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The month of May has seen a replay of the past decade of both Turkish politics and the Western nations' dealings with it: the old rivalry between Turkiye's secularist...
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Syria's return to the Arab League this month was momentous, not because it came as a complete surprise – it did not – nor because it changes much on...
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The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other Arab states agreed last month in Jeddah that the Arab world must play a leading role in efforts to...
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On 24 April 1877, a Russian-Ottoman war began
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In the West, the existence of a "deep state" remains a contentious issue. Many activists and political outcasts have referred to it, even targeted it, while mainstream media outlets...
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Much has been made of the West's decades-long energy suicide, especially amid its acceleration over the past few years. The introduction of policies to drive forward a green revolution...
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The days of war between the Arab world and Israel are long gone. Even enmity toward the occupation state has largely faded away, leaving in its trail the infamous...
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One of the most illusory phenomena in our current existence is the money we use for buying, selling and hoarding on a daily basis. It is, to put it...
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There are few tragedies in the world for which the responsibility can be deflected away from politics and human fault. This week's earthquake in Turkiye and Syria was one...
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It is the unfortunate – or fortunate, depending on one's propensity to autocracy – nature of every decentralised system in this modern age to become centralised under the scope...
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Turkiye has surprised many policymakers and analysts over the past decade with its diplomatic prominence, soft power projection and hard power in the form of drones and other advances...
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Davis highlights how the JNF has used setting up parks and planting trees to erase Palestinian villages and forms part of Israel's apartheid regime
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As the year of 2022 comes to an end, the usual spate of predictions for the incoming year are espoused by many. That includes, it seems, Russia's Security Council...
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When social media solidified itself into the collective consciousness of technology users in the first decade of this century, it was increasingly looking like a revolutionary tool and saviour...
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Jordan Peterson has long been a controversial figure, subject to attempts to suppress him from various sides. Much of that controversy is not wholly negative: his stand against Canada's...
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There are countless stereotypes and tropes found throughout popular culture, movie productions and social media. One of those is that of undercover police or intelligence agents who famously tend...
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In many ways, the COP27 climate conference being held in Egypt is a cruel but necessary irony. The tyranny of the host government — the sweeping arrests, arbitrary checking...
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Middle East Monitor’s flagship annual literary awards ceremony – the Palestine Book Awards (PBA) – has entered its 11th year today, as awards were handed out to the winning authors and books in the much-awaited event
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MEMO hosted an informal event at London's P21 Gallery last night ahead of this year's Palestine Book Awards (PBA) in recognition of authors and their contribution to literature on...
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What: The invasion of Egypt and the occupation of the area around the Suez Canal by a tripartite alliance of British, French and Israeli forces. Where: Suez Canal, Egypt...
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Anyone determined or patriotic enough to make a list of groundbreaking episodes in Britain's long history is likely to add Rishi Sunak's appointment as prime minister to it. Seeing...
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Since the ascension of America and its aggressive foreign policies throughout the world, both laymen and analysts have mocked Britain for being a shadow of its former self. Its...
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Human rights, in itself, have long been a contentious industry, developing over the decades and adapting to particular regions and surroundings. It is no different in Palestine, and perhaps...
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If any month in 2022 succeeded in further uniting far-right extremists in Europe, Israel and India in a herd mentality, it would be September, when the English city of...
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This month has likely been the most crushing for Russia since it launched its invasion of Ukraine almost seven months ago. In an aggressive counter-offensive operation, Ukrainian forces recaptured...
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It has forever been the dream of almost every state, intelligence agency, empire and totalitarian regime to oversee the doings of all of their subjects, to detect any hint...
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After a decade of support for the Syrian revolution and opposition, Turkiye seems to be having a change of heart. Over the course of 2022, there mysteriously emerged reports...
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When it was revealed last month that Israel had requested the United States to prevent a new Turkish military operation in northern Syria, it served as a necessary reminder...
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As Arab states the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco began establishing ties with Israel over the past few years and warmed towards their old adversary, many...
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US President Joe Biden's Middle East tour was muddled from the start, and his administration's regional policy was criticised by analysts for lacking clarity and direction. The results of...
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It is difficult to recall a time in the lives of current and surviving generations where the Hajj pilgrimage was made so chaotic and unstable as it was this...
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Fifty-five years ago this month, Israel declared war on the United States of America. Unofficially and not in so many words, of course, but what else can it be...