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Iraq

An armed member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces. (dpa)

Iraqi special forces kill 14 ISIS extremists in country's north

East|West

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 24, 2019. (Reuters)

Pompeo meets with Saudi king

Turkey

Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), holds a rally in Beylikduzu district, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. (Reuters)

In major setback for Erdogan, Turkish opposition wins Istanbul election

Sudan

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers secure the area as they wait for the arrival of Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the military council and head of RSF, before a meeting in Aprag village June 22, 2019. (Reuters)

Sudan's protesters accept roadmap for civilian rule

Mauritania

Ruling party presidential candidate and former Defense Minister Mohamed Ould El Ghazouani casts his ballot in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Saturday June 22, 2019. (AP)

Mauritanian president's candidate claims election victory

Iran

Suspended strikes. Iranians walk past a mural painting along the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, June 22, 2019. (AFP)

US mulls ‘measured’ strikes as Iran prepares to break nuclear limits

Latest Issue

Issue: 211 | Sun, June 23, 2019

Top Stories

Palestinians unanimous in objections to Bahrain conference

Security concerns as Egypt fears possible Brotherhood violence after Morsi’s death

Libya’s guns louder than megaphone diplomacy

Syrian refugees feeling increasingly unwelcome in Lebanon

Berber identity politics assailed by Algeria’s military chief

US mulls ‘measured’ strikes as Iran prepares to break nuclear limits

Opinion

The terrible link between jihadists and Islamophobes

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Mystery fires in Iraq kill dream of food self-sufficiency

The radical left provides Iran’s ‘useful idiots’ in the West

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Before boycotting Manama, remember Madrid

Khairallah Khairallah

Amid turmoil, Algeria remains a riddle wrapped in mystery

Why Turkey’s turbulence will be a long-lasting, thorny affair

Syria still faces uphill struggle to return to international fold

Editorial

Refugees

A Syrian refugee child looks from the entrance of his family's tent in a camp in the town of el-Marj, in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, June 13. (DPA)

MENA’s displaced on World Refugee Day

Iran

This picture taken on June 15, 2019 shows tanker ships in the waters of the Gulf of Oman off the coast of the eastern UAE emirate of Fujairah. (AFP)

The dangerous games Iran plays

UAE

UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash gives a press conference in Dubai on May 15, 2019. (AFP)

UAE senior official says tensions with Iran can be addressed only politically

Egypt

Risk of violence. Members of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front Party receive condolences for the death of former Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi at IAF headquarters in Amman, June 18. (AFP)

Security concerns as Egypt fears possible Brotherhood violence after Morsi’s death

Palestine

United in opposition. Palestinians demonstrate on June 20 against the US-led Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Bahrain. (AFP)

Palestinians unanimous in objections to Bahrain conference

Algeria

Flag politics. Algerian protesters wave the Amazigh (C) and national flags during demonstrations in Algiers, June 21, 2019. (AFP)

Berber identity politics assailed by Algeria’s military chief

Libya

Warpath. Fighters loyal to Field-Marshal Khalifa Haftar reportedly advancing on a road south of Tripoli. (AFP)

Libya’s guns louder than megaphone diplomacy

Tunisia

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed at the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, April 4, 2019. (AFP)

Tunisia’s parliament adopts law banning surging candidates from elections, sparks controversy

Lebanon

Syrian refugees outside their tents, in the Bekaa Valley town of Saadnayel, east Lebanon. (AP)

Syrian refugees feeling increasingly unwelcome in Lebanon

Iran

Flaunting rights. An Iranian police vehicle is seen parked outside a currency exchange shop in Tehran. (AFP)

Despite international outcry, Iran keeps executing children

Interview

TV and film production veteran Khulud Abu Homos. (Courtesy of Khulud Abu Homos)

The changing face of region’s TV landscape

Khadija Hamouchi

Gulf

Shadow of war. Sailors stand on deck above a hole the US Navy said was made by a limpet mine planted on the Japanese-owned oil tanker Kokuka Courageous, anchored off Fujairah, June 19. (AFP)

Attacks in Arabian Gulf threaten global economy

Syria

‘Brotherhood blood’. A 2007 file picture shows Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) meeting with Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus.(AP)

Syria says no to restoring ties with Hamas

Lebanon

Many questions. A map shows the ten offshore blocks off the Lebanese coast for which the Lebanese cabinet in December 2017 approved licences for three international companies to carry out exploratory drilling. (AP)

US-mediated talks between Lebanon and Israel expected to begin in weeks

Simon Speakman Cordall

Culture

Street art in Beirut. (Courtesy of Dihzahyners)

Street art revitalising Beirut with colours and shapes

Culture

A painting by artist Nour al-Masri. (Al Arab)

Saudi writer Amina al-Hasan focuses on ‘reality of women’ amid social change

Zaki al-Soudeir

Travel

A fancy cafe and restaurant in Dahab. (Ahmed Megahid)

Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Dahab gaining prominence

Culture

“The Breakup” from the exhibition of Michael Rakowitz in London. (Karen Dabrowska)

Michael Rakowitz exhibition showcases destruction of Iraqi heritage

Karen Dabrowska

Jordan

‘Unfair treatment’. Jordanian singer Rami Shafeeq is among Jordanian performers boycotting the Jerash Festival. Roufan Nahhas

Jordan’s Jerash Festival hopes to be summer draw despite row over artists’ pay

Culture

Mazameer El Nil musicians play Upper Egyptian music. (Marwa al-A’sar)

Family group preserves musical heritage of Upper Egypt