Al-Monitor Staff (Iran) - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff (Iran)

Al-Monitor Staff

Raisi and Larijani

Raisi, Larijani likely top candidates for Iran's presidential election

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Ken Cedeno/Getty Images

Congressional Democrats urge US administration to help Lebanon

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he shows a slideshow during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 19, 2021. Netanyahu said today that Israel's aerial bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip was aimed at deterring Hamas, but he did not rule out conquering the enclave's Islamist rulers.

US expects 'significant de-escalation today,' Biden tells Netanyahu

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt pledges $500 million for Gaza's reconstruction

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

As Iran's election campaign picks up, boycott gains momentum as well

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

A Palestinian demonstrator stands amidst smoke from burning tires during a protest against the tension in Jerusalem and the Israeli-Gaza fighting, on May 17, 2021, in the occupied West Bank, near the settlement of Beit El next to Ramallah.

Gaza violence sparks debate over conditioning US military aid to Israel

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets above the coastal city of Tel Aviv on May 15, 2021, following their launching from the Gaza Strip controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Hamas again threatens to strike Tel Aviv after Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Saudi passengers arrive at King Khaled International airport in the capital, Riyadh, on May 17, 2021, as Saudi authorities lift travel restrictions for citizens immunized against COVID-19.

Vaccinated Saudis free to travel abroad as ban lifted

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli soldiers fire a 155 mm self-propelled Howitzer toward targets in the Gaza Strip from their position near the southern Israeli city of Sderot on May 12, 2021. Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz vowed more attacks on Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in Gaza to bring "total, long-term quiet" before considering a cease-fire.

Senate Democrats, one Republican call for Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

rocket attack warning

Rockets launched from Syria land in Israel amid Gaza conflict

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

"enjoyed — i'm vaccinated" face mask

Turkish vaccinated tourism video provokes anger

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Riot police officers stand in front of demonstrators during a protest in support of Palestine on Jaarbeursplein in Utrecht, on May 14, 2021.

In pictures: Israel-Gaza conflict sparks pro-Palestinian protests around world

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff