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Abbas Kamem meets with Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah at Haftar’s headquarters of the General Command in Al-Rajma, June 17, 2021. (Twitter)

Abbas Kamel in Libya to mediate between Haftar, Debeibah

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UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths speaks during a press conference at Sanaa’s international airport in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on May 31, 2021. (AFP)

At his farewell briefing Griffiths paints bleak picture of Yemen mediation

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Saleh Abdel Ahad, representative of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, speaks during the Palestinian National Dialogue hosted by Egypt’s General Intelligence Service in the capital Cairo, February 8, 2021. (AFP)

Cairo fails to bring together Hamas, Fatah as common ground is elusive

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A file picture shows designated Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri meeting with Lebanese Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri. (Twitter)

Lebanon’s president pitted against parliament speaker over cabinet formation

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President Kais saied meets with current and former prime ministers, June 15, 2021. (Tunisian presidency)

Kais Saied calls for dialogue, says targeted by assassination plot

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrives in the sultanate of Oman. (Twitter)

Saudi-Iranian dialogue transferred to Oman in second round after Baghdad

Latest Issue

Issue: 254 | Sun, April 26, 2020

Top Stories

Washington green-lights Israeli government’s move to annexation

Gulf countries seen as well-positioned to weather storm

For Muslims in Arab world, Ramadan is unlike any before

Opinion

Tunisia sheltering from the big bang

Oussama Romdhani

The Palestinian response to the Israeli stalemate

Khairallah Khairallah

How Libya ushered in the era of Kamikaze drones

The self-parody of Algeria’s leaders

News & Analysis

Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi gestures after casting his vote during presidential elections in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2021. (REUTERS)

Iranians vote for new president with hardliner slated to win

News & Analysis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, in Brussels, June 14, 2021. (AFP)

France welcomes ‘Verbal ceasefire’ with Turkey but wants more

News & Analysis

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the ‘Villa la Grange’, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. AP

Biden says he agreed with Putin to stop Iran from getting nuclear bomb

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Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 16, 2021. (AFP)

Gulf states voice concern over Iran’s missile programme

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A file picture shows Jordanian King Abdullah II (C) speaking during the opening of the Jordanian parliament’s new session in the capital Amman. (AFP)

Jordan authorities arrest former MP after ‘offensive’ remarks

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A metal barrier protects the US Capitol in Washington. (REUTERS)

US Senate leader backs repealing ‘forever war’ authorisation

Qatar

Norway’s forward Erling Braut Haaland wears a t-shirt with the slogan ‘Human rights, on and off the pitch’ as he warms up before a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification football match in March 2021. (AFP)

Norway’s football federation to vote on Qatar World Cup boycott

News & Analysis

French far-right National Rally (NR) party’s leader and NR candidate in Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur (PACA) for the upcoming regional elections Thierry Mariani (L) distribute election leaflets in southern France, June 17, 2021. (REUTERS)

France’s regional elections likely bellwether for presidential vote

News & Analysis

Students attend class at the Islamkolleg Deutschland in Osnabrueck, western Germany. (AFP)

Training centre launched for German imams, sparks Turkish unhappiness

Yemen

The deck of the FSO Safer moored off Ras Issa port, Yemen, indicating the lack of basic maintenance for several years, leading to incidental smaller spills, . (AP)

UN ponders options to prevent Yemen tanker spill

Egypt

Workers walk between photovoltaic panels at the Benban plant in Aswan, Egypt. (REUTERS)

US to boost Egypt’s solar energy shift with increased funding

Maghreb

Argan oil bottles are displayed for sale inside the showroom of Women’s Agricultural Cooperative Taitmatine, in Agadir, Morocco June 8, 2021. Picture taken June 8, 2021. (REUTERS)

Argan oil offers women economic opportunities in rural Morocco

Opinion

Tunisia sheltering from the big bang

Oussama Romdhani

The Palestinian response to the Israeli stalemate

Khairallah Khairallah

How Libya ushered in the era of Kamikaze drones

The self-parody of Algeria’s leaders

Egypt

Technicians craft replicas of ancient Egyptian statues and sarcophagi at the Egyptian government’s Konouz (Treasures) factory. (AFP)

Egypt souvenir merchants adjust to struggling tourism market

Culture

A visitor talks to Libyan artist Elham el-Ferjani in front of one of her works at the Hamim Gallery in the eastern city of Benghazi on June 14, 2021. (AFP)

Benghazi rare cultural week welcomed as ‘source of joy’

Culture

Turkish musician Ozge Metin (L) sings to a dancing crowd in an Istanbul public square on June 9, 2021. (AFP)

Turkish musicians see Erdogan’s ‘culture war’, not pandemic, behind ban

Egypt

“Tablitt Al-Sitt” band during performance. (TAW)

Egyptian band shows women are no strangers to percussion music

Culture

A scene of the film “Casablanca Beats” (Haut et Fort) by Moroccan Nabil Ayouch. (Facebook)

Moroccan slum kids film up for top prize at Cannes

UAE

An artwork by Sheikha Khawla bint Ahmed Khalifa Al Suwaidi,. (WAM)

UAE-based foundation explores art of colour calligraphy