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Donald Trump
In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

Middle East Monitor

By Bear F. Braumoeller | Despite the claims of optimists, the odds that an international conflict will snowball into a bloody war haven’t gone down significantly since the end of World War II. Trump administration officials’ confidence that the present conflict with Iran can be managed could be dangerously misplaced. Since a drone strike at […]

Libya
Will Turkey sending its Troops to Libya Prolong the Civil War?

Will Turkey sending its Troops to Libya Prolong the Civil War?

Middle East Monitor

By Mustafa Fetouri | – Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government submitted a bill to the Turkish parliament seeking approval for its plans to send troops to Libya. The parliament approved the bill Thursday, given that the president’s AK Party has a majority in the chamber. The vote was originally planned for 7 January, after the winter […]

Libya
Syria, Yemen, Libya: For the First Time since Versailles, will Rival Powers redraw the Middle East's Borders?

Syria, Yemen, Libya: For the First Time since Versailles, will Rival Powers redraw the Middle East’s Borders?

Middle East Monitor

By Muhammad Hussein | – This New Year will mark a century since the historic Treaty of Versailles was put into effect, creating the borders of much of the contemporary world and enabling the European colonial powers to seize the Middle Eastern territories of the defunct Ottoman Empire. The consequences of that treaty and other […]

Israel/ Palestine
Is 2020 the Year Gaza under Israeli Occupation Becomes Unlivable?

Is 2020 the Year Gaza under Israeli Occupation Becomes Unlivable?

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Middle East Monitor | – It was a very happy moment when the Palestinians knew that they would cast their votes in order to choose their representatives, after waiting a long time. They voted and unexpectedly, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, won the overwhelming majority of […]

Hindu Nationalism
Are the Hindu Supremacists trying to Israelify India?

Are the Hindu Supremacists trying to Israelify India?

Middle East Monitor

Reducing Muslims to Statelessness or 2nd Class Citizenship

Hamas
Israel: Turkey Coddles Hamas! Turkey: Israelis are Nazis! Bilateral Relations are Cratering

Israel: Turkey Coddles Hamas! Turkey: Israelis are Nazis! Bilateral Relations are Cratering

Middle East Monitor

By Dr Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – Turkish-Israeli relations are witnessing increasing tension in recent days, culminating in Tel Aviv accusing Ankara of giving way to Hamas to conduct its activities on its soil. Although the Turkish Foreign Ministry rejected the Israeli accusations, Israeli newspapers published articles and reports that criticised Turkish-Hamas relations. […]

Houthi
World's Worst War: Can South Yemen's Warring Factions Make Peace amid Saudi-Emirates Rivalry?

World’s Worst War: Can South Yemen’s Warring Factions Make Peace amid Saudi-Emirates Rivalry?

Middle East Monitor

By Stasa Salacanin | – At the beginning of November, warring parties from Yemen’s south reached a power-sharing deal which aimed not only to defuse tensions among Arab alliances in South Yemen but was also seen to as a step closer towards ending the war in the country. The tensions between the Saudi-backed Hadi government […]

Government surveillance
How the Emirates Weaponized ex-NSA Spying Expertise against Democracy Activists

How the Emirates Weaponized ex-NSA Spying Expertise against Democracy Activists

Middle East Monitor

US officials and former NSA employees build UAE secret surveillance unit

Israel/ Palestine
War Crime: Israel's Forceful Removal of Thousands of Negev Bedouin

War Crime: Israel’s Forceful Removal of Thousands of Negev Bedouin

Middle East Monitor

By Megan Giovannetti | – Israeli rights group Adalah, which seeks legal justice for Palestinian citizens of Israel, issued an in-depth report on 10 December breaking down the illegality of Israel’s recent advancement in the forceful removal of thousands of Bedouin in the Negev (referred to as ‘Naqab’ by Bedouin) desert. The report, issued on […]

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