Middle East Minute for March 5, 2021 - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines from around the Middle East with Al-Monitor. Iraq passes a groundbreaking law for Yazidis, Morocco suspends cooperation with Germany’s embassy, and Turkey and Egypt may be close to a new maritime deal.

Four years after genocide, thousands of Yazidis languish in Turkey

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley

Yasmen and Jan

Yazidi victims of Islamic State heal wounds, grow independent in Germany

Amberin Zaman

In Paris, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

A picture taken on September 25, 2019 shows a view of the Cityscape Global exhibition 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the Gulf emirate. - Dubai, a city defined by its glittering towers and man-made islands, is stuck in a five-year property downturn with no end in sight, drawing warnings of an industry reckoning that will see weaker players fail. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

In a changing Middle East, Abraham Accords will usher in new era for technology

Sean Mathews

A Yazidi girl catches a scarf in a religious ritual at the Lalish temple in Dahuk, Nov. 17, 2022.

Yazidis in Iraqi Kurdistan face 'extinction,' community leaders say

Amberin Zaman

In Paris, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture