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![Iraqi demonstrators try to enter Green Zone as they gather for a demonstration against Iraqi government in Baghdad, Iraq on October 01, 2019 [Murtadha Sudani / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191001_2_38504750_48077590.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Having failed to dislodge Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad after eight years of conflict and with the twin political processes of the UN and the Astana initiatives moving a step... -
![Saudi forces inside Saudi Arabia's Najran province [Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Najran-Fort-Saudi-ArabiaD4Qqwx2W0AAKht-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The 14th century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun is famed for his treatise Al-Muqqadimah and is regarded as "the father of social science"; he wrote about the rise and fall... -
![Palestinian youths were injured after Israeli forces fired tear gas on protesters during the Great March of Return in Gaza on Friday 13 September, 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
War, wrote the 19th century Prussian General and military strategist Carl von Clausewitz, is an "act of force to compel our enemy to do our will." This is an... -
![Saudi Aramco employees [Notizie Economiche/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017_10-25-Saudi-AramcoDM-pv9yX0AAA_qo.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
On 14 September, state-owned Saudi Aramco's oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in the Eastern Province were the target of a sophisticated drone and cruise missile attack. The... -
It has been argued that the Zaydi sect of Shia Islam is closer to mainstream Sunni Islam than it is to the Twelver Shias who form the majority in...
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![Salah Al-Noud of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council [Youtube]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Salah-Al-NoudSalah-alnoud.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Omar Ahmed interviews Salah Al-Noud of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council -
![Yemeni people search for those who are caught under the rubble of destroyed buildings after Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen on 14 March 2017 [Mohamed Al-Siraji/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_3_27-People-walk-on-the-rubble-of-a-house-destroyed-by-a-Saudi-led-air-strike.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The US' attacks on civilians in Yemen have taken centre stage on Twitter as social media users highlight America's actions using the hashtag #USAEnemyOfPeace. America has been supporting the...