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Middle East Monitor
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The world has acknowledged and observes yet another blank ‘ceasefire’. To the people of Gaza, the word has no meaning. Ceasefires in Gaza do not...


As Israeli forces continue operations in Syrian territory, a public rebuke from President Donald Trump-the incursions are...


The two recent United Nations resolutions one calling for an end to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and another reaffirming Syria’s...


The UN General Assembly has passed another non-binding resolution which is unlikely to dent Israel’s colonial expansion in colonised Palestine. Any...


My personal physician — one of Britain’s most renowned doctors and recipient of one of the highest honours from the late Queen Elizabeth II —...


First, let’s dissect this puzzle. On 29 February 2024, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent shockwaves when he informed lawmakers in the House...


Israel’s campaign in Gaza has not only levelled most of the built environment — satellite analyses in 2025 show damage to the vast majority of...


Last week the 2025 chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, had an article published extolling the benefits of the...


In espionage, truth arrives escorted by doubt. Nothing is announced cleanly; nothing ends conclusively. Stories surface halfway formed, decorated...


The sight of the Palestinian flag sweeping through London’s streets is no longer a sporadic gesture enabled merely by freedom of expression. It has...


Asking Israel to investigate its torture practices, while knowing that torture is an integral part of Israel’s political violence, is one of the...


Washington’s diplomatic theatre has always relied less on persuasion than performance: coaxing allies into submission behind closed doors, then...


A ceasefire can be a strange thing. The assumption, generally speaking, is that the parties to it restrain themselves for a period of time,...
