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Iraq
Iraq protests expose the crisis in the regime’s integrity

Iraq protests expose the crisis in the regime’s integrity

Middle East Monitor

By Abdulwahhab Badrakhan | – A third wave of protests in Iraq, following those in 2015 and 2018, continues to shake the three pillars of the regime — the constitution, electoral law and an independent judiciary — although protesters’ basic demands are not political. There is, nevertheless, a general conviction that they are impossible to […]

Houthi
Is Najran the Saudi Frontline in its Failing Yemen War, or its Achilles Heel?

Is Najran the Saudi Frontline in its Failing Yemen War, or its Achilles Heel?

Middle East Monitor

By Omar Ahmed | – The 14th century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun is famed for his treatise Al-Muqqadimah and is regarded as “the father of social science”; he wrote about the rise and fall of states and civilisations. Tunis-born, his ancestors hailed from Yemen’s Hadramawt. He is notable for popularising the notion of ‘asabiyya which […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds

Middle East Monitor

Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israel’s General Election two weeks ago has presented it with its second major political deadlock this year. The Blue and White party won 33 seats and the Likud won 32; the other parties will only be significant if they join a coalition with one of these two major […]

Saudi Arabia
Saudi looks ‘positively’ at Yemeni truce proposal

Saudi looks ‘positively’ at Yemeni truce proposal

Middle East Monitor

Saudi Prince Khalid Bin Salman believes that his country looks “positively” at the truce proposal announced by Houthis in Yemen, Arabi21.com reported on Friday. In a series of tweets, the prince wrote “we look positively at the truce announced by Yemen because this is what we have been seeking. We hope it is really implemented.” […]

Israel/ Palestine
Anti-Palestinianism is the modern day McCarthyism

Anti-Palestinianism is the modern day McCarthyism

Middle East Monitor

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – As regular readers of this column will know, the McCarthyite atmosphere in Britain against supporters of Palestinian rights is getting worse. That is down in part to the Labour Party leadership’s acquiescence to the smear campaign to portray the party as anti-Semitic. The Labour National Executive Committee’s acceptance […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s systemic harassment of human rights workers

Israel’s systemic harassment of human rights workers

Middle East Monitor

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – Last week Israel … raided the offices of Addameer, a prisoners rights association, stealing some of its computers and hard drives.* This is all part of Israel’s long-running war against the Palestinian civilian population. It is a war to remove Palestinians from Palestine; to liquidate their existence as […]

Israel/ Palestine
In Israel's Aggressive Colonization of Palestinians, Turkey has a Say

In Israel’s Aggressive Colonization of Palestinians, Turkey has a Say

Middle East Monitor

By Dr Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – Recent weeks have witnessed a series of developments in Palestine that have produced mixed reactions in Turkey and Israel. Their relationship is back to the level of tension prevalent in the wake of the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara flotilla in 2010. The most recent […]

Saudi Arabia
The Saudi-United Arab Emirates Game of Thrones in Yemen

The Saudi-United Arab Emirates Game of Thrones in Yemen

Middle East Monitor

By Mareb Al-Ward | – Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are exchanging roles in Yemen. While the former pretends to be completely biased in favour of the legitimacy, which requested its interference, the latter has adopted a clear position in favour of its military militias in the south. It is true that there is a difference […]

Iran
Iraq: The Middle East’s new battle front between Israel and Iran

Iraq: The Middle East’s new battle front between Israel and Iran

Middle East Monitor

By Stasa Salacanin | – In the last two months, several unexplained explosions occurred in Iraq, significantly damaging ammunition warehouses and weapons storage sites. All targets have been associated with Iranian-backed Population Mobilisation Forces (PMF), suggesting that explosions could not be a mere coincidence as they were probably caused by precision air strikes. Though no […]

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