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Tunisian President Kais Saied (L) being welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, April 9, 2021. (AFP)

Saied’s visit to Egypt underlines common views on Libya, Nile

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Iran’s Navy officers line up to welcome the Chinese Navy destroyer as it makes a landfall at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (AFP)

US eyes tactical withdrawal from Middle East to focus on China

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A pro-Brotherhood demonstrator holds a key chain with a picture of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2019. (REUTERS)

Normalisation between Egypt and Turkey hindered by issues of mercenaries, Brotherhood

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Royal Moroccan Army soldiers stand guard at an outpost in the Western Sahara. (marocarmee facebook page)

First-time use of drone by Moroccan army highlights Polisario’s vulnerability

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A file picture of the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Esmail Qaani. (AFP)

Iran’s Esmail Qaani in Baghdad to unify loyal militias before elections, target US presence

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A file photo shows Jordan’s King Abdullah II (R) chairing a meeting with armed forces’ commanders, including his son Crown Prince Hussein (L), while behind is seen a portrait of his ancestor Sharif Hussein bin Ali of Mecca. (AFP)

Jordan holds muted centenary after dire palace crisis

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

Keep the lights on for Arab cultural capitals

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Choosing the wrong person at the wrong time

Jordan enters a new phase

Khairallah Khairallah

Before Fatah commits suicide on the election trail

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The activities of Turkish charities in Mauritania and Sudan are used to boost Ankara’s reputation. (ana)

Turkey pursues soft expansion strategy in Mauritania and Sudan

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A fighter with forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally-recognised government holds a position against Houthi rebels in Yemen’s northeastern province of Marib. (AFP)

Battle for Marib heats up as Houthis struggle with stalemate

Sudan

A file picture of Sudanese FM Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahi during a press conference. (AFP)

Sudan excludes use of force over Nile dam dispute

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Flooded engine room of the Iranian ship MV Saviz after being attacked in Red Sea off Yemen. (AP)

Undeclared naval war intensifies between Israel, Iran

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Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference in Rome, April 8, 2021. (AFP)

Italy’s Draghi labels Erdogan ‘dictator’, sparks controversy

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Tunisia’s President Kais Saied speaks in Monastir, April 6, 2021. (ANA)

Tunisian Constitutional Court bill hits constitutional snag

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Muslims sit at a pop up vaccination site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Centre in the Staten Island borough of New York. (AP)

Muslim communities seek assurances vaccines do not violate fast

Saudi Arabia

Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, speaks during a news conference at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. (REUTERS)

Saudi Aramco strikes 12.4-billion-dollar deal with US-based EIG

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Sudanese women hold a banner as they take part in a rally against the oppression of women, in Oumdurman the capital Khartoum’s twin city. (AFP)

Women rally in Sudan to demand equal rights

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A Palestinian woman leaves a health centre run by tUNRWA, at al-Fari’ah refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 8, 2021. (REUTERS)

UNRWA welcomes US restored aid to Palestinians

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Saudi soldiers parade during Saudi National Day celebrations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AFP)

Three soldiers executed in Saudi Arabia for ‘high treason’

UAE

UAE’s DMSat-1 environmental satellite blasts off from Russia’s Baikonour Space Base on Match 22 (social media)

First MENA Environmental satellite launched by the UAE

Opinion

Keep the lights on for Arab cultural capitals

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Choosing the wrong person at the wrong time

Jordan enters a new phase

Khairallah Khairallah

Before Fatah commits suicide on the election trail

Egypt

People stand in the 3,000-year-old lost city in Luxor province, Egypt, April 10, 2021. (AFP)

Egyptologists uncover ‘lost golden city’ buried under the sand

Saudi Arabia

Italian tenor and opera singer Andrea Bocelli and his daughter Virginia sing during a concert at the Hegra World Heritage Site in the northwestern Saudi city of al-Ula on April 8, 2021. (AFP)

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli serenades ancient Saudi city

Books

A sculpture in Saint-Luis of French general and colonial administrator Louis Faidherbe in Senegal (1818-1889)

Rethinking French imperialism in the nineteenth century

UAE

Gallery employee works in front of Angeles Agrela paintings at the 14th edition of Art Dubai at Dubai International Financial Centre. (AP)

Art Dubai makes pandemic-defying return

Tunisia

A scene from Tunisian director Ben Hania’s film “The Man Who Sold His Skin”. (Film handout)

Tunisia’s “The Man Who Sold His Skin” short-listed for the Oscars

Iraq

One of the manuscripts on display at Baghdad exhibition. (TAW)

1,000-year-old manuscripts among display in Baghdad