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Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

بن كسبيت

Israel Columnist

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

داود كتّاب

Palestine Columnist

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

رشا أبو جلال

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

بارين كياغلو

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

مراسل في طهران

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Joyce Karam, Randa Slim, Hamidreza Azizi, Hasan Alhasan

Iran War at One Month: Outlook and Implications

April 1, 2026

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Joyce Karam, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Holly Dagres, and Ali Hashem

Are the US and Iran closer to war or a deal?

February 24, 2026

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Iraqi Christian man in dark blue sweater sitting in an office

After years abroad, Iraq’s Christians weigh returning home

February 10, 2026

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Amberin Zaman, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Danny Makki, Joyce Karam in a virtual discussion on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's visit to Washington

Syria's Sharaa in Washington

November 6, 2025

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Al-Monitor chief correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews H.E. Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The Future of Energy and Power in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

May 23, 2025

1:38

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Plestia Alaqad on Gaza and South Lebanon

April 1, 2025

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US Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, speaks next to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's cabinet comes together

November 13, 2024

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Harris

How a Harris win could shape the Middle East

November 5, 2024

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

Gaza war looms large over Pennsylvania’s Muslim voters

November 5, 2024

0:41

FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia's PIF downsizes foreign investment

October 29, 2024

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to announce the Trump administration's plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Jewish voters on the US presidential election

October 29, 2024

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Attendees arrive for the yearly Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Oct. 24, 2023.

"Davos in the Desert" kicks off in Riyadh

October 28, 2024

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Politics and Security

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Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, shake hands before a bilateral meeting ahead of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 5, 2025.

الإمارات تشتري 10 طائرات عسكرية من البرازيل مع تنامي العلاقات بين دول البريكس

يأتي شراء طائرات C-390 ميلينيوم للقوات الجوية الإماراتية في الوقت الذي تسعى فيه الإمارات العربية المتحدة إلى بناء قدراتها العسكرية وسط الحرب مع إيران وتعزيز العلاقات مع الدول الأعضاء في مجموعة البريكس.

United Arab Emirates

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R), French President Emmanuel Macron (L), and European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump hosted President Zelensky at the White House for a bilateral meeting and an expanded meeting with European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

ماكرون يُشكك في عملية ترامب في مضيق هرمز مع اتساع الفجوة بين فرنسا والولايات المتحدة

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Sabah Fidan

تركيا تستضيف وزير خارجية الكويت في ظلّ تصاعد الخلافات الخليجية جراء انسحاب الإمارات من منظمة الأبلاش.

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

A security personnel sits in a market after markets reopened in Islamabad on April 23, 2026, following heightened security measures amid the ongoing US-Iran peace talks.

Analysis

ماذا يشير سحب الإمارات 3.45 مليار دولار من باكستان بشأن أولويات أبوظبي؟

Sabena Siddiqui

Sabena Siddiqui

In Karachi, reporting on South Asia, Middle East, Iran

Members of Lebanese security forces stand guard in the perimeter of the Parliament, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president in Beirut on January 8, 2025. Lebanese political heavyweights held talks on January 8, a day ahead of a parliamentary session to elect a president of the tiny Mediterranean country, already deep in economic and political crisis, and which has been without a president for more than two years. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

هل ستلغي لبنان قانون مقاطعة إسرائيل تحت ضغط الولايات المتحدة؟

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

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A man sits watching as Lebanese first responders search for human remains among the rubble the day after a house was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, on May 1, 2026.

Culture

تضررت كنائس ومساجد ومواقع أثرية في لبنان جراء الغارات الإسرائيلية

أدت الغارات الإسرائيلية في لبنان إلى إلحاق أضرار بعدد متزايد من المواقع الثقافية والدينية، كما تعرضت مواقع في إسرائيل لأضرار جراء هجمات حزب الله والإيرانيين.

Artist Erdal Duman's work titled "Whoever Owns the Tank Is Soleiman" takes a dig at power.

