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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (L) arrive for a joint press conference in Ankara on June 4, 2020. (AFP)

Erdogan angry at Sarraj for stepping down before fulfilling Turkish demands

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi waves to local population in Tarmiyah, Iraq. (Reuters)

Kadhimi going after big fish in anti-corruption crackdown

News & Analysis

Lebanese President Michel Aoun (L) meets with Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib at the presidential palace in Baabda, September 17. (DPA)

Lebanese PM-designate waits as Paris negotiates with Tehran

Oman

A file picture Shows Sultan Haitham in one of his visits to Omani regions. (TAW)

Sultan Haitham sends many messages by visit to Dhofar

News & Analysis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (R) participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House in Washington, September 15. (AFP)

Why UAE peace with Israel could be warmer than with Egypt, Jordan

Iraq

President Barham Salih (C-L) receiving Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi at Salam Palace in the capital Baghdad, last May. (AFP)

Congruence of stances signals shaping of Kadhimi-Salih alliance

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

Peace deals reflect the big picture in the region

Khairallah Khairallah

Oman has no complex with Israel, its complex lies with Iran

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Realising one Bahraini’s vision of Arab-Israeli peace

Tunisia’s experience coping with pandemic is worth West’s attention

Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun wear face masks as they arrives to attend a meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, September 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

Macron prods Lebanese leaders over cabinet formation process

News & Analysis

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits through the Arabian Sea. (AFP)

In show of force, USS Nimitz sails through Strait of Hormuz

Iran

A 2019 file photo shows Chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Hossein Salami speaking s at a pro-government rally, in Tehran, Iran. (AP)

Iran Guards chief threatens ‘revenge’ as US re-imposes sanctions

Yemen

A 2019 file photo shows United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, centre, and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer, speaking during talks in Amman, Jordan. (AFP)

Rival Yemeni factions meet in Switzerland over prisoner swap

News & Analysis

A file pictures shows Libyans demonstrating in front of the National Oil Corporation to protest in Tripoli against the oil installations blockade.The placard reads in Arabic: “Oil is the resource of our livelihood”. (Reuters)

Haftar announces conditional lifting of oil blockade in Libya

News & Analysis

French Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune, left, and Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides take part in a news conference in Nicosia, Sept. 18. (AP)

France backs EU sanctions against Turkey over East Med tensions

Egypt

Pandemic dampens expectations of Egypt’s tourism recovery

Kuwait

A file photo shows US President Donald Trump greeting Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah outside the West Wing of the White House before a meeting September 5, 2018 in Washington. (AFP)

Trump awards Kuwait’s emir US Legion of Merit

Bahrain

Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa speaks next to US President Donald Trump, during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, September 15. (AP)

Bahrain’s normalisation move driven by regional security concerns

Tunisia

A file picture of Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi, surrounded by bodyguards and aides. (AFP)

Ghannouchi compares party figures calling for his exit to coup plotters

Tunisia

A file picture of Noureddine Tabboubi, secretary-general of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), attending a rally in Tunis, Tunisia. (DPA)

Tunisian labour union shows flexibility in negotiating with government

Saudi Arabia

A 2016 file photo shows participants ahead of an informal meeting between members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, in the Algerian capital, Algiers. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia urges compliance with OPEC cuts

Opinion

Peace deals reflect the big picture in the region

Khairallah Khairallah

Oman has no complex with Israel, its complex lies with Iran

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Realising one Bahraini’s vision of Arab-Israeli peace

Tunisia’s experience coping with pandemic is worth West’s attention

Culture

Framed picture of late US guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira. (AFP)

Jimi Hendrix’s legend lives on in Moroccan village

Culture

The Omayad Mosque, Joumana Al shikh.(NCCAL facebook)

Arab architectural heritage featured in major Kuwaiti exhibition

Iraq

Jamal Penjweny, an official Iraqi photographer on a mission

Syria

“Behind the Scenes” is shedding light with his camera on the world of Syria’s marginalised. (facebook)

In ‘Behind the Scenes’, Syrian film searches for lost justice

Nidhal Koushaha

Lebanon

Hope Graffiti – Le Gray Facade (Courtesy of Le Gray Hotel)

Art breeds hope, resilience in blast-stricken Beirut

Algeria

Bachir Drayes sought to highlight important details of Larbi Ben M’hidi’s life. (aps)

Algerian filmmakers face political, religious censorship