Category: Middle East Monitor
Turkey and Israel on Tuesday ordered envoys to leave in tit-for-tat moves and exchanged bitter accusations as a row over the Israeli army’s killing of dozens of Palestinians threatened a 2016 reconciliation deal. Turkish...
The international community is condemning the eruption of violence along the Gaza-Israel border on Monday, where Palestinians held mass protests against the official opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. According to the Gaza...
Iran’s foreign minister began talks in Brussels Tuesday on the final leg of a global tour rallying diplomatic support for the country’s nuclear deal after the abrupt withdrawal by the United States. Mohammad Javad...
The Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will begin talks to form a government after winning more seats than the prime minister in a national election that has made him an unlikely kingmaker. Sadr’s strong showing in...
The Israeli army said it would almost double the number of troops surrounding the Gaza Strip and in the occupied West Bank to tackle Palestinian protests against Monday’s controversial opening of a US embassy...
Iraqis on Saturday inflicted a blow on a political class they view as corrupt by shunning the first legislative elections since the victory over Islamic State jihadists. More than half of the nearly 24.5...
Indian Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday expressed concern about the rise oil prices but said it was too early to predict the impact of U.S. sanctions on his country’s...
Iraqis head to the polls on Saturday for parliamentary elections. After the ballot, the 329 members of parliament elected from party lists will be tasked with forming a government and electing a prime minister...
Iran on Friday supported Syria’s right to defend itself against aggression from Israel, state TV reported, accusing others of remaining silent over the attacks on Tehran’s key regional ally. “Iran strongly condemns …(Israel’s) attacks...
Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Moscow to discuss regional issues, the Israeli prime minister said in a statement on Saturday. Netanyahu was invited to participate in the annual...