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Libya

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (L) and Libyan Field-Marshal Khalifa Haftar at the venue of the international conference on Libya in Palermo, on November 12. (Reuters)

UN considers Palermo conference on Libya a success, Turks walk out

Saudi Arabia

A file photo of retired US Army General John Abizaid speaking in San Francisco. (AP)

Trump names retired general as US ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Palestine

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a press conference in his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 14. (AFP)

Israel defence minister quits after Gaza ceasefire

Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri gestures during a news conference in Beirut, November 13. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s Hariri accuses Hezbollah of blocking government formation

Iran

US National Security Adviser John Bolton talks to the Miami Herald on Latin American policy at the National Historic Landmark Miami Freedom Tower on November 1. (Miami Herald via AP)

US security chief Bolton vows to ‘squeeze’ Iran

Tunisia

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed arrives at a plenary session at the Assembly of People's Representatives in Tunis, on November 12. (Reuters)

Tunisia’s prime minister wins crucial vote over cabinet reshuffle

Latest Issue

Issue: 181 | Sun, November 11, 2018

Top Stories

Amid feuds, Iraq still without a full government

Manuel Langendorf

Syria’s Kurds brace for Turkish assault

Simon Speakman Cordall

Tunisia’s cabinet reshuffle widens divide between president and prime minister

Elections introduce new pressures on Trump’s Middle East policies

Fighting in Hodeidah rages on, UN postpones peace talks

Saudi Arabia takes first steps towards nuclear ambitions

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Opinion

Lost in translation

Oussama Romdhani

Reason why Arab minds search for greener pastures in the West

Washington’s dysfunctional politics hamper foreign policy

Faux foreign issues and Trump’s battle for votes

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Hezbollah, Iran using card of Lebanese government formation

Reality trumps the US in Saudi Arabia

Turning Turkey into a ‘zombie’ nation of undesirables

Editorial

Water

Dead trees tower over the area of Siba in the Iraqi city of Basra, last July. (AP)

Water scarcity meets fragile states

Arab-Americans

Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib celebrates with family and friends at her midterm election night party in Detroit, Michigan, on. November 6. (Reuters)

Muslims and Arab Americans in US midterm elections

East|West

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to recite the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, on November 11. (AP)

Pope Francis to visit Morocco in March

Iraq

US Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Sigal Mandelker, addresses a press conference at the US Embassy in Kampala, last June. (AFP)

US targets Hezbollah Iraq network with new sanctions

Yemen

He also warned that what is happening in Yemen right now is more dangerous than “a coup".

Houthi minister says Yemeni rebels ‘drawing last breath’

Palestine

A file picture shows Israel’s Deputy Cabinet Minister for Public Diplomacy Michael Oren. (AFP)

Israel bets on both Democrats, Republicans after US elections

Mamoon Alabbasi

Interview

A different vision. President of the New Generation Movement Shaswar Abdulwahid.(Facebook)

Upstart Kurdish party has Iraq-wide ambitions

Saudi Arabia

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos talks during a ceremony in Washington, last January. (AP)

Saudis boycott Amazon over Khashoggi case

Lebanon

A file photo showing a member of the International Red Cross taking a saliva sample from a relative of a person who went missing during the Lebanese civil war. (AP)

Landmark law gives hope to families of Lebanon’s war missing

Syria

A poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, half-covered by a national flag, hangs at the border crossing point of Jdedeh Yabous, Syria, last August. (AP)

Iran spectre, reconstruction cost could boost GCC role in Syria

Economy

Workers pack Lebanese fruits for export from Lebanon to the Gulf and other Arab countries, at a warehouse in Bar Elias town, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, on October 31. (AP)

Lebanon’s exports to Gulf markets choked by politics

Saudi Arabia

Oil prices advanced steadily through Monday, with both Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) seeing gains of more than a dollar per barrel.

Saudi plans to cut oil production send prices climbing

Maghreb

Dialogue offer. Moroccan King Mohammed VI speaks during the 43rd anniversary of the Green March, on November 6. (MAP)

Moroccan king calls for ‘direct and frank’ talks with Algeria

East|West

Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib points to her “I voted” sticker after voting during the midterm election in Detroit, on November 6. (Reuters)

Arab-American candidates score big

Culture

Burning issue. Tunisian film writer and producer Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud poses with the Gold Tanit for Feature Film trophy for his film “Fatwa” during closing ceremonies of the 29th Carthage Film Festival, on November 10 in Tunis. (AFP)

Film on radicalisation of youth gets top award at Carthage Film Festival

Travel

“Ford 71” installation by Iraqi artist Mahmoud al-Obaidi on display at the Nabu Museum. (Nabu Museum)

Nabu museum offers new attraction in northern Lebanon

Culture

A view of the interior of al Baghdadi auction house. (Oumayma Omar)

Old Baghdad auction houses resisting demise

Society

Bernard Hage’s “Martini at Momo’s.” (Courtesy of Bernard Hage)

New generation of cartoonists confront new challenges

Khadija Hamouchi

Culture

Participants in a panel discussion on cinema content for the Arab world at the MENA Cinema Forum in Dubai. (MENA Cinema Forum)

Gulf, MENA region expect expansion of film industry

N.P. Krishna Kumar

Culture

Poster of the fourth Beirut Art Film Festival. (BAFF)

Beirut Art Film Festival highlights environmental issues