The Saudi Air Force conducted a rare and pointed strike on the Yemeni port of Mukalla
The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future
Solar parks in the Gulf, wind farms along the North African coastline, and ambitious hydrogen strategies all signal modernisation
Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?
The leaders of five significant armed groups claimed that they had adopted the idea of “the state’s monopoly on the use of force
Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’
By Usman Butt X: TheUsmanButt ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ahmed Al-Sharaa has been in power in Syria for nearly 1-year. The lightening rebel offensive that brought down five decades of the dictatorial rule of the Assad family, was a shock to many. In Al-Sharaa, Syrian’s were greeted with a new kind of […]
One way Zohran Mamdani could arrest Indicted War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu
by Dr Mohammad Yousef ( Middle East Monitor ) – New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has repeatedly stated that he would instruct the NYPD to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he set foot in New York, citing the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Netanyahu is wanted by the ICC […]
A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory
by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – A ceasefire can be a strange thing. The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time, ordering their forces and disciplining their charges from straying. But straying happens, transgressions inevitable. Some are genuine enough: silly […]
The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative
by Jasim Al-Azzawi ( Middle East Monitor ) – The world beyond 7 October 2023 is not the same. It is a world that has finally seen beyond the decades-old narrative of a perpetually vulnerable Israel, whose actions were always justified by existential fear. The brutal atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza have inflamed world […]
Vanishing Future? The Arab World Faces 2x Global Heating, Corruption and High Tech Divide
By Jasim Al-Azzawi ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Arab world is standing at a precipice. Climate change is accelerating at twice the global average across the region. Water scarcity threatens to erase up to 14 per cent of GDP by 2050. Illiteracy and failing education systems leave millions unprepared for the AI revolution […]
The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again
by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) – The recent vote in the UN Security Council on Gaza – with Russia and China pointedly abstaining and the West once again attempting to choreograph the outcome – marked a moment that history may one day identify as a subtle but decisive shift. Not because […]
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