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Lebanon

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video link in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, February 16. (AP)

US targets individuals, entities linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah

Tunisia

Tunisia's prime minister designate Elyes Fakhfakh speaks at the Assembly of People's Representatives in Tunis, Tunisia February 26. (Reuters)

Economic challenges face Tunisia's new coalition

Qatar

In this file photo posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on March 28, 2015, a fighter from Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front holds his group flag, in Idlib, Syria. (AP)

Qatar-run organisation accused of funneling money to terrorists

Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters, in Izmir, Turkey, Saturday, February 22. (AP)

Erdogan issues Idlib ultimatum as tensions with Russia mount

Libya

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) speaks with Fayez al-Sarraj (R), Prime Minister of Libya's internationally recognized government, in Geneva, Swtizerland, February 24. (UN Geneva/ dpa)

Libya's warring parties meet in Geneva

East|West

US 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders participates in a moderated discussion at the We the People Summit in Washington, US, April 1, 2019. (Reuters)

Angry reactions in Israel to US Democratic candidate's remarks

Latest Issue

Issue: 245 | Sun, February 23, 2020

Top Stories

Hardliners lead in Iran’s ‘sham’ vote

Tunisia forms a cabinet under shadow of power struggle

Women making inroads in GCC’s political, fiscal environments

Iraqi students back up anti-government protests through ‘White Shirt Revolution’

Incidents spark new fears of anti-Muslim sentiment in Germany

Mahmud el-Shafey

Algerian leader praises protest movement, warns against 'infiltration'

Iranian regime faces crisis of legitimacy risk in parliamentary election

Opinion

Politics at the core of Lebanon's existential crisis

Letting Iraq’s oil flow to fund death and destruction

Erdogan’s scheme in Syria behind showdown by proxy with Russia

Khairallah Khairallah

Will the Gezi trial serve as a wake-up call for the EU?

Washington plays a losing hand in Syria

Geoffrey Aronson

When China sneezes, the world takes to its sick bed

Rashmee Roshan Lall

US-Iranian competition over Iraq at dead end

Editorial

Iran

In this file image grab taken on July 23, 2019 by the press office of the Yemeni Shiite Huthi group shows ballistic missiles, bearing Made in Yemen, on display during a recent exhibition of various missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, February 14. (AFP)

Iran’s arms smuggling to proxies

Germany

People hold pictures of victims as they take part in a solidarity rally In Hanau, Germany Saturday, February 22. (AP)

Germany’s xenophobia problem

Turkey

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. (AFP)

Russia accuses Turkey of sending foreign fighters to Libya

East|West

In this file photo taken on December 27, 2019 a general view of the Saddle Dam, part of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. (AFP)

Ethiopia skips latest US talks with Egypt over dam dispute

Saudi Arabia

A file photo shows newly named Saudi investment Minister Khalid al-Falih at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia June 7, 2019. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia forms new tourism, sports, investment ministries

Lebanon

Members of IMF experts are seen leaving after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon February 20, 2020. (REUTERS)

Hezbollah rejects IMF intervention and braces for new sanctions

News & Analysis

Kuwaiti women wear protective masks as they sit in a restaurant inside the Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City on February 24. (AP)

MENA braces for coronavirus threat

Iran

Iranian medical staff work at the state-run "13 Aban" pharmacy in Tehran on February 19. (AFP)

Tehran faces accusations over coronavirus outbreak amid regime crisis

Egypt

A helicopter lands outside Cairo's Mosheer Tantawy mosque in the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital before the funeral of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak on February 26. (AFP)

Egypt to hold military funeral for Mubarak, presidency mourn him as ‘war hero’

Turkey

Turkey has closed its border with Iran and halted incoming flights as a precaution to stop the potential spread of the virus

Turkish lira weakens over coronavirus, Syria conflict

Top Stories

Iraqi university students take part in an anti-government demonstration in the city of Najaf, December 29. (AFP)

Iraqi students back up anti-government protests through ‘White Shirt Revolution’

Interview

Israeli analyst and diplomat Daniel Levy. (Coutesy of Daniel Levy)

Former Israeli gov adviser: US peace plan meant to lead to annexation

East|West

French President Emmanuel Macron, delivers a speech during a press conference a part of his visit in Mulhouse, eastern France, Tuesday, February 18. (AP)

Macron seeks ‘Republican Reconquest’ to counter ‘Islamist separatism’

Egypt

An Egyptian man carries his son as he walks past a police car in Cairo. (Reuters)

Egypt rights advocates raise alarm over violations of privacy

Special correspondent

Travel

A man sits atop the ancient fortress of Ait-Ben-Haddou where scenes from the HBO series "Game of Thrones" were filmed, south of Morocco's Atlas Mountains. (AFP)

Morocco fortress village hopes to draw ‘Game of Thrones’ fans

Ismail Bellaouali

Culture

Spanish actress Victoria Abril receives an award at the opening of fourth Aswan International Women’s Film Festival, February 10. (Aswan International Women’s Film Festival)

Cinema festival in Egypt’s Aswan highlights women’s issues

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Culture

A photo by artist Houda Kassatly. (Alice Mogabgab Gallery)

Beirut photo exhibition depicts perils to Lebanese heritage

Economy

Co-founders of Dubai-based Letswork Omar al-Mheiri (L) and Hamza Khan. (Letswork)

Letswork redefines concept of co-working space in the UAE

N.P. Krishna Kumar

Economy

Workers pack fruit for export from Lebanon to the Gulf and other Arab countries, at a warehouse in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanon faces rewards, obstacles with export strategy

Economy

Land of the future. The site of NEOM in Tabuk province in north-western Saudi Arabia.(NEOM SAUDI)

Saudi Arabia embraces a different future with NEOM

Mohammed Alkhereiji