Category: Middle East Monitor
Economist Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the West Bank’s dominant Fatah party, was named Palestinian prime minister on Sunday in what the rival Hamas group that runs Gaza called a blow to unity efforts....
Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold – on the banks of the Euphrates near the Iraq border – but while its era of the territorial rule may be over, for now,...
There are growing signs of a potentially destabilising rift between the king of Saudi Arabia and his heir, the Guardian has been told. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are understood to...
On Thursday, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit decided to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. The decision was taken based on several years of investigation into the alleged charges on Prime Minister...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his resignation, a quiet diplomat and a seasoned politician, one of the soft faces of Iran’s foreign policy, for what is known as a political wisdom who...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stepped down on February 25th, announcing his resignation in an Instagram post. “I am apologising you for all the shortcomings … in the past years during my time...
The Yemen civil war has its roots in the unstable transition of political power. The widespread Arab Spring-inspired protests against the longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh led to the signing of an agreement to...
On the occasion of 40th anniversary of Iran’s revolution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander said that the country’s military would raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground if attacked by the...
A series of Gulf and Middle East-related developments suggest that resolving some of the Middle East’s most debilitating and devastating crises while ensuring that efforts to pressure Iran do not perpetuate the mayhem may...
The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have gotten more than they bargained for. The killing has sparked multiple battles that are likely in coming months to shape relationships ranging from that between the...