Category: 3. Middle East

United States President Donald Trump’s broad array of tariffs on foreign goods has spooked consumers, businesses and the stock market. But what will the specific impact be for…

French President Emmanuel Macron will welcome Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa to Paris on Wednesday for his first visit to Europe, despite growing doubts about Syria’s ruling Islamist coalition and protests from France’s far right.

Since the fall of…

AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the highest levels, as…

Iraq’s amendments to its personal status law have been controversial. Critics say the changes could roll back women’s…

Since Israel broke the ceasefire, it has declared most of Gaza as no-go zones, forcing expulsions amid attacks and blocking of all humanitarian aid.

Israel has restricted Palestinians’ access to 70 percent of Gaza, either by declaring large…

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, has described the Israeli government as “the most criminal of all…

The Israeli occupation army has killed 16,278 Palestinian children in the genocide it has been committing in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023, at a rate of one child killed every 40 minutes, the Ministry of Health…

Leader of Israel’s National Unity Party, Benny Gantz, yesterday accused the Israeli government of being busy dividing the people rather than winning the war on Gaza, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported.

“Time…