On 1 November 2016, some 25-30 masked men in uniform raided the home of Hemeda Ali Hemeda and arrested his son Kareem. For 42 days, Kareem’s family did not...
Palestinian activist Issa Amro tells MEMO about his experiences of being arrested by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and his thoughts on the upcoming court case brought against him by...
Saudi Arabia was one of a number of countries whose head of state failed to attend the extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Istanbul...
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Middle East Monitor is to host an event on the recent political events in Saudi Arabia. The programme will take place on Saturday, 18 November, in Central London. The...
The United Arab Emirates is working to influence the narrative on Islam in the West, leaked emails sent by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al-Otaiba, have revealed. The...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that his country is seeking to establish a naval base in Egypt. He stressed how important this is to Russia but denied...
On 1 November 2016, some 25-30 masked men in uniform raided the home of Hemeda Ali Hemeda and arrested his son Kareem. For 42 days, Kareem’s family did not...
Palestinian activist Issa Amro tells MEMO about his experiences of being arrested by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and his thoughts on the upcoming court case brought against him by...![Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (L) and the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 13 December 2017 [Bandar Algaloudl/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017_12-13-king-salman20171213_2_27492622_28814303-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
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30 January 2019: Saudi Arabia closes 15-month anti-corruption campaign 12 November 2018: French President Emmanuel Macron is said to have intervened in the case of two detained and forcibly disappeared...
09 October 2019: Thousands of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque in occupied Hebron to mark the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Muslims were barred from accessing...
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29 August 2019: Qatar’s asset reserve up 18.8% year-on-year as of July 2019 in spite of the blockade against it 09 June 2019: The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFC) imposes additional restrictions...
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“Before the war, Syria was an ‘open’ country. We could move around and live. I never travelled internationally but we knew that we could visit neighbouring countries like Lebanon...
Yiftah Curiel recently penned an article where he named Middle East Monitor as one of “two UK websites” upon which “Hamas relies”
With electricity supplies in Gaza restricted to between 2-8 hours a day in most areas, the coast's cool breeze offers a place to escape the stifling summer heat in cramped apartments
Although a coastal city, Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip is known as an agricultural area. Today, with all export opportunities shut down and borders closed, the agricultural...
Middle East Monitor spoke to Soumaya Ghannoushi, columnist and daughter of Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia’s Ennahda party leader, about the group’s recent decision to separate politics from religion. MEMO: Ennahda’s...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that his country is seeking to establish a naval base in Egypt. He stressed how important this is to Russia but denied...