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3 days ago | al-monitor.com | Cecile Feuillatre |Stuart Williams

Alarm has intensified over the welfare of inmates after an Israeli strike on Evin prison in Tehran, one of Iran's most notorious penal complexes which haunts prisoners long after they are released. Rights groups say that Evin, which is believed to have the capacity for hundreds of inmates, is home to dozens of "political prisoners" innocent of any crime, including foreigners, and women who are kept in a separate wing.

4 days ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

WASHINGTON — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a retaliatory barrage of ballistic missiles across the Gulf toward the United States’ main air base in the region on Monday, in response to US naval and air strikes at three sensitive Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. Pentagon officials said initial indications were that no American personnel were hurt in the retaliatory strikes, which they said targeted the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

6 days ago | al-monitor.com | Jared Szuba

WASHINGTON – As many as six stealth B-2 bombers departed their home at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and headed west over the Pacific, Al-Monitor can confirm, as the White House threatens to join Israel's strike campaign against Iran. Open-source tracking sites picked up at least six B-2s flying under the callsign MYTEE over the west coast of the United States early on Saturday.

1 week ago | al-monitor.com | Rebecca Anne Proctor

Welcome back to Al-Monitor Dubai. This week we highlight the solo exhibition of Nima Nabavi, who blends geometric abstraction with technology in his latest works; the rich mixed media works of Malik Thomas Jalil Kydd; and a performance by famed Lebanese singer Wael Kfoury at the Dubai Opera. If you want to receive this newsletter or our other new weekly City Pulse newsletters — for Doha, Istanbul and Riyadh — sign up here. Happy reading,RebeccaP.S. Have feedback or tips on Dubai's culture scene?

1 week ago | al-monitor.com | Rebecca Anne Proctor

Pioneering Saudi artist Lulwah Al Homoud, known for minimalist, abstract works often incorporating technology and reflecting traditional Islamic art, will unveil new work at the second edition of The Digital Art Mile, the inaugural digital art fair in Basel.