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Kuwait

Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah speaks to parliament as he is sworn in as emir of Kuwait, September 30. (KUNA)

Mishaal al-Ahmad leads the race for crown prince in Kuwait

Yemen

A file picture shows billboard bearing portraits of Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi on a main road in the city of Aden. (AP)

Distrust within ‘legitimacy camp’ impedes quest for Yemeni solution

Maghreb

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper gives a speech at the North Africa American cemetery close to the ruins of ancient Carthage, north-east of Tunisia’s capital Tunis on September 30. (AFP)

Esper pushes reluctant Maghreb to curb Chinese, Russian influence

Ahmed Ben Khelifa

News & Analysis

In Libya talks, too many cooks could spoil the broth

Turkey

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) stands alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) during their visit to the US Naval Support Activity base at Souda on the Greek island of Crete. (AFP)

Will Washington transfer forces from Incirlik to Crete?

News & Analysis

Armenian demonstrators protest against Azerbaijan’s actions in Armenia and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, in Los Angeles, US, September 30. (REUTERS)

France, Russia concerned about Turkey sending mercenaries to Caucasus

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

Gulf countries need comprehensive solution in the face of economic pressures

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Incitement cannot topple the Egyptian state

What remains of secularism in Tunisia

Mokhtar Dabbabi

Peace deals reflect the big picture in the region

Khairallah Khairallah

Lebanon

Lebanon’s Army chief General Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s caretaker Defence Minister Zeina Akar and UNIFIL Head of Mission Major General Stefano Del Col at a news conference in Beirut, October 1. (Reuters)

Lebanon, Israel reach ‘framework agreement’ to hold border talks

News & Analysis

A member of the Petroleum Facilities Guard is seen at the entrance of Azzawiyah Oil Refinery, in Zawiyah west of Tripoli, Libya July 23, 2020. (Reuters)

Key military, security agreements reached between Libyan sides

News & Analysis

Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicos Christodoulides (R) meets with his Spanish counterpart Arancha Gonzalez Laya in Nicosia on September 30. (AFP)

Spain backs Cyprus in row with Turkey over East Med

Syria

A file photo shows a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Arabic that reads, “Congratulations victory”. (AFP)

New batch of US sanctions target Syrian regime

Interview

Rear Admiral Kamel Akrout (TAW)

Tunisia's Rear-Admiral Akrout: 'National security inseparable from intelligence'

Algeria

Lawyers chant slogans and wave an Algerian national flag as they demonstrate outside the Court of Algiers on September 27. (AFP)

Simmering anger could dash Algiers' hopes for an uneventful referendum

News & Analysis

A combination picture shows US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US, September 29. (REUTERS)

‘Inshallah’: Biden’s Arabic retort makes waves on social media

Turkey

People wearing protective face masks walk along a street in Ankara. (AFP)

Turkish pandemic toll disputed as government admits not tallying all cases

Lebanon

A man watches Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaking on television, inside a shop in Houla, southern Lebanon September 29. (REUTERS)

Nasrallah insists Hezbollah must be part of any Lebanese cabinet

News & Analysis

A Spanish Guardia Civil officer stands next to Moroccan illegal migrants after they arrived on the beach sailing on a rubber dinghy near Tarifa, in the south of Spain. (AP)

Case of Moroccan Islamist in Spain sheds light on migration nexus

Yemen

Head of the Houthi prisoner exchange committee Abdulkader al-Murtada (L) shakes hands with Head of the Yemeni government delegation Hadi Haig (2nd L) next to UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths at the end of a meeting on September 27, in Glion, Switzerland. (AFP)

Uncertainties as to what’s next after Yemen prisoner swap

Iraq

A file photo shows Iraqi militia commander Hadi al-Amiri attending the funeral of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani and the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, January 4, in Baghdad. (REUTERS)

Amiri, Maliki looking for tribal support to topple Kadhimi

Opinion

Gulf countries need comprehensive solution in the face of economic pressures

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Incitement cannot topple the Egyptian state

What remains of secularism in Tunisia

Mokhtar Dabbabi

Peace deals reflect the big picture in the region

Khairallah Khairallah

Tunisia

Cinema ABC or the “Neon of Tunis” is a famous movie theatre in Tunis. (inkyfada.com)

Number of Tunisian cinemas shrinks despite burgeoning film industry

UAE

The festival events include camel, falcon and goat beauty contests. (credit)

Abu Dhabi’s popular heritage festival to kick off next month

Media

YouTube offers Arab writers a censorship-free platform, wide audience

Algeria

A 2019 file picture shows Algerian demonstrators dressed in traditional Berber or Amazigh minority outfits take part in a protest in the capital Algiers. Placard calls for unity of Algerians. (AFP)

Declaring Tamazight an official language sparks controversy in Algeria

Saudi Arabia

Media Ministry Launches Saudi Documentary Film “Difficult Times”. (SPA)

Saudi documentary chronicles life during coronavirus

Culture

Maestro Mohamed Saad Basha with members of Al-Nour Wal Amal (Light and Hope) chamber orchestra of blind women perform at the Manasterly Palace in Cairo, Egypt, September 20, 2020. (Reuters)

Egyptian visually-impaired female musicians hold concert despite pandemic