All Middle East
Iraqi Kurdistan gambles on oil and Baghdad's benevolenceIraqi Kurdistan is demanding control of its oil, and officials say they're willing to risk losing their share of the federal budget to get that. Problem is they can't afford it.
Israelis worry that surge in 'price tag' attacks is costing Israel abroadThe uptick in extremist vandalism of non-Jewish property comes ahead of the pope's high-profile visit to Israel, shining an uncomfortable spotlight on a growing problem.
Harassment illegal? Egypt's women say word hasn't reached the streetEgypt has a new anti-sexual harassment law, but with 99 percent of women reporting they've been harassed, public life still remains out of reach.
What will an Iranian nuclear deal look like? Here's one option.Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 have been mum about ongoing talks, but today's report, written by analysts with intimate knowledge of the negotiations, could give hints.
Yemen deports Adam Baron, a Monitor and McClatchy correspondentAdam Baron was expelled Thursday without explanation. His reporting over the past four years regularly challenged the government's official line on events.
Rebel evacuation of Homs is crowning moment for Syrian regimeThe Syrian regime has clawed back substantial rebel-held territory in the last year 鈥� with critical help from Iran. Homs, the 'capital of the revolution,' is perhaps the most significant win.
Egypt's Sisi goes into campaign mode, promises death of BrotherhoodFormer military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been the presumed next president for months, but the five-hour interview was Egyptians' first in-depth look at the candidate.
Ultra-Orthodox woman blazes trail for vocational education for Israel's haredimRivka Yeruslavsky, born into an Israeli ultra-Orthodox family, studied computer science and has gone on to open a vocational school designed to bring more haredim into the workforce.
How Saudi aid made a construction worker a top Syrian rebel commanderThe Saudis appear to have chosen Jamal Maarouf as leader of the Syrian Revolutionaries' Front by ensuring he remains flush with cash. But money can't command loyalty forever.
Whose water is it anyways? Resentment pools on Israel-Lebanon borderA Lebanese village well, newly crucial amid water shortages, is on the wrong side of the boundary between Israel and Lebanon, as is an add-on to a riverfront resort.
In Libya, media freedom isn't bulletproofAfter decades of severe censorship, media outlets are embracing the opportunity to broadcast freely. But they still have no protection if they anger powerful people.
Yemen's latest, greatest threat: Twitter?Expanding social media use means the Yemeni government can no longer spin its anti-Al Qaeda campaign as it wants, particularly when it comes to alleged US drone strikes.
海角大神s underwrite uptick in Ukrainian Jews immigrating to IsraelThe number of Ukrainian Jews arriving in Israel more than doubled to 777 in the first four months of 2014. 海角大神 Zionists are helping to pay for some of these moves.聽
On calm campus in northern Iraq, uneasy thoughts of BaghdadThe Monitor has followed the Iraqi Methboub family since 2002. Daughter Amal is flourishing at university, but worries about her family in Baghdad preoccupy her.聽
Educated and ambitious, Qatari women nudge their way into the officeQatari women outnumber men 2 to 1 at university, but a lack of work opportunities used to mean that a college degree was the end game. That's changing.
UN hopes its second Syrian refugee camp in Jordan gets it rightJordan opened Azraq, a second UN-run Syrian refugee camp, this week, rejiggering everything from food choices to toilet location based on three years of trial and error at Zaatari.
In West Bank, good Samaritans seek foreign bridesSamaritans, an ancient, shrinking religious sect, are replenishing their ranks by scouting brides from Ukraine and other countries.聽
Learning to say sorry in the Middle EastIn the past week, not one but two leaders 鈥� Turkish and Palestinian 鈥� made rare acknowledgements of the suffering of the 'other.' Critics have called the gestures opportunistic.
Fragmented and fearful, Iraqis go to the pollsAs Iraqis head to the polls Wednesday for national elections, the first since US troops left, the country is more fragmented and tilted toward extremes than at any time in the last decade.
With mass sentences, Egyptians seek justice, but come away empty-handedThe same judge who sentenced 529 Egyptians to death in Minya last month sentenced another 683 defendants to death Monday. The verdicts portray a judicial system run amok.
