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Nasser al-Kidwa, former minister for foreign affairs of the Palestinian Authority, ex-member of the Fatah movement's central committee, and nephew of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, gives an interview in Gaza City on Sept. 24, 2022.

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A way forward, ex-Palestinian FM Nasser Kidwa calls for Arab security presence in Gaza

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, former Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser al-Kidwa said that Palestinians must be serious and practical in order to reach an agreement to end the war in Gaza and establish a Palestinian state.

Daoud Kuttab

بواسطة Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

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Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a demonstration against the Israeli government's controversial justice reform bill, in Tel Aviv on March 1, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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A way forward, ex-Israeli PM Olmert says Gaza cease-fire only road for solution

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the plan he recently presented with former Palestinian official Nasser al-Kidwa for ending the Gaza war does not have buy-in from the current Israeli or Palestinian leadership.

Rina Bassist

بواسطة Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Turkey's right-wing Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli greets the crowd during the party's 12th Ordinary Grand Congress in Ankara, on March 18, 2018.

Analysis

A surprise handshake in Turkey's parliament: Nationalist-Kurdish thaw or political maneuver?

The escalating conflict in the region — among other considerations — has prompted unexpected handshakes between two foes in Turkey: pro-Kurdish DEM Party lawmakers and Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli.

Ezgi Akin

بواسطة Ezgi Akin

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

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (R) attend the official dinner following their talks in Baku on August 19, 2024.

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How Iran's Zangezur concerns could backfire on its own interests

Sabena Siddiqui

بواسطة Sabena Siddiqui

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

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Arab Americans are evenly split between Harris and Trump. Will it matter?

TOPSHOT - US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former US Representative Liz Cheney (R) arrive for a campaign event at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, October 3, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Megan Mineiro

بواسطة Megan Mineiro

In Washington, DC, reporting on US Congress

Analysis

China-Sudan relations: Can Beijing, Khartoum look beyond oil?

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan at Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Sept. 6, 2024. — Chinese government

Yun Sun

بواسطة Yun Sun

In Washington, DC, reporting on China-Middle East ties

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Israel-UAE trade to hit $3.3B in 2024 as wars in Lebanon, Gaza continue

The flags of Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2020 in a show of support for Israeli normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed landmark accords normalizing the Jewish state's relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as part of a peace push brokered by US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty

Jennifer Gnana

بواسطة Jennifer Gnana

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

Analysis

خامنئي يسعى إلى التنقل بين التحدي وخفض التصعيد بعد إطلاق الصواريخ

In this handout image provided by the Iranian Leader's Press Office, Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei (C) is seen alongside Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (L), Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (2L), Judiciary Chief Mohsen Ejeie (2R) and Hezbollah representative in Iran Abdallah Safieddine reading the Koran during the Friday prayer ceremony on October 04, 2024 in Tehran, Iran.

A correspondent in Tehran

بواسطة A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

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A picture provided by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office shows him decorating General Amirali Hajizadeh

Iran's Khamenei decorates commander for Israel attack

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Devastation after an Israeli strike on the Sfeir neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs

South Beirut residents check damage after 'most violent night'

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This building in the village of Kfar Rumman was among a string of targets across southern and eastern Lebanon hit by the Israeli air force on Saturday

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رئيس المجلس الوطني الكردي السوري يدين انتهاكات الفصائل السنية المدعومة من تركيا في عفرين

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters from the Turkish-backed 1st Corps of the Samarkand Brigade take part in a military parade in the opposition-held Afrin region of northern Syria, on Nov. 23, 2022.

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Kurdish National Council President

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رئيس الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية: البرنامج النووي الإيراني سيتسارع دون التوصل إلى اتفاق

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 9, 2024.

Rafael Grossi

Rafael Grossi

IAEA Director General

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وزير خارجية النرويج: مشكلتنا ليست مع الإسرائيليين بل مع حكومة نتنياهو

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide holds a joint press conference with his Spanish and Irish counterparts at the the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union in Brussels on May 27, 2024.

Espen Barth Eide

Espen Barth Eide

Norwegian Foreign Minister

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السوداني: انسحاب القوات الأميركية لا يعني نهاية العلاقة الأمنية

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2024.

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Cars drive along a street in front of high-rise buildings in Dubai, on February 18, 2023. - Home to towering skyscrapers and ultra-luxury villas, Dubai saw record real estate transactions in 2022, largely due to an influx of wealthy investors, especially from Russia. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Sebastian Castelier

In Dubai, reporting on regional business

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Francisco Serrano

Francisco Serrano

In Lisbon, reporting on North Africa business

Co-founder and Ceo of Starz Play Maaz Sheikh poses in his office in Dubai on April 23, 2019. Streaming services in the Middle East are competing for Arab audiences with US giant Netflix set to release its first Arabic production in June, chasing a slice of a potentially lucrative market. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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خامنئي يسعى إلى التنقل بين التحدي وخفض التصعيد بعد إطلاق الصواريخ

In this handout image provided by the Iranian Leader's Press Office, Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei (C) is seen alongside Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (L), Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (2L), Judiciary Chief Mohsen Ejeie (2R) and Hezbollah representative in Iran Abdallah Safieddine reading the Koran during the Friday prayer ceremony on October 04, 2024 in Tehran, Iran.

A correspondent in Tehran

بواسطة A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Analysis

بعد إغلاق مكتب الجزيرة.. ما هو المستقبل لحرية الصحافة في إسرائيل؟

Pictures of slain al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh hang on the facade of the building housing the television station's office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, after Israel issued a 45-day closure order on September 22, 2024. Al Jazeera reported on September 22 that Israeli troops had raided its Ramallah bureau and informed journalists for the Doha-based network in the occupied West Bank to shutter operations. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Mazal Mualem

بواسطة Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Analysis

البنتاغون يكافح لاحتواء التصعيد بين إسرائيل وإيران مع احتدام حرب لبنان

Smoke billows at the site of Israeli airstrikes in a south Beirut suburb, early on Oct. 2, 2024.

Jared Szuba

بواسطة Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

Analysis

بينما ينتظر العالم رد إسرائيل على إيران، هل تستطيع الولايات المتحدة المساعدة في تجنب "الحرب الشاملة"؟

Andrew Parasiliti

بواسطة Andrew Parasiliti

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, national security

People inspect the remains of an Iranian missile that fell into the home of a Bedouin family in the Negev desert near Arad on October 2, 2024, in the aftermath of an overnight Iranian missile attack on Israel.

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