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The last official border crossing open for humanitarian aid to get into north-west Syria is about to close. The lives of almost four million people – including the displaced...
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June 23, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Military withdrawals announced by the United States don't always happen the way that we expect them to. They are either drawn-out over a number of years, during which they...
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June 15, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
In Syria's north-west, a renewed military offensive has apparently been long overdue. Since the very signing of the ceasefire deal between Russia and Turkey on behalf of the Syrian...
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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has – despite Israeli forces sabotaging the peace with a raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound – held so far, officially at least. In...
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Every year, usually during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as if Palestinians are somehow unreactive without food in their stomachs, Israel does something that makes its security forces...
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April 30, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Influential American academic Noam Chomsky asked what he called a "simple question" in a recent interview with the journalist Ezra Klein for the New York Times: "Is the situation...
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April 21, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Turkey has been criticised heavily over the past few years for what some see as a series of foreign policy blunders, from its military intervention in northern Syria to...
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April 7, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Much has been speculated regarding Britain's Muslim community over the years, from the alleged rise of extremism to the overall state of the community within the wider British society....
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March 11, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
After almost two decades of conflict, instability and bad government, a wave of excitement swept through Iraq last week with the long-awaited spectacle of hope and revival that was...
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March 10, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Watch out interview with the CEO of the Syrian news outlet Deir Ezzor 24
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February 26, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
His disillusion with Israel reportedly began when he toured the country in the 1980s for research purposes.
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February 17, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
This month, the United States removed the Houthis from its list of designated terrorist groups, a decision thought wise by the administration of President Joe Biden. That move, more...
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February 2, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
In recent months, the public's eyes have been opened to the growing threat that technology and social media companies pose, realising with shock the extent to which the companies...
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January 14, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
When supporters of the soon-to-be ex-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building in Washington DC last week, many things were revealed that day. We saw the lengths that Trump...
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January 6, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Torture is an evil as old as conflict, and there is much more to it than the sort of thing usually seen in the movies. It is, sadly, a...
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December 23, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Afghanistan has long had a security problem, despite the many who have sought to guarantee its safety. The latest of those revealed themselves this week when Iranian Foreign Minister...
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December 11, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Nuclear weapons have long been a dream of Middle Eastern states wishing to expand their influence or outdo their rivals, and they have never been closer to that dream...
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November 30, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Of all Turkey's strained relations in recent years – its disputes with the United States, conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean and military confrontations in Syria and Libya – the...
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November 19, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
It is unusual for Iran to have a sudden change of heart in its foreign policy. Indeed, it can be said to be one of the firmest and most...
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November 9, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Not many people have seen or even heard of, the black flag of Cyrenaica with its white crescent and star; a black version of the Turkish flag, perhaps. Events...
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October 27, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
France under President Emmanuel Macron has been making more than a few international waves over the past few months. It has involved itself in the dispute between Greece and...
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October 18, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
On this day nine years ago, the historic prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas took place, with its long-lasting effects still impacting on the present day.
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October 12, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Rashid Khalidi's telling of the story of the loss of his homeland and its gradual invasion is a deeply personal one, and is unlike other more detached accounts I...
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October 7, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Our interview with UK-based Kurdish writer Dana Nawzar
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September 16, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
The past few years have demonstrated to the Axis of Resistance – the motley alliance of "anti-imperialist" imperialists – that its efforts in the Middle East have not gone...
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September 5, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Not since Napoleon stepped foot on the shores of Alexandria in July 1798, embarking on his short-lived invasion of Egypt, has a Frenchman so imperiously sought to topple a...
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September 2, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
In search of a better life in Europe...
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August 25, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
A week ago, justice of sorts was meted out to those suspected of being behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005; one member of...
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August 17, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
While the US' Deal of the Century ran out of traction earlier this year before it even took off, Israel's own version took effect last week when it reached...
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August 4, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
Almost a month after the Turkish government overturned the 1934 ruling that converted the Hagia Sophia into a museum, the response from the international community to it becoming a...
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July 23, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
What: The dissolution and division of the Ottoman Empire and its former territories through the Treaty of Lausanne, leading to the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey When:...
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July 16, 2020
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Muhammad Hussein
On 16 July 2014, Israeli missile killed four children of the same family on a beach in Gaza
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The last official border crossing open for humanitarian aid to get into north-west Syria is about to close. The lives of almost four million people – including the displaced...![US Army soldiers walk to their C-17 cargo plane for departure May 11, 2013 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan [Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GettyImages-483252999.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Military withdrawals announced by the United States don't always happen the way that we expect them to. They are either drawn-out over a number of years, during which they...![A Syrian boy looks at blood stains and shoes left behind next to a charred car, hit in reported bombardment by government forces on the village of Iblin in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, on June 10, 2021 [ABDULAZIZ KETAZ/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1233367925-scaled-e1623771196582.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In Syria's north-west, a renewed military offensive has apparently been long overdue. Since the very signing of the ceasefire deal between Russia and Turkey on behalf of the Syrian...
