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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari attends a meeting during consultations on Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 11, 2018. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS - RC165FC7BE80

Intel: How Yemen talks may deepen US-EU divide over Iran

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli soldiers guard near the border with Lebanon, in the town of Metulla, northern Israel December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC18C9CDD2A0

Intel: Why Israel thinks its attack on Hezbollah won’t lead to new war with Lebanon

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani speaks during a news conference after casting his vote, during parliamentary elections in the semi-autonomous region in Erbil, Iraq September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RC1904E48690

Intel: How the Barzanis are looking to consolidate power in Iraqi Kurdistan

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an Likud Party gathering marking the first day of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Ramat Gan, Israel December 2, 2018. REUTERS/Corinna Kern - RC1881F587D0

Intel: Why Netanyahu faces real legal danger this time

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

U.N. envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths speaks to the media during a visit to the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen November 23, 2018. Picture taken November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad - RC14F57BE230

Intel: Why experts are pessimistic about Yemen peace deal

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Members of Palestinian security forces stand guard during a protest organised by Hizb-ut Tahrir in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RC1C754DC650

Intel: How Israel just got serious about cutting security ties with the Palestinians

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

A Syria Civil Defence member carries a wounded child in the besieged town of Hamoria, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria, January 6, 2018. REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh SEARCH "POY GLOBAL" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC12D7212D70

Intel: Why the US is backing off ousting Assad

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Al-Monitor Staff

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers a major policy speech on "Ending corruption in Washington" at the National Press Club, Washington, U.S., August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1CC27B06B0

Intel: How Democratic 2020 hopefuls are making the most of anti-Saudi backlash

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Al-Monitor Staff

A U.S. Army Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system is seen on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 26, 2017. U.S. Army/Capt. Adan Cazarez/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1F3FF590F0

Intel: Why the US and Saudi Arabia just inked $15 billion missile defense deal

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Al-Monitor Staff

Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, shows a map during an interview on home-renting company Airbnb's decision to remove listings in Israeli settlements, in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC17C73791A0

Intel: Why Israel is turning to US states to fight Airbnb’s West Bank boycott

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

A woman decorates traditional sugar candy in the shape of a doll at a street market ahead of Mawlid al-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, in Cairo, Egypt November 12, 2018. Picture taken November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC12462B4D90

Video: Egypt's sugar 'brides'

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Al-Monitor Staff

Smoke rises from a warehouse of the World Food Programme as fire engulfs it in Hodeida, Yemen March 31, 2018. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad - RC1F6A979000

Intel: Why the US opposes UN calls for a Yemen cease-fire

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff