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Turkey's US envoy 'not naive' to differences, sees room for cooperation with Washington

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Al-Monitor Staff | Turkey | Apr 17, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-L), armed forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot (L) and air force commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin (2nd-R) attend a graduation ceremony at Hatzerim Israeli Air Force base in the Negev desert, near Beer Sheva, Israel, Dec. 26, 2018.

Israel stands alone on Iran

Ben Caspit | Israel | Apr 16, 2021
Suez Canal dredger

Suez Canal receives giant dredger in planned upgrade

A correspondent in Egypt | Egypt | Apr 17, 2021

Surprising economic upside seen for Egypt, Morocco and Iran

Iranian pharmaceutical factory
Week in Review | Egypt | Apr 16, 2021

Tuk-tuks become common sight in Lebanon's streets amid economic crisis

Tuk-tuks are lined up in the village of Bir Elias, Aug. 8, 2020.
Hanan Hamdan | Lebanon | Apr 17, 2021

Taliban, Assad continue to unite Russia, Iran

Zarif and Lavrov
Kirill Semenov | Russia | Apr 16, 2021

Turkey's efforts to woo rivals yield mixed results

Amberin Zaman | Turkey | Apr 15, 2021
Murat Mercan

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Ambassador Murat Mercan expects more US-Turkish cooperation, despite differences

On the Middle East with Andrew Parasiliti and Amberin Zaman | Apr 16, 2021
Nureldin Satti

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Sudan hoping for shift in Ethiopian position on Nile Dam talks, says Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s Ambassador to US

On the Middle East with Andrew Parasiliti and Amberin Zaman | Apr 14, 2021

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Islamic State-linked group executes Egyptian Copts, Sinai tribesmen in video

In the gruesome video, the Sinai Province militants warned other Christians against cooperating with the Egyptian military.

Al-Monitor Staff | Egypt | Apr 19, 2021

Popular Topics Environment and nature, Israeli-Gulf relations

Dbeibeh and Erdogan

Can Turkey rely on Libyan PM to guarantee its strategic interests?

Fehim Tastekin | Turkey | Apr 19, 2021

Egypt, Sudan refuse Ethiopian proposal on filling Nile dam reservoir

Ayah Aman | Egypt | Apr 19, 2021

Gazans with COVID-19 symptoms refuse testing

Hana Salah | Palestine | Apr 19, 2021
A Sudanese police officer is rowed to a passenger steamboat that has just arrived from Aswan at the Sudanese frontier town of Wadi Halfa on the River Nile, circa 1950.

Egypt, Sudan to build port in border area

Hagar Hosny | Egypt | Apr 19, 2021

Idlib program offers vocational training for women

Hussam Hammoud | Syria | Apr 18, 2021

Kataib Hezbollah controls access points to key Iraqi border city

Shelly Kittleson | Iraq | Apr 17, 2021

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11 dead in another Egyptian train crash

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 19, 2021

21 migrants drown off Tunisia's coast

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 17, 2021

Iran reaches 60% uranium enrichment

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 16, 2021

Turkey bans cryptocurrencies

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 16, 2021
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Israel targets Hamas sites after rocket attack

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 16, 2021

Congresswoman introduces bill to condition US aid to Israel

Adam Lucente | Congress | Apr 16, 2021

Syria’s Assad fires central bank chief amid currency failures

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 15, 2021

Another crash in Egypt leaves 20 dead

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 14, 2021
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US to move forward with $23B arms sale to UAE

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 14, 2021

Turkish court releases detained admirals

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 14, 2021

Iran declares uranium enrichment levels of 60% ahead of more nuclear deal talks

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 13, 2021

Lebanon expands maritime territorial claim amid dispute with Israel

Al-Monitor Staff | News Brief | Apr 12, 2021

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A group of women, Gaza Strip.

Studio Photo Kegham: disrupted archive of Gaza

A correspondent in Egypt | Culture | Apr 17, 2021
El-Malek

Production stalls on Egypt's 'The King' over Pharaonic accuracy

A correspondent in Egypt | Egypt | Apr 16, 2021
"El-Qadiya 404" official poster.

First TV series starring people with disabilities to be released in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt | Culture & Society | Apr 14, 2021

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