Category: Middle East Monitor
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Syrian media reports of Israeli airstrikes, allegedly launched early on March 5 in central and southern Syria, may be a sign that Damascus has renewed its chemical weapons program. According to Yediot Ahronot, one...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led on Tuesday in Israel’s third national election in less than a year but was short of a governing majority, nearly complete results showed. Netanyahu claimed victory in Monday’s vote...
“Our position is that Israel was never primarily interested in establishing peace with its neighbours unless such peace was totally on its own terms” (Pg. 11). This particular statement might come off as a...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to take military action ‘everywhere in Syria’ if another Turkish soldier is killed or wounded Direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian troops amid a Syrian government offensive...
As the Trump administration finally released its long-touted Middle East plan, it orchestrated selective briefings to minimize early criticism and to set a tone of acceptance — including limited, controlled briefings of diplomats and...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday Gulf Arab states — some of the world’s richest countries — could see their financial wealth depleted in the next 15 years amid lower hydrocarbon revenues...
We are coming closer to the centennial celebration of Atatürk’s establishment of the modern Turkish state while 100 years have already passed since the Ottoman Empire’s sunset. During the last decades, under Recep Tayyip...
Japan has dispatched a warship to help safeguard the country’s oil supplies through the tense-but-vital waterways in the Middle East. The helicopter destroyer Takanami on February 2 left its port near Tokyo on an...
Iraq’s military said on Thursday it was resuming operations with the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, which it had halted after the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by U.S. forces and Iran’s retaliatory...
Before US President Donald Trump announced his long-delayed plan for the Middle East, Palestinian leaders had already rejected the proposal, threatening to withdraw from the Oslo Accords. The plan presented on Tuesday, envisions the Israeli annexation...