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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian walks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon May 6, 2021. (REUTERS)

France warns Lebanese politicians: No special treatment for anyone, anymore

Qatar

Qatari Minister of Finance Ali Shareef Al-Emadi attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 6, 2019. (REUTERS)

Mystery surrounds the arrest of Qatar’s powerful finance minister

News & Analysis

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a joint press conference with his Libyan counterpart in Libya’s capital Tripoli on May 3, 2021. (AFP)

Turkey makes clear intent to keep military presence, mercenaries in Libya

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C-R) and prime minister Muhammad Shtayeh (C-L) meeting with members of cabinet in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 4, 2021. (AFP)

Drawback after drawback, Abbas’s electoral calculations backfire

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Head of the Popular Mobilisation Forces Faleh al-Fayyad, deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces Abdul Azizi Al-Mohammedawi, and Iranian ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi attend an event, in Baghdad, January 2, 2021. (AFP)

Regional, international loyalties fuel inter-Sunni power struggle in Iraq

News & Analysis

Saudi King Salman, right, walks with with Iraqi President Barham Salih, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. AFP

Riyadh confirms Iran talks, says it wants to see ‘verifiable deeds’

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

Yemenis should take ownership of the solution for their country

Regional crises may require Egyptian foreign policy reset

Mohamed Abul Fadhl

Those who yearn for war in Libya

The questions that Bassil doesn’t answer

Khairallah Khairallah

Kuwait

Kuwaiti members of parliament wait for the parliamentary session to start at Kuwait’s National Assembly headquarters in Kuwait City. (AFP)

Fake news, rumours fuel political tensions in Kuwait

News & Analysis

United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths speaks during a news conference following talks at the German Foreign ministry in Berlin, April 12, 2021. (AFP)

US slams Yemen Houthi militias for snubbing UN envoy

Iraq

A 2020 file photo shows US Soldiers standing at Ain al-Assad air base in Anbar, Iraq. (AFP)

Drone attack targets Iraqi base hosting US troops

News & Analysis

Turkish Foreign Ministry Deputy Sedat Onal, meets with Hamdi Sanad Loza, Egyptian deputy foreign minister, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. (AP)

Egypt, Turkey end talks, Turkish FM to visit Saudi Arabia

News & Analysis

EU senior offcial Enrique Mora and Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi attend a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria May 1, 2021. (AFP)

Iran jockeying for more concessions as Vienna talks to resume

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President Hassan Rouhani (R) meets with the visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (L) in Tehran, December 8, 2020. (AFP)

Riyadh moves to normalise with Damascus in changing landscape

Palestine

Stun grenades burst in the air amid clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021. (AFP)

Clashes escalate in Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israeli police

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A couple walks in a street market in Tunis, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP)

Mounting pandemic toll prompts one-week lockdown in Tunisia

News & Analysis

Police secure a site after a suspected bomb blast injured former Maldives president and current parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed in Male on May 6, 2021. (AFP)

Extremism strikes again in Maldives, former president critically hurt

News & Analysis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita upon his arrival for the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) conference on November 19, 2019 in Berlin. (AFP)

Germany’s stance on Sahara issue prompts Morocco to recall envoy

MENA Now

Workers walk between photovoltaic panels at the Benban plant in Aswan, Egypt, November 17, 2019. Picture taken November 17, 2019. (REUTERS)

EBRD invests in MENA’s renewable technology, energy sectors

News & Analysis

A file photo shows an an election campaign billboard combining a portrait of Likud leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and opposition party leader Yair Lapid, in Ramat Gan, Israel. (AP)

Israeli opposition leader tasked with forming cabinet, could end Netanyahu era

Opinion

Yemenis should take ownership of the solution for their country

Regional crises may require Egyptian foreign policy reset

Mohamed Abul Fadhl

Those who yearn for war in Libya

The questions that Bassil doesn’t answer

Khairallah Khairallah

Culture

Kuwaiti actress Hayat al-Fahd in a scene from "Margaret" TV series. (Facebook)

Excessive censorship handicaps Arab Gulf TV dramas

Culture

Arabic Language Academy headquterts in Amman. The Law for the Protection of the Arabic Language in Jordan is the first legislation of its kind in the Arab world. (https://arabic.jo)

Jordan’s law to protect Arabic triggers mixed reactions

Culture

For the first time, Tunisia and the Arabic language will be represented in this prestigious competition.

Three Tunisian novels shortlisted for EU literature prize

Culture

A woman walks by a board painted with the image of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ajaccio. (AFP)

Split vision marks Mideast perception of Napoleon’s legacy

Culture

Poster of the film festival “Enchanted journey through Italian regions – Travelling in Italy through filming locations”.(Italian Institute of Culture)

Morocco hosts online journey through Italian filming locations

Culture

Yasmin Hayat, fruits of heaven plate 1 from the “Making Paradise” exhibition at London’s Aga Khan gallery. TAW

Artists showcase ‘Garden of Eden’ in London exhibition