Adam Lucente
Journalist and Podcast Host at Al-Monitor
News & Business Correspondent @AlMonitor. US & Middle East. Past freelancer in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Kurdistan Region. عربي español קצת עברית
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3 days ago |
al-monitor.com | Adam Lucente
The Trump administration has named former Senate staffer Merav Ceren to the National Security Council, the White House confirmed to Al-Monitor on Monday, denying a report that Ceren was previously employed by Israel's Ministry of Defense. Who is Ceren? Ceren previously served as deputy policy director for the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation from May 2023 until February of this year.
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3 days ago |
al-monitor.com | Adam Lucente
Church leaders, regional officials and Egypt’s Al-Azhar — Sunni Islam’s foremost religious institution — offered condolences this week following the death of Pope Francis, whose passing on Monday at the age of 88 drew tributes across the Middle East. Francis passed away following struggles with a respiratory illness, having been hospitalized for more than a month starting in mid-February. His last public appearance was on Sunday, when he greeted the crowd outside the Vatican for Easter Sunday.
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1 week ago |
al-monitor.com | Adam Lucente
Jordanian authorities announced on Tuesday that they detained 16 people in connection with a “sabotage” plot that included manufacturing drones and rockets. The General Intelligence Department said it had "foiled plans aimed at targeting national security, sowing chaos and sabotage within Jordan.” A total of 16 individuals were detained after being monitored since 2021, the official news agency Petra cited the department as saying.
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1 week ago |
al-monitor.com | Adam Lucente
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and pushed for trilateral cooperation with Turkey and Azerbaijan on Friday at a forum in the Turkish city of Antalya. He also held his first meeting with Libya’s prime minister since taking power. Sharaa is visiting Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that will run until Sunday. He met Aliyev on the sidelines of the meeting, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
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1 week ago |
al-monitor.com | Adam Lucente
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and pushed for trilateral cooperation with Turkey and Azerbaijan on Friday at a forum in the Turkish city of Antalya, while also holding his first meeting with Libya’s prime minister since taking power. Sharaa visited Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum that will run until Sunday. He met Aliyev on the sidelines of the meeting, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
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