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If Iran rejects Trump’s nuclear deal, will Israel seize moment to strike?

With the Israeli military ready to attack Iranian nuclear sites, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face a dramatic choice if Tehran rejects the deal Washington is proposing.

By Ben Caspit

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

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Iran’s FM vows 'noninterference' in Lebanon during Beirut visit: What to know

The Iranian visit to Lebanon comes as talks of disarming the Iran-backed Hezbollah group is gaining momentum.

Lebanon

Kurdish Syrians demonstrate in the Syrian eastern city of Qamishli to demand the release of the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party, Abdullah Ocalan, in Turkey, on May 29, 2025.

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Ankara’s direct talks with Syrian Kurds began last year in Europe, continue in Turkey

The talks are part of a sweeping effort to end Turkey’s decades-long war with the PKK and reshape Ankara’s relationship with Kurdish-led forces in Syria.

By Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Price tags of olives are seen at a store on March 3, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkey

As Turkey's inflation dips to 35%, will central bank pivot on interest rates?

Inflation has slowed to the lowest level since 2021, sparking speculation that the central bank could resume easing monetary policy amid mounting pressure on Turkey's finance chief — but analysts caution against a rush.

Turkey

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani met with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in the Qatari capital, Doha, on June 3, 2025.

Syria courts Gulf investment with high-level Qatar visit amid $7B energy deal

Led by the country’s top diplomat, Syria’s ministers of energy, finance and tourism held a series of meetings in Qatar on Tuesday.

Syria

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Saudi readies for 'worst case scenario' in sweltering hajj

Medics and people walk at a heat stroke treatment unit at the Mina Emergency Hospital in the holy city of Mecca

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PLO officials in Lebanon as push to disarm Palestinian camps gains steam

Armed and masked men attend the funeral of two militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon on Nov. 1, 2024.

Lebanon

Egyptian national charged in attack at Colorado rally for Israeli hostages: What to know

Egypt

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Sudan’s new PM dissolves government but military control remains firm

By Rosaleen Carroll

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East

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Palestinians mourn relatives killed near a US-backed aid center in the Rafah area, in the southern Gaza Strip

27 killed as Israeli army opens fire near Gaza aid point

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Zawya cinema was born in the artistic fervour of Egypt's 2011 uprising

In Cairo, the little indie cinema that could

Agence France-Presse

Lebanon's public transport is yet to recover from the civil war that ended more than three decades ago

Lebanon on bumpy road to public transport revival

Agence France-Presse

Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa must contend with a host of domestic and international challenges

Six months after deposing Assad, Syria faces security, economic challenges

Agence France-Presse

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Ayalon: Netanyahu firing Shin Bet chief to shield inner circle from Qatar probe

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Syria's Kurds to demand federalism in tactical push for decentralization

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Syria’s central bank chief: US sanctions relief a ‘turning point’

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Sudan’s new PM dissolves government but military control remains firm

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As Israel faces 'avalanche' of global criticism, Netanyahu fixated on Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.

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Turkey's big Syria play: Rebuild, but only if Gulf can pay for it

Aerial view of the amount of destruction left in the Maarat al-Numan neighborhood after the end of the Syrian civil war in Idlib, Syria, on March 13, 2025. Located between the three major cities of Aleppo, Hama, and Damascus, the city of Idlib is a historically and strategically important city that went through years of destruction in the course of the Syrian civil war. (Photo by Omar Albaw / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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If Iran rejects Trump’s nuclear deal, will Israel seize moment to strike?

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Al-Monitor chief correspondent Amberin Zaman interviews H.E. Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The Future of Energy and Power in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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Al-Monitor's State Department Correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn stands on a balcony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia reporting on President Trump's trip to the Gulf.

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US investor Steve Witkoff attends the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.

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