Culture

ثقل الحرب: منحوتات إردال دومان تستكشف سياسات العنف

Archaeologists work at Ra’s Qurayyah Port in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Eastern province. (Saudi Heritage Commission)

Culture

آبار قديمة وعملة عباسية: السعودية تكشف عن اكتشافات أثرية

Turkish drama

Culture

يبدأ شهر رمضان في تركيا مع عودة الانقسام بين العلمانيين والمحافظين إلى الظهور

KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

Culture

حادثة تحرش في حافلة بالقاهرة تُعيد إحياء النقاش حول حقوق المرأة في مصر

Technology

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People sit in a cafe outside the Apple Store in Dubai on May 8, 2025.

إيران تُدرج شركات التكنولوجيا والتمويل الأمريكية في قائمة التهديدات الجديدة في الشرق الأوسط

Traffic rolls along a main throughfare under a banner with images of past and present leaders that reads in Farsi, "Domino fall", as daily life returns to the streets following nationwide protests, in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 19, 2026. Demonstrations sparked in late December by anger over economic hardship exploded into protests widely seen as the biggest challenge to the Iranian leadership in years. Limited internet access briefly returned in Iran before dropping again, a monitor said January

Analysis

أطول انقطاع للإنترنت في تاريخ إيران يُبقي 99% من السكان خارج الخدمة: ما يجب معرفته

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Attendees take a picture of French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as he delivers a speech during a visit to the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum on February 10, 2018, on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital, to launch the French-Emirati "Year of Cultural Dialogue". (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

ما نعرفه عن قيام الإمارات العربية المتحدة بحظر عدد من الحسابات المتهمة بنشر معلومات مضللة.

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

A man and woman walk along a promenade overlooking the Burj al-Arab and Dubai skyline on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Interview

الذكاء الاصطناعي والأمن السيبراني من أهم أولويات الشرق الأوسط وسط التنافس التكنولوجي العالمي: شركة تك ماهيندرا

United Arab Emirates

Detailed image of Middle Eastern developer in front of desktop pc monitoring a complex network, ensuring data security and efficient computing using cloud, AI and machine learning.

الشركات الناشئة في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي في الشرق الأوسط تستحوذ على تمويل قياسي بقيمة 858 مليون دولار خلال عام 2025، مما يضاعف حصتها

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Economy & Business

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Crops of wheat and barley in Terbol village on May 10, 2022, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Analysis

يواجه مستوردو القمح في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا مخاطر تتعلق بالأمن الغذائي مع تفاقم أزمة هرمز

يواجه الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، اللذان يضمان العديد من أكبر مستوردي القمح في العالم، مخاطر حادة تتعلق بالأمن الغذائي، حيث أن الحرب بين الولايات المتحدة وإسرائيل وإيران تعطل تدفقات الأسمدة العالمية وترفع الأسعار.

Samuel Wendel

بواسطة Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Haitham AL-SHUKAIRI / AFP via Getty Images

سلطنة عمان تدخل سباق الذكاء الاصطناعي في منطقة الخليج بإنشاء منطقة اقتصادية خاصة جديدة في مسقط

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

A pumpjack stands idle in the Huntington Beach oil field, with port cranes visible in the distance, on April 23, 2026, in Huntington Beach, California.

ارتفع سعر النفط متجاوزاً 120 دولاراً ليسجل أعلى مستوى له في زمن الحرب، بعد رفض ترامب التقارب مع إيران.

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

An Iraqi money dealer counts Iranian rial banknotes bearing a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at an exchange office in Baghdad on Feb. 3, 2012.

الريال الإيراني يسجل أدنى مستوى قياسي جديد مع تداعيات الحصار والحرب: ما يجب معرفته

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

خروج الإمارات من منظمة أوبك يُزعزع استقرار المنظمة مع تحول التحالفات الخليجية

Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech