Al-Monitor Staff - AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Ed Ram/Getty Images

US, Russian spy chiefs meet in Turkey over Ukraine war

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Cars are seen driving past a sales office of Iranian auto manufacturer Saipa group, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 12, 2015.

Iranian carmaker Saipa prepares first export to Venezuela

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Hydrogen

UAE’s Masdar thinks Africa poised to be hydrogen hub

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (L) hold a press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on November 8, 2022.

The Turkey Briefing: Erdogan basks in the global limelight

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Leader of the far right 'Otzma Yehudit' (Jewish power) party Itamar Ben-Gvir waves as he marches with supporters at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on September 13, 2019. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

The Israel Briefing: US concerned over appointment of Israeli ultranationalist

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

B-52

The Security Briefing: deterrence returns to the Gulf

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

A woman poses for a picture in front of a globe on November 10, 2022, inside the venue hosting the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Latest PRO Memo: COP27 to boost Egypt’s green ambitions

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

COP27

The Business & Tech Briefing: COP27 kicks off with flurry of green energy deals

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images

Germany’s Deutsche Bahn announces Egyptian high-speed rail deal at COP27

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Gaza

The Palestine Briefing: The forgotten Gazans

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

An illustration picture taken in London shows a gold plated souvenir cryptocurrency Tether (USDT) coin arranged beside a screen displaying a trading chart, May 8, 2022.

Bahrain’s CoinMENA to facilitate real estate payments via cryptocurrency

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C), Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2nd R) and UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) attend the leaders summit on the second day of the COP27 climate conference, Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Center, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov. 7, 2022.

UAE, Egypt announce new wind farm during COP27

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff