Tag: Al-Monitor

Interest payments top education, healthcare in Ankara’s 2022 budget (Mustafa Sonmez, Al Monitor)

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many people's view of government budgets, with the focus shifting from deficits to cushioning the fallout of the pandemic. Amid...

Israeli coalition’s fragile unity holding ahead of budget vote (Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor)

Barring any surprises, on Nov. 5, the Knesset should pass the state budget for 2021-2022. It will be a major milestone for the coalition, ushering in a...

Sudan’s political crisis could complicate Nile dam dispute (Ayah Aman, Al Monitor)

Less than 24 hours after the coup by Sudanese army chief Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Oct. 25 against the civilian element of the transitional...

Intel: US sees role for Sudan’s military in government if coup reversed (Al Monitor)

Sudan’s generals have “hijacked” the country’s pro-democracy revolution, but it’s not too late to reverse course, the top US envoy for the Horn of...

Iran wants guarantee that US won’t quit nuclear deal again (Al Monitor)

Efforts to salvage the landmark nuclear agreement won't succeed unless the United States provides guarantees that it won’t renege on the deal, the secretary...

Plight of Iranian environmentalists raised at Glasgow summit (Al Monitor)

As world leaders convened in the Scottish city of Glasgow to discuss challenges and solutions on climate change, an Iranian rights group attempted to...

Militants get death sentences for killing two Iraqi journalists (Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al Monitor)

Iraq’s Basra Criminal Court sentenced a second man to death on Nov. 1 for involvement in a death squad that killed multiple Iraqi journalists...

Ankara faces new calls to release philanthropist Osman Kavala (Nazlan Ertan, Al Monitor)

A week after Turkey and 10 Western countries averted a diplomatic crisis over imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala, Ankara is once again facing calls for his release. Meanwhile,...

Intel: US sees role for Sudan’s military in government if coup reversed (Al Monitor)

Sudan’s generals have “hijacked” the country’s pro-democracy revolution, but it’s not too late to reverse course, the top US envoy for the Horn of...

Netanyahu goes all out in battle against state budget (Ben Caspit, Al Monitor)

Israeli law considers the vote over the state budget as a vote of confidence in the government. Thus, with the 2021-22 budget scheduled to...

Egyptians want preacher who justified violence against women stopped (Hagar Hosny, Al Monitor)

The Arabic hashtag “Stop_Mabrouk_Attia” trended in Egypt over the past few days, as social media users demanded that the Islamic preacher who justified violence...

Four Gulf states recall diplomats from Beirut (Al Monitor)

Several Gulf states took action against Lebanon over the weekend after comments surfaced from a Lebanese minister criticizing the Saudi intervention in Yemen. Bahrain gave...

US flies B-1 bomber over Middle East amid tensions with Iran (Al Monitor)

The US flew a nuclear-capable B-1B bomber over major waterways of the Middle East, the Air Force said Sunday, in Washington’s latest show of force amid...

Iraq arrests alleged Islamic State fighters after deadly attack (Al Monitor)

Iraqi security forces have captured several Islamic State fighters, a spokesperson announced today. The six alleged IS members were detained in Ramadi and Fallujah in Iraq’s western...

Pence endorses controversial Iranian opposition group (Al Monitor)

Another prominent American politician has come out in support of the controversial Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e Khalq, aka MEK. Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke...

Israel demolishes Muslim cemetery near Al Aqsa Mosque to build park (Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor)

The Israeli police have tightened the siege on the Yusufiya cemetery near Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, while the municipality and the Israeli Nature and...