Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

THE PULSE OF
THE MIDDLE EAST

Democrats fret over Iran escalation risk

Turkey

How viable is Turkey’s bid for military partnership with Iraq?

Russia / Mideast

Russia may have designs on Iran's trade with Syria

Iran

Iran sticks to its guns: No room for talks with Trump

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Editors' picks

Why 'Putin's personal army' chief visited Turkey

How reliable is Russia as a partner to help Iran dodge US pressure?

What does the UAE expect from Egypt?

Turkey’s debt-ridden Treasury mulls risky steps to stay afloat

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The world's largest falcon hospital in Abu Dhabi

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Galatasaray's Fernando Muslera (R) and Ryan Donk celebrate winning the Super Lig at the Turk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey, May 19, 2019.

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From our pulses:

From our pulses:

Egypt

After finalizing IMF loan, Egypt’s reforms target industrialization, exports

House ratchets up pressure on Egypt

Egypt

Egypt's architects mobilize against tsunami of high-rise buildings

Egypt

Will Egypt's rappers ever receive rave reviews?

Gulf

Turkey groans under economic pressure from Saudis

Intel: How Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee is keeping the pressure on Saudi Arabia

Washington

Congress tries to defund US nuclear transfers to Saudi Arabia

Gulf

Saudis’ troubled ties in region threaten Trump's anti-Iran agenda

Iran

What to do about Iran’s expected budget deficit

Iran, US trade tweets as talk of war dies down

Iran

Iran's burgeoning ‘resistance literature’: A new front?

Iran

If Rouhani’s Europe outreach fails, nuclear deal could collapse

Iraq

Rocket strikes Baghdad’s Green Zone

Has Russia begun to play a role in Iraq?

Iraq

Iraqi factions a wild card in US-Iran blame game

Syria Conflict

Will the Trump administration abort Iran’s land bridge to the Mediterranean?

Israel

Netanyahu battles judicial system, tarnishes Israel’s image

Netanyahu’s dilemma: settlements versus immunity

Israel

Likud seniors silent on hate campaign against Netanyahu’s rival

Israel

Can doing nothing bring down Netanyahu?

Jordan

King Abdullah vows to complete restoration of Church of Holy Sepulchre

Activists fear security backlash following controversial Cabinet reshuffle

Palestine

PA wants to break free from reliance on Israeli electricity

Jordan

Jordan wary of Trump’s plan to label Muslim Brotherhood terrorist body

Lebanon

A century of Lebanese documents preserve shifting identities

NGO offers Lebanon taste of lionfish in effort to contain invasive species

Lebanon

Lebanon’s interior minister pushes for prison reform amid calls for radical change

Human rights

Lebanese LGBT salon brings out beauty in everyone

North Africa

UN demands release of UN expert from ‘illegal detention’ in Tunisia

Tunisia elections

Tunisia's indigenous Amazighs launch their first political party

Libya conflict

Why global and regional powers aren't standing up against Hifter's Libya offensive

Libya conflict

Tunisia on edge as Libya's Hifter advances

Palestine

Gaza soda bottler opens West Bank site to deal with siege

How will Israel protect its vehicles on Gaza border?

Palestine

King Abdullah vows to complete restoration of Church of Holy Sepulchre

Palestine

Qatari aid includes West Bank, Gaza Strip

Syria

Afrin musician teaches region's musical heritage to children

Idlib offensive tests strength of Russia-Turkey ties in Syria

Syria Conflict

Will the Trump administration abort Iran’s land bridge to the Mediterranean?

Syria

Turkey denies it's building wall around Afrin

Turkey

Turkish airstrikes target PKK rebels in Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkey grapples with big trade deficit with China

Turkey

Turkey groans under economic pressure from Saudis

Turkey

Idlib offensive tests strength of Russia-Turkey ties in Syria

Breaking News

2019-05-22T12:35:03

Israeli researchers drink to old times with ancient-style beer

2019-05-22T11:45:02

Netanyahu given October deadline for pre-trial hearing

2019-05-22T08:45:03

Monitor says no evidence of new Syria chemical attack

2019-05-22T03:45:37

Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes

2019-05-21T22:15:03

US suspects Syria in new chemical attack, threatens reprisal

2019-05-21T22:05:10

Omani writer wins Man Booker literature prize

2019-05-21T20:05:03

Spy Pollard accuses Israel of not helping him emigrate

2019-05-21T16:45:03

Iraq to send delegations to US and Iran to calm tensions: PM

2019-05-21T16:35:05

Egypt approves autopsy for 'tortured' Palestinian detainee

2019-05-21T14:55:00

Iran warns of 'painful consequences' if US escalates tensions

NORTH SYRIA UPDATE

Syria

Iraqi boy risks all to rescue Yazidi woman from Islamic State

Syria

Turkish intervention could trigger Syria's 'second great war'

Syria

Syria's Kurds increasingly isolated as Arab tribes cut deals with regime

CULTURE

Afrin musician teaches region's musical heritage to children

Institution building

A century of Lebanese documents preserve shifting identities

Health and medicine

Qatari women link miscarriages to evil eye, jinns

RUSSIA MIDEAST

Russia in Syria

Idlib offensive tests strength of Russia-Turkey ties in Syria

Russian influence

Has Russia begun to play a role in Iraq?

Russian influence

Intel: How Russia is trying to help defuse US-Iran tensions

WASHINGTON

House ratchets up pressure on Egypt

Can Putin, Trump reboot ties over Syria?

Intel: How Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee is keeping the pressure on Saudi Arabia

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