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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 months ago | al-monitor.com | Beatrice Farhat |Rina Bassist |Rosaleen Carroll

    In a significant escalation, Israel launched intensive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. The Gaza-based Health Ministry said at least 404 people have been killed and more than 500 others injured since early Tuesday, prompting a wave of condemnations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the renewed military operation came after Hamas refused to release the remaining hostages.

  • Mar 3, 2025 | al-monitor.com | Adam Lucente |Rosaleen Carroll

    The Israeli military conducted strikes on military sites in northwest Syria on Monday amid growing tension between Israel and the new Syrian government. Syria’s official SANA news agency stated Monday that Israel conducted air strikes near the Tartous area, a port city, with no casualties reported. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Agence France-Presse that an explosion was heard at a military base near the port just as the strikes were conducted.

  • Feb 28, 2025 | al-monitor.com | Beatrice Farhat |Rosaleen Carroll

    Authorities at Lebanon’s Beirut Rafic Hariri Airport seized $2.5 million in cash allegedly intended for Hezbollah from a passenger arriving from Turkey on Friday. Lebanon’s Finance Ministry said that the passenger, who had concealed $2.5 million in US currency, was detained by the Lebanese Customs Directorate at the airport and will be handed over for investigation by the Directorate of General Security, per instructions by the public prosecutor’s office.

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