Tag: Al-Monitor

Iran says ‘all countries’ of Gulf should get details on nuclear talks (Al Monitor)

In an extensive interview with Iran Newspaper, the official daily of the government of Iran, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed a wide range of topics,...

Legal ambiguity becomes the norm in Erdogan’s Turkey (Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor)

Turkish Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu gave a speech addressing Turkey's female mukhtars. Mukhtars are elected neighborhood administrators, and there are over 50,000 of them throughout...

Iraq’s elections weaken PKK in Sinjar (Mahmut Bozarslan, Al Monitor)

The ongoing power struggle between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP, the main political group ruling Iraqi Kurdistan) and armed Kurdish militants from Turkey over...

Bennett meets France’s Macron in Glasgow, discusses spyware flap (Rina Bassist, Al Monitor)

In Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met today with French President Emmanuel Macron. A statement issued by Bennett’s office...

Syrian jihadi group cracks down on last pocket of rivals in Idlib (Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor)

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, is trying to seize the last pockets of opposing jihadist organizations in the Jabal al-Turkman...

Iran presumed behind attack on US outpost in eastern Syria (Shelly Kittleson, Al Monitor)

US officials believe that Iran “resourced and encouraged” an October 20 attack on a military outpost housing US forces in the eastern Syrian desert which involved drones carrying...

Turkish army coordinates with Syrian proxy forces ahead of possible military action (Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor)

The Turkish army continues to send military reinforcements to the areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in northeastern Syria, amid ongoing Turkish threats against Kurdish forces in the area. Meanwhile, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions are...

In troubled US-Turkey relations, F-16 deal seen as path for dialogue (Diego Cupolo)

Following several scheduling changes, US President Joe Biden and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome...

Ukraine uses Turkish drone for first time against pro-Russian forces (Al Monitor)

Ukraine has used a Turkish drone for the first time in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, according to Turkish media. The General Staff of the...

Egyptians clerics denounce first pig kidney transplant into human body (Baher al-Kady, Al Monitor)

Doctors at the NYU Langone Health Center in New York City have successfully transplanted a pig’s kidney to a human after scientists removed the molecule from...

Iraq sends troops to Diyala after attack by Islamic State (Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al Monitor)

A group of Islamic State militants carried out an attack in the village of al-Rashad in Diyala province early on Oct. 26, killing 15...

Syrian teachers demand better salaries in rebel-held areas (Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor)

Areas under control of the Turkey-backed opposition in the Aleppo countryside have in recent weeks witnessed protests in which hundreds of laborers and teachers...

Military coup opens new chapter in Sudan’s regional ties (Mohamed Saied, Al Monitor)

The Sudanese army has overthrown its civilian partners in power through a military coup that is bound to undermine the fragile democratic transition process in the...

Islamic State attack kills 12 in central Iraq (Al Monitor)

The Islamic State conducted a deadly attack in Iraq late last night. The shooting occurred in the Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, in the village...

Cairo airport security detains robot (Al Monitor)

Egyptian security forces released a British-made robot and her creator after they were detained at customs for 10 days and investigated for possible espionage. The ultra-realistic robot artist, named Ai-Da, was scheduled to hold...

Israel’s room to maneuver in Syrian skies faces new constraints (Lilach Shoval, Al Monitor)

An unnamed Israeli security source told public broadcaster Kan on Oct. 25 that the air force will soon have to decide whether to act against the...