Articles
-
1 week ago |
al-monitor.com | Beatrice Farhat
China announced on Wednesday it would exempt nationals from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain from needing entry visas starting next month, expanding visa-free coverage to all states in the Gulf Cooperation Council following a similar move with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar back in 2018.
-
3 weeks ago |
al-monitor.com | Rosaleen Carroll |Jack Dutton |Beatrice Farhat
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States and the United Arab Emirates had reached an agreement to let Abu Dhabi buy advanced microchips from US companies to power artificial intelligence. It marks a significant move as the UAE looks to become an AI hub, but Washington has so far been cautious about allowing the Emirates to access the chips over fears the sensitive technology could be accessed by Chinese competitors.
-
3 weeks ago |
al-monitor.com | Beatrice Farhat
The Israeli military intensified its airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, leaving more than 100 Palestinians killed even as ceasefire talks resumed in Qatar. What happened: The Palestinian Quds News Network cited medical sources saying that 115 Palestinians, mostly women and children, had been killed since dawn on Thursday in a wave of Israeli attacks on residential areas and displaced camps.
-
1 month ago |
al-monitor.com | Beatrice Farhat
Israeli fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa targeting Houthi infrastructure at the city’s lone airport, less than a day after similar strikes in the port city of Hodeidah. Yemeni news agency SABA cited a local source as saying that the attack, which it described as “US-Israeli aggression,” targeted the Sanaa International Airport, the Dhahaban power station in the Bani al-Harith district in the north of Sanaa and the Attan area.
-
1 month ago |
archive.is | Elizabeth Hagedorn |Adam Lucente |Rosaleen Carroll |Beatrice Farhat
You're reading an excerpt from Al-Monitor Washington, where we break down the latest in US-Middle East diplomacy. To read the full newsletter, sign up here. WASHINGTON — Syria’s new leader, once allied with al-Qaeda, hasn’t ruled out normalization with Israel. Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa told Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) during their meeting in Damascus on Saturday that he is open to joining the Abraham Accords under the right conditions.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 483
- Tweets
- 409
- DMs Open
- No
NEW: Lebanese and Palestinian officials agreed Friday to begin the process of disarming Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as Beirut intensifies its efforts to gain control of heavy weapons in the country. https://t.co/8U4ef9LGAa
RT @Adam_Lucente: NEW: Check out my interview with @beatricefarhat in Beirut on Palestinian president Abbas' trip to Lebanon & efforts to d…
RT @AlMonitor: NEW: US imposes new Iran sanctions ahead of Oman talks as Tehran touts nuclear gains Iran vowed Wednesday it will face any…