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In what informed analysts have deemed as a move that was a long time coming, Hamas unveiled its new and improved charter at an event on Monday in the...
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April 17, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
As morning broke over what many deem to be a new era in Turkey's modern political history, everything in Istanbul seems like business as usual. The metropolis' iconic fishermen...
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April 16, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Taking time out of a political visit to Turkey during the country's intense referendum campaign, Ahmad El Hariri, the general-secretary of the Future Movement Party of Lebanon, spoke to...
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April 15, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
As Turkey gears up for a historic referendum on Sunday, Istanbul is teeming with banners, rallies and – most importantly in a democracy – opinions. As is the norm...
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Since Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) announced a wide array of proposed constitutional amendments last December, the media has been awash with coverage of the upcoming referendum...
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April 14, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Precisely 14 years ago, the United States declared victory over the battle for the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, and began a formal military occupation. Although then-President Saddam Hussein's statue...
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April 10, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Find out what happened to Baghdad after the United States led an illegal international coalition to invade Iraq on 20 March 2003.
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Earlier this morning, US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile strike launched from two US Navy warships in the eastern Mediterranean. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles – the same...
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March 25, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
In all the tragedy of the London terrorist attack last Wednesday, you may have missed that an even bigger tragedy unfolded in Iraq where hundreds of civilians were wiped...
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March 16, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
The three-day London Book Fair came to a close today, with Middle Eastern publishers and writers making a strong showing for the region, making their presence felt and scooping...
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March 16, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Summary: 29 years ago today, thousands of Iraqi Kurds were killed when their village of Halabja was gassed in the closing months of the Iran-Iraq War. What: Mass killing...
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March 12, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Let us begin by first considering a hypothetical scenario. A minister from any European country – you can take your pick as to which one – turns up to...
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As we enter the tenth day since the Iraqi military began its assault to capture the western half of Mosul, it would perhaps be useful to remind ourselves that...
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January 31, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
The past week has given us yet another insight into how Western powers habitually devalue Muslim lives. Here, I am not necessarily talking about US President Donald Trump's controversial...
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January 20, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Tomorrow the world will wake up to a slightly changed, slightly more deranged world as Donald Trump officially becomes the President of the United States, dragging the rest of...
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January 12, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have now claimed to have captured eighty five per cent of the eastern half of Mosul, and have also claimed to have reached the Tigris...
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January 9, 2017
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
In all the anger over Sufi Sheikh Hamza Yusuf's comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, we seem to have forgotten that he linked the Muslim Brotherhood to Daesh...
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December 30, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
The fall of Saddam Hussein and his subsequent execution was not a fresh start for Iraq, as it spawned a regional power vacuum filled by Iran that has now...
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December 12, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Aleppo has fallen, and with it any notion that democracy is something worth fighting for in the Middle East
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December 9, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
The military assaults against Mosul in Iraq and Aleppo in Syria are not as disparate and separate as people imagine. Yes, the cities are located in different countries. Yes,...
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November 26, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
As Turkey grapples with a number of serious domestic and international crises, much has been made about its record vis a vis its troubled relationship with the European Union,...
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November 9, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
"Let's go finish what we started. Let's elect Hillary Clinton!" outgoing US President Barack Obama said a couple of days ago. Of course, he was referencing his election motto...
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November 6, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the powerful Iraqi Shia militias who operate under the banner of the Hashd Al-Sha’abi known as the “Popular Mobilisation Forces” or PMF
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November 2, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
One would be forgiven for not knowing that Makkah, the holiest place on Earth to Muslims, was recently attacked. Islam's holiest city had missiles fired at it, not once,...
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Explaining why Shia militias have launched a military operation against the Iraqi town of Tel Afar as part of the Battle for Mosul. Where is it happening? Tel Afar,...
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October 26, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Men of Capital is one of those rare books that attempts to write about how Palestine was before the creation of the State of Israel from a unique and...
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A summary of the events on the ground during the Battle for Mosul in Iraq.
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October 20, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
Iraq has been ignored for long enough. I do not mean that it is not in the news, because it almost always is. From almost daily bombings in Baghdad...
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October 15, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
During Ashura, a major Muslim date in the Islamic calendar, one of the main leaders of the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) announced that the recapture of Mosul would...
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October 1, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
In the latest mad attempt to fight Daesh, Amal Clooney, celebrity-cum-lawyer, has announced that she will be prosecuting Daesh in international criminal courts. Clooney will be representing Nadia Murad,...
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September 24, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
To save a life is to save all of humanity
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September 22, 2016
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
It has been 36 years since the Iran-Iraq War erupted, engulfing the entire Middle East region in uncertainty, destabilising markets and causing immense loss of life and permanent impairment...
![Thousands of people gather to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the foundation of Hamas in Khan Yunis, Gaza on December 11 2016 [Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161211_2_20638304_16888234-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In what informed analysts have deemed as a move that was a long time coming, Hamas unveiled its new and improved charter at an event on Monday in the...
