huthi rebels on Nov. 22, 2023, shows a security guard aboard the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by Huthi fighters two days earlier, in a port on the Red Sea in the Yemeni province of Hodeida.

Jared Szuba | Dec 8, 2023

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (R) escorts US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they arrive for a meeting with GCC Ministers at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh on June 7, 2023.

Ending Gaza war ‘doesn’t seem priority’ says top Saudi diplomat on US visit

Jared Szuba | Palestine | Dec 8, 2023

The Chinese and the Saudi flags adorning a street in Riyadh ahead of the Chinese president's visit to the Saudi capital, Dec. 7, 2022.

Saudi PIF ups investment in China’s Alibaba-backed tech fund

Al-Monitor Staff | Saudi Arabia | Dec 8, 2023

In this handout image supplied by COP28, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (L3), President of the Federative Republic of Brazil and Marina Silva (L2), Minister of the Environment, Joko Widodo (R2), President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E Razan Al Mubarak (R1), President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Climate Change of Brazil and His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber (R3), COP28 President during the Nature Season at Al Waha Theatre during day two of the high-level segment of the UNFCCC CO

After US, India, UAE, World Economic Forum expects Brazil to enter green coalition

Jack Dutton | United Arab Emirates | Dec 8, 2023

Mourners carry the coffins of two Kurdish women killed a day earlier in a reported Turkish drone strike, during their funeral in Amuda, a town in the Hasakah governorate in northeastern Syria, on June 21, 2023.

With world's eyes on Gaza, Turkey attacks Syria's Kurds again

Amberin Zaman | Syria | Dec 7, 2023

Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren arrives to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington on March 3, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

'Multiple clocks' are ticking on Gaza, warns former Israeli ambassador to US

Rina Bassist | Israel | Dec 7, 2023

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A Libyan border guard gives water to a migrant during a rescue operation in an uninhabited area near the town of Al-Assah on the border with Tunisia

70,000 migrants intercepted by Tunisia in 2023: official

Agence France-Presse | AFP | Dec 9, 2023

Workers clear the rubble after the Syrian army bombardment in Idlib

Syria strikes kill 6 civilians in rebel bastion: monitor

Agence France-Presse | AFP | Dec 9, 2023

An actor plays Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the set of satirical sketch show 'Eretz Nehederet'

'Remedy against fear': Israel satirists tackle war

by Michael Blum | AFP | Dec 9, 2023

Economy & Business

The Burj Khalifa (C) stands surrounded by other skyscrapers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 29, 2020.

Kuwait, Qatar, UAE telecoms merge assets into $2.2B tower company

Jack Dutton | Gulf | Dec 5, 2023

An Israeli flag reading "together we win" is reflected in a bus passing in front of a demonstration held by Israeli left-wing activists near the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv on December 5, 2023, calling for a ceasefire and exchange of hostages amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer: Did investors profit from Hamas attack on Israel?

Adam Lucente | Israel | Dec 5, 2023

ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images

What is behind Turkey’s inflation spike to 61.9% in November?

Ezgi Akin | Turkey | Dec 4, 2023

Politics & Security

A general view shows a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023.

US vetoes UNSC resolution demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Beatrice Farhat, Ezgi Akin | Palestine | Dec 8, 2023

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New York synagogue becomes scene of latest attack amid Israel-Hamas war

Adam Lucente | Washington Pulse | Dec 8, 2023

Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid as West Bank violence continues

Beatrice Farhat | Palestine | Dec 8, 2023

Podcasts

Former CENTCOM commander Gen. Joseph Votel warns Gaza conflict may expand because Iran lacks full control of its militia proxies

Joseph L. Votel

Iran continues strategic miscalculations even after Hamas' attack on Israel, says analyst Hamidreza Azizi

Hamidreza Azizi

The Israel-Hamas War: Live Q&A with Ali Hashem, Joyce Karam, and Daoud Kuttab

Joyce, Ali Hashem, Daoud Kuttab (square)

Memos

TOPSHOT - A picture taken on October 23, 2018 shows (L to R) Lubna Olayan, CEO and Deputy Chairperson Olayan Financing, Yasir al-Rumayyan, Saudi managing director of Public investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Rusian Direct Investment Fund and Khaldoon Khalifa al-Mubarak, managing director and CEO of Mubadala Development Company, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh. - Saudi Arabia is hosting a key investment summit overshadowed

Gaza war can’t blunt Gulf dealmaking, but complicates foreign investment drive

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | Dec 6, 2023

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 29: A banner hangs in a venue at the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference the day before its official opening on November 29, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The COP28 is bringing together stakeholders, including international heads of state and other leaders, scientists, environmentalists, indigenous peoples representatives, activists and others to discuss and agree on the implementation of global measures towards mitigating the effects of climate change. (Photo by Se

Why COP28 will likely end in compromise on phasing down some fossil fuels

Karim Elgendy | Gulf | Dec 4, 2023

In this picture taken on April 2, 2023, a vendor arranges dates at his shop in Rabat, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Unemployment will be true test of Morocco's government policies

Francisco Serrano | Morocco | Nov 28, 2023

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - NOVEMBER 25: Fans of Al Ahli support they team during the Saudi Pro League match between Al-Ahli SFC and Al-Shabab at Prince Abduallh Al Faisal stadium on November 25, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Images)

Israel-Hamas war looms over Saudi Arabia’s big bets on sports, entertainment and tourism

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | Nov 25, 2023

Forces loyal to Yemen's Huthi rebels hold up Palestinian flags as they march in a show of solidarity with the Palestinians on October 15, 2023, in Sanaa. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Yemen's Houthis move on Marib oil fields as Gaza war diverts world's attention?

Kate Dourian | Yemen | Nov 22, 2023

Smoke rises in northern Gaza during Israeli shelling

Israel-Hamas war pivotal moment for Abraham Accords 

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | Nov 7, 2023

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