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After Jordan drone attack, US has few options to de-escalate with Iran

A US soldier takes part in the "Eager Lion" multinational military manuever, in the Al-Zarqa governorate, some 85km northeast of the Jordanian capital Amman, on Sept. 14, 2022.

Jared Szuba | Iran | Jan 29, 2024

US President Joe Biden speaks at a ”Reproductive Freedom Campaign Rally" at George Mason University on Jan. 23, 2024.

Biden faces Iran dilemma after drone attack kills US troops

Elizabeth Hagedorn | Iran | Jan 29, 2024

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What does ISIS' church attack in Turkey say about rise of Tajikistani militants?

Ezgi Akin | Turkey | Jan 29, 2024

EU split on UNRWA funding: Germany, Italy suspend while others call for audit

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks with Commissioner general of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini during an international humanitary conference for civilians in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, on November 9, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 29, 2024

Qatar end Palestine run, Jordan stun Iraq with Asian Cup late show

Palestine's defender Mohammed Khalil embraces midfielder Mahmoud Abu Warda

by Peter STEBBINGS | AFP | Jan 29, 2024

How American town halls became Gaza cease-fire hotspots

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: Pro-Palestinian supporters march and take over the street near Capitol One Arena, in the Chinatown area of the city on December 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. Protesters are calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning the Israeli attacks in Gaza. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Kristen Talman | Palestine | Jan 29, 2024

PORTLAND, OREGON - JANUARY 9: An Alaska Airlines Embraer aircraft is seen taking off at Portland International Airport on January 9, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. NTSB investigators are continuing their inspection on the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft following a midair fuselage blowout on Friday, January 5. None of the 171 passengers and six crew members were seriously injured. (Photo by Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Boeing crisis opens door for Airbus to win new Middle East deals

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | Jan 28, 2024

A seal on the exterior of the US Department of Treasury building, March 13, 2023.

Who are the Iranians sanctioned by US, UK for murder plots against dissidents?

Jack Dutton | Iran | Jan 29, 2024

Security and emergency personnel search the rubble of a building destroyed in a reported Israeli strike in Damascus on January 20, 2024. An Israeli strike on Damascus killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' intelligence chief for Syria and three other Guards members on January 20, Iran said, in an attack that tore into a multi-storey residential building. (Photo by Louai BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel carries out strikes in Syria targeting south Damascus: government

Adam Lucente | Syria | Jan 29, 2024

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UNRWA could run out of Gaza funding in a month as many in West cut aid

Beatrice Farhat | Palestine | Jan 29, 2024

Tourists ride in a horse-drawn carriage near the art installation "Temple" by French artist Stephan Breuer and the Pyramid of Menkaure or Menkheres (front) and the Pyramd of Khafre or Chephren (behind) during the third edition of the "Forever is Now" art exhibition by Art d'Egypte at the Giza pyramids necropolis on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by

Egypt's tourism boom offers respite from foreign currency woes, Gaza war

Jack Dutton | Egypt | Jan 29, 2024

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A bullet hole is visible in the blood-soaked pillow of a hospital bed after a deadly raid by Israeli undercover agents on the Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin

Israel undercover agents kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank hospital

by Zain Jaafar with Hossam Ezzedine in Ramallah | AFP | Jan 30, 2024

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated concerns about oil supplies, sending prices to record highs this year

Saudi Aramco halts plan to raise production capacity

by Robbie COREY-BOULET | AFP | Jan 30, 2024

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows an Israeli soldier during a patrol in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis

Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza as mediators push for new truce

by Adel Zaanoun with Rosie Scammell in Jerusalem | AFP | Jan 30, 2024

Economy & Business

Photo illustration of a selection of front pages from UK daily national newspaper coverage, London, Jan. 18, 2024.

UAE-backed fund's planned Telegraph takeover raises press freedom fears

Jack Dutton | United Arab Emirates | Jan 25, 2024

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Egypt to give Cairo's historic downtown major facelift

Beatrice Farhat | Egypt | Jan 25, 2024

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Turkey’s Central Bank raises interest rates to 45%

Al-Monitor Staff | Turkey | Jan 25, 2024

Politics & Security

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a news conference calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol building on November 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Democrats held the news conference alongside rabbis with the activist group Jewish Voices for Peace. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What’s behind Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Somaliland controversy?

Adam Lucente | North Africa | Jan 30, 2024

US soldiers participate in the annual military exercises known as "Eager Lion", near Maan some 200 kilometres south of the capital Amman on May 17, 2017.

3 US troops killed, 25 wounded in Iran-backed drone attack in Jordan

Jared Szuba | Jordan | Jan 28, 2024

Can Turkey, US finally clean the slate after Sweden’s NATO ratification?

Barin Kayaoglu | Turkey | Jan 27, 2024

Podcasts

Does Iran control Shiite militias that are attacking US forces in Iraq and Syria? Two leading experts weigh in

Hamidreza Inna

German federal prosecutors petitioned to launch war crimes case against Turkish-backed Sunni factions abusing Kurds in Syria

Bassam Alahmad

Kuwaiti academic says Red Sea escalation with Yemen's Houthis won't end without US pressure on Israel to end Gaza war

Bader Al-Saif

Memos

A picture taken on April 14, 2015 shows a view of a plant processing phosphates in the port of the Tunisian southern city of Sfax. / AFP / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)

Tunisia’s phosphate industry still not ready to help country navigate economic crisis

Francisco Serrano | North Africa | Jan 24, 2024

Foreign labourers work on the construction of new luxury houses in the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 13, 2019. - Housing is a potential lightning rod for public discontent in a country where affordable dwellings are beyond the reach of many, posing a key challenge for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he seeks to overhaul the oil-reliant economy. (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP) (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia bolsters expat incentives as war complicates efforts to lure foreign talent

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | Jan 21, 2024

A photo taken on October 11, 2023 shows the empty Mount of Olives touristic site overlooking Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock (background), as the ferocious war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement further south enters its fifth day. Hamas has branded its coordinated land, air and sea offensive against Israel that began on October 7 "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood". (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Gaza war interrupts tourism recovery for Israel and neighbors

David Rosenberg | Israel | Jan 17, 2024

Joint forces affiliated with Libya's Government of National Unity assemble inside the closed Tripoli International Airport, as they deploy on the outskirts and entrances of the capital Tripoli on July 25, 2022. - At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said on July 23, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Libya’s economy sustained by oil but political impasse threatens stability

Kate Dourian | North Africa | Jan 9, 2024

A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen's Huthi rebels on November 22, 2023 shows the Galaxy Leader cargo ship (R), seized by Huthi fighters two days earlier, approaching the port in the Red Sea off Yemen's province of Hodeida. The Bahamas-flagged, British-owned Galaxy Leader, operated by a Japanese firm but having links to an Israeli businessman, was headed from Turkey to India when it was seized and re-routed to Hodeida November 19, according to maritime security company Ambrey. The Huthis said

Middle East economies navigate treacherous straits as Gaza war infects Red Sea

Samuel Wendel | Gulf | Jan 6, 2024

A worker arranges products on a shelf as nearby labels reading in Arabic "national product" are displayed on packaged items at a supermarket in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on December 26, 2023, as part of a wider campaign urging Palestinians to boycott Israeli products and buy locally made goods. Since the war in Gaza began, a slew of boycott posters, stickers and leaflets has cropped up across the occupied West Bank. Many Palestinians are looking for alternatives as calls to ban Israeli goods also g

Prospects dim for post-war Palestinian economic recovery

David Rosenberg | Palestine | Jan 2, 2024

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