As morning broke over what many deem to be a new era in Turkey's modern political history, everything in Istanbul seems like business as usual. The metropolis' iconic fishermen...![Ahmad El Hariri, the general-secretary of the Future Movement Party of Lebanon. [Image: Tallha Abdulrazaq / Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/104A3295.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Taking time out of a political visit to Turkey during the country's intense referendum campaign, Ahmad El Hariri, the general-secretary of the Future Movement Party of Lebanon, spoke to...![Image of the No campaign propaganda in Turkey [Alwaght/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017_4-12-no-campaign-in-turkeyC9NF2KiVoAAPpKv.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
As Turkey gears up for a historic referendum on Sunday, Istanbul is teeming with banners, rallies and – most importantly in a democracy – opinions. As is the norm...!["No" banners are seen hanging outside the main CHP opposition party's building on İstiklal Caddesi, central İstanbul. on 14 April 2017. [Image by Tallha Abdulrazaq / Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170414_Turkey-referendum-street-banners.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Since Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) announced a wide array of proposed constitutional amendments last December, the media has been awash with coverage of the upcoming referendum...
Precisely 14 years ago, the United States declared victory over the battle for the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, and began a formal military occupation. Although then-President Saddam Hussein's statue...![Image of US soldiers during the 2003 invasion in Baghdad, Iraq [DVIDSHUB/Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2008_8-22-US-troops-in-iraq.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Find out what happened to Baghdad after the United States led an illegal international coalition to invade Iraq on 20 March 2003.
Earlier this morning, US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile strike launched from two US Navy warships in the eastern Mediterranean. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles – the same...![Iraqi civilians who fled from clashes between Iraqi Army and Daesh, queue up for food aid at the refugee camp in Hamam Ali town, as the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh terrorists continues in Mosul, Iraq on March 19, 2017 [Yunus Keleş / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170319_2_22504506_20056459.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In all the tragedy of the London terrorist attack last Wednesday, you may have missed that an even bigger tragedy unfolded in Iraq where hundreds of civilians were wiped...![The Turkey's Translation Initiative stall at the London Book Fair on 16 March 2017 [Tallha Abdulrazaq/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017_3_17-the-turkish-book-stand-at-LOndon-Book-Fair-2017.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The three-day London Book Fair came to a close today, with Middle Eastern publishers and writers making a strong showing for the region, making their presence felt and scooping...![Iraqi-Kurds visit a grave site in Halabja near the monument for victims of the Halabja gas massacre that killed some 5,000 people [SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/iraq.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Summary: 29 years ago today, thousands of Iraqi Kurds were killed when their village of Halabja was gassed in the closing months of the Iran-Iraq War. What: Mass killing...![Protests continue, as policemen sealed off the entrances and exits of roads to Dutch consulate due to security concerns following protests those staged in solidarity with the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Turkish Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya in Istanbul, Turkey on March 12, 2017 [Salih Zeki Fazlıoğlu / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170312_2_22353759_19777314.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Let us begin by first considering a hypothetical scenario. A minister from any European country – you can take your pick as to which one – turns up to...
As we enter the tenth day since the Iraqi military began its assault to capture the western half of Mosul, it would perhaps be useful to remind ourselves that...
The past week has given us yet another insight into how Western powers habitually devalue Muslim lives. Here, I am not necessarily talking about US President Donald Trump's controversial...![Iraqi security forces patrol Bertilla town during an operation to liberate Mosul from Daesh terrorists [Anadolu]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161021_An-Iraqi-soldier-patrols-bertilla-town-after-winning-a-battle-against-Daesh-in-mosul-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have now claimed to have captured eighty five per cent of the eastern half of Mosul, and have also claimed to have reached the Tigris...![Image of Hamza Yusuf [5Pillars/Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017_1_6-Hamza-Yusuf-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In all the anger over Sufi Sheikh Hamza Yusuf's comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, we seem to have forgotten that he linked the Muslim Brotherhood to Daesh...![Numan Kurtulmus, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey [Jehan Alfarra/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Deputy-Prime-Minister-of-Turkey-Numan-Kurtulmus-Jehan-Alfarra_Middle-East-Monitor-e1480186380279.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
As Turkey grapples with a number of serious domestic and international crises, much has been made about its record vis a vis its troubled relationship with the European Union,...![Donald Trump speaks during the opening ceremony for the Trump International Hotel, Old Post Office, in Washington, USA on October 26, 2016 [Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Trump-1-e1478702447255.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
"Let's go finish what we started. Let's elect Hillary Clinton!" outgoing US President Barack Obama said a couple of days ago. Of course, he was referencing his election motto...
During Ashura, a major Muslim date in the Islamic calendar, one of the main leaders of the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) announced that the recapture of Mosul would...