Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

THE PULSE OF
THE MIDDLE EAST

While the world focuses on Iran, a tragedy is ‘unfolding before our eyes’ in Idlib

Israel

What is behind Likud mayors’ secular moves?

Iraq

PMU decree unlikely to shift power balance in Iraq's Qaim

Russia / Mideast

Can Russia, the US find new basis for cooperation in Syria?

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Editors' picks

Source: Iran FM met Rand Paul to feel out possible US-Iran talks

Netanyahu’s catch-22 over anti-BDS campaign

Improved Turkish-Chinese come at a cost to Uighurs

Intel: US troop boost a warning shot at Iran

Featured video:

Aleppo beekeepers no longer feel sting of war

Photo of the day:

Competitors participate in the 31st Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race across the Bosphorus strait between Istanbul's Asian and European sides, Turkey, July 21, 2019.

REUTERS/Umit Bektas

From our pulses:

From our pulses:

Egypt

Cairo's long-awaited Naguib Mahfouz Museum disappoints

Egypt weighs pros and cons of IMF loan

Egypt

Egypt plans single cash transfer system for combating poverty

Egypt

How Egypt promotes its fuel price increase

Gulf

China in the Mideast

China deepens ties with UAE with industrial Investment

Qatar, Jordan to appoint new ambassadors following diplomatic row

Iran-US tensions

Gulf states divided in approach to Iran-US escalation

Gulf

Trump critics rethink US policy toward Saudi Arabia

Iran

Iran says seized tanker was smuggling oil

Armed Militias and Extremist Groups

US ban on anti-Iran militant group could have wide-ranging impact

Iran

EU, Iran try to stand ground against Trump’s sanctions

Iran

Iran says missiles remain 'nonnegotiable' and vows more nuclear deal breaches

Iraq

PM Shtayyeh discovers genuine love for Palestine in Iraq

US hits back at Iran in Iraq as tensions rise

Iraq

Iraq plans to launch pipelines to export oil through Jordan, Syria

Turkey

Veil of mystery shrouds Turkish diplomat's murder in Erbil

Israel

Why Trump’s embrace of Israel endangers it

Netanyahu, Barak locked in dirtiest fight yet

Israel

Would Israel’s left succeed in uniting ahead of elections?

Israel

Will Liberman save Israel’s democracy?

Jordan

Iraq plans to launch pipelines to export oil through Jordan, Syria

Gaza constructors to work in Arab countries

Palestine

Palestinian PM turns to Jordan first

Jordan

Qatar, Jordan to appoint new ambassadors following diplomatic row

Lebanon

Meet the 'fast and furious' of Lebanon

Is Lebanon caught in the crossfire of the current US-Iranian standoff?

Lebanon

Why Lebanon is against Kushner's deal of the century

Lebanon

Baalbek: symbol of power or living city?

North Africa

New challenges for Moscow with arrest of 'Russian trolls' in Libya

Algeria’s Hirak presses on with unparalleled achievements

Civil Society

Morocco's been busy muzzling anti-regime voices this year

Terrorism

Intel: How terror attacks, sick president could impact Tunisia’s upcoming elections

Palestine

Palestinian Authority looks to cryptocurrency to scrap shekel

PM Shtayyeh discovers genuine love for Palestine in Iraq

Palestine

Qatar to fund Gaza's new industrial zone

Palestine

Hamas set to counter Israel’s systematic campaigns

Syria

Syrian Kurdistan focus of foreign diplomatic attention

Will Erdogan risk an operation in Syria?

Syria

Forced disappearances in Syria leave invisible toll

Syria

US wants Kurdish groups to reconcile in eastern Syria

Turkey

Istanbul soup kitchen serves hope to homeless

Veil of mystery shrouds Turkish diplomat's murder in Erbil

Turkey

Will Erdogan risk an operation in Syria?

Washington

Intel: US boots Turkey from F-35 program after Russian arms deal

Breaking News

2019-07-22T14:35:02

Iran leader says US plan to 'destroy Palestinian identity'

2019-07-22T11:35:02

China thanks UAE for backing Beijing's Xinjiang policies

2019-07-22T11:15:03

Iran pays tribute to late UN atomic agency chief

2019-07-22T09:15:08

More Basra water crises unless Iraq govt fixes 'failures': HRW

2019-07-22T08:55:02

Iran announces arrests, death sentences as CIA spy ring busted

2019-07-22T04:25:24

From Bethlehem basement, Palestinian distiller toasts global acclaim

2019-07-21T21:35:00

British PM to hold emergency meeting on seized tanker

2019-07-21T20:15:02

Jared Kushner heading to the Middle East for talks

2019-07-21T17:35:02

Egypt chides BA for 'unilateral' decision to ground flights

2019-07-21T17:15:02

Britain tells UN tanker seizure was 'illegal interference'

IRAN-US TENSIONS

Iran-US tensions

US hits back at Iran in Iraq as tensions rise

Iraq plans to launch pipelines to export oil through Jordan, Syria

Iran-US tensions

Intel: US drone shootdown sparks more Gulf tension

CULTURE

Cultural heritage

Cairo's long-awaited Naguib Mahfouz Museum disappoints

Istanbul soup kitchen serves hope to homeless

Meet the 'fast and furious' of Lebanon

RUSSIA MIDEAST

Russian influence

Russia eyes big picture with S-400 sale to Turkey

New challenges for Moscow with arrest of 'Russian trolls' in Libya

Russia in Syria

Is Russia behind Syria's security apparatus reform?

WASHINGTON

Health and medicine

Special Forces face down impacts of war on terror

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Republicans sour on two-state solution

Iran-US tensions

Intel: US drone shootdown sparks more Gulf tension

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