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has – despite Israeli forces sabotaging the peace with a raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound – held so far, officially at least. In...![Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during an anti-Israel protest over tension in Jerusalem, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on May 12, 2021 [ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232831091-scaled-e1620833797201.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Every year, usually during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as if Palestinians are somehow unreactive without food in their stomachs, Israel does something that makes its security forces...![Protesters wear masks during a protest against the Chinese government's policies and oppressions towards Uyghurs in front of Chinese Embassy in Berlin, Germany on 23 January 2021 [Abdulhamid Hoşbaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Nassima-20210123_2_46521893_61874458.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Influential American academic Noam Chomsky asked what he called a "simple question" in a recent interview with the journalist Ezra Klein for the New York Times: "Is the situation...![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan exchange documents during a signing ceremony following their meeting in Kiev on February 3, 2020 [SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-1198370153-scaled-e1618993310397.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Turkey has been criticised heavily over the past few years for what some see as a series of foreign policy blunders, from its military intervention in northern Syria to...![Author William Shawcross with his Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) medal, presented by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March 10, 2011 in London, United Kingdom [Dominic Lipinski/WPA Pool/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GettyImages-109915608-scaled-e1617786055506.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Much has been speculated regarding Britain's Muslim community over the years, from the alleged rise of extremism to the overall state of the community within the wider British society....![Pope Francis (C) attends the ceremony at Church Square of Hosh al-Bieaa in Mosul, Iraq on March 7, 2021 [Osama Al Maqdoni / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210307_2_47210951_63156093.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
After almost two decades of conflict, instability and bad government, a wave of excitement swept through Iraq last week with the long-awaited spectacle of hope and revival that was...
Watch out interview with the CEO of the Syrian news outlet Deir Ezzor 24
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This month, the United States removed the Houthis from its list of designated terrorist groups, a decision thought wise by the administration of President Joe Biden. That move, more...![A picture representing a mugshot of the twitter bird is seen on a smart phone with a Turkish flag on March 26, 2014 in Istanbul [OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GettyImages-480649813.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In recent months, the public's eyes have been opened to the growing threat that technology and social media companies pose, realising with shock the extent to which the companies...![A protester screams "Freedom" inside the Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC [Win McNamee/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1294935359-scaled-e1610043910793.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When supporters of the soon-to-be ex-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building in Washington DC last week, many things were revealed that day. We saw the lengths that Trump...
Torture is an evil as old as conflict, and there is much more to it than the sort of thing usually seen in the movies. It is, sadly, a...![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Moscow, Russia on September 24, 2020 [Russian Foreign Ministry/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200924_2_44514540_58386876.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Afghanistan has long had a security problem, despite the many who have sought to guarantee its safety. The latest of those revealed themselves this week when Iranian Foreign Minister...![cyber attacks [Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20772328793_14d458b92c_k-e1561357903622.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Nuclear weapons have long been a dream of Middle Eastern states wishing to expand their influence or outdo their rivals, and they have never been closer to that dream...![Turkey’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic and former EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis poses during an AFP interview in Ankara on 18 February 2013. [ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-162121697.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Of all Turkey's strained relations in recent years – its disputes with the United States, conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean and military confrontations in Syria and Libya – the...![Azerbaijani and Turkey supporters celebrate the deal reached to halt fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region on 10 November 2020 [Resul Rehimov/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201110_2_45290783_59647219.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
It is unusual for Iran to have a sudden change of heart in its foreign policy. Indeed, it can be said to be one of the firmest and most...
Not many people have seen or even heard of, the black flag of Cyrenaica with its white crescent and star; a black version of the Turkish flag, perhaps. Events...![Protest against President of France Emmanuel Macron over his anti-Islam remarks in Istanbul, Turkey on 27 October 2020 [Yasin Aras/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Macron.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
France under President Emmanuel Macron has been making more than a few international waves over the past few months. It has involved itself in the dispute between Greece and...
On this day nine years ago, the historic prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas took place, with its long-lasting effects still impacting on the present day.
Rashid Khalidi's telling of the story of the loss of his homeland and its gradual invasion is a deeply personal one, and is unlike other more detached accounts I...
Our interview with UK-based Kurdish writer Dana Nawzar![President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey on August 21, 2020 [Tur Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200821_2_43988593_57563435.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The past few years have demonstrated to the Axis of Resistance – the motley alliance of "anti-imperialist" imperialists – that its efforts in the Middle East have not gone...![French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (R) give a joint press conference following talks in Baghdad, Iraq on September 02, 2020 [Iraqi Prime Ministry Press Office / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200902_2_44172108_57861317.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Not since Napoleon stepped foot on the shores of Alexandria in July 1798, embarking on his short-lived invasion of Egypt, has a Frenchman so imperiously sought to topple a...![Tima Kurdi, co-founder of the The Kurdi Foundation, holds her necklace bearing an image of her nephews, Alan and Ghalib Kurdi, as she poses for a photograph in London on 15 August 2018. [BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GettyImages-1017202006.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In search of a better life in Europe...![A Lebanese protester holds a placard in front of Mohammad al-Amin mosque during a demonstration in central Beirut, on 6 June 2020. [ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/GettyImages-1217981743.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A week ago, justice of sorts was meted out to those suspected of being behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005; one member of...![A group of Palestinians protest against United Arab Emirates and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed in East Jerusalem’s Old City on August 14, 2020 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200814_2_43890779_57422425.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
While the US' Deal of the Century ran out of traction earlier this year before it even took off, Israel's own version took effect last week when it reached...![Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer while keeping social distance due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on 31 July 2020. [ Ahmet Bolat - Anadolu Agency ]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200731_2_43695931_57110183.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Almost a month after the Turkish government overturned the 1934 ruling that converted the Hagia Sophia into a museum, the response from the international community to it becoming a...![Signing of Treaty of Lausanne [Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Signing-of-Treaty-of-Lausanne.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
What: The dissolution and division of the Ottoman Empire and its former territories through the Treaty of Lausanne, leading to the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey When:...![Boys from the Palestinian Bakr family who survived an Israeli attack, killing four children from their family while they were playing at the beach in Gaza City on July 16, 2014, walk on the beach in Gaza City on 29 March 2015 [MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-468201128-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
On 16 July 2014, Israeli missile killed four children of the same family on a beach in Gaza