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Tunisia

Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi (R) greets military officers while attending the Tunisian naval forces military intervention drill, last June at the port of La Goulette in Tunis. (AFP)

Tunisia’s political crisis deepens, alienating public

Palestine

A general view shows the Israeli barrier at the Palestinian town of Abu Dis in the West Bank east of Jerusalem. (Reuters)

Palestinians reject plans to impose Abu Dis as capital

Stephen Quillen

News & Analysis

A Christian Iraqi man inspects his neighbours' home, destroyed by Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Qaraqosh, in September 12. (Reuters)

US boosts help to victims of ‘ISIS genocide’ in Syria, Iraq

Iraq

The Iraqi Kurdish presidency has been left vacant since Barzani stepped down following disastrous independence bid.

Barzani makes double comeback in Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir

Riyadh promises to hold killers accountable

Egypt

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi shake hands after a signing ceremony in Sochi, on October 17. (AP)

Putin-Sisi meeting opens ‘new chapter’ in security, military cooperation

Latest Issue

Issue: 178 | Sun, October 21, 2018

Top Stories

Yemeni president dismisses prime minister over deteriorating economy

Activists call for release of detained Basra protesters

Mamoon Alabbasi

Washington designates Hezbollah as ‘top organised crime threat’

Putin-Sisi meeting opens ‘new chapter’ in security, military cooperation

Riyadh confirms death of missing journalist, fires senior officials

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Opinion

Message from Bavaria: Peak alt-right?

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Trump’s antiterrorism strategy describes ‘a nation at war’

Generational change within IRGC adds to tensions

Russia’s real designs in Libya

Nine things that came out of the release of US pastor

The Lebanese government’s painful birth

Palestinians need to reassess Gaza marches

Editorial

ISIS

A member of the Raqqa civil council’s local security forces inspects a motorcycle and its riders at a checkpoint in former ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, on October 16. (AFP)

ISIS is still a threat in Syria and Iraq

MENA region

A young woman applies for a job in Germany. (AP)

Imagining a MENA ‘moonshot’ approach

Interview

Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs Mohamed Zine el-Abidine. (AFP)

Tunisian minister sees culture as ‘buffer’ to radicalisation

Jordan

Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz speaks during a news conference in Amman, last June. (Reuters)

Jordanians divided on economic reforms

Mamoon Alabbasi

Maghreb

A file picture shows Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani speaking at the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat. (Reuters)

Parliamentary vote reflects divisions within Morocco’s ruling coalition

Syria

A man walks past a damaged building in the town of Binnish in Syria’s rebel-held northern Idlib province, on October 15. (AFP)

Idlib watches and waits as Sochi deadline passes

Simon Speakman Cordall

Iraq

Iraqi protesters wave national flags and chant slogans during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs in the southern city of Basra, last September. (AP)

Activists call for release of detained Basra protesters

Mamoon Alabbasi

Saudi Arabia

A 2015 file picture shows Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi attending a press conference in Manama. (AFP)

Saudis face uphill battle pursuing damage control over Khashoggi case

Interview

General-Secretary of DISK/Dev Yapi-Is Nihat Demir. (Courtesy of Nihat Demir)

Union leader describes Istanbul construction site as ‘slave camp’

Palestine

A Palestinian man walks on debris following an Israeli air strike around the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on October 17. (AFP)

Gaza tensions spark fears of renewed Hamas-Israel war

Maghreb

Algerian republican forces stand guard in front of the Presidential Palace in Algiers. (Reuters)

Algeria detains top generals, power struggle intensifies

Economy

A building is offered for rent in downtown Beirut. (AP)

Political will needed to salvage Lebanon’s economy

Jordan

Syrian Army soldiers at the Jaber-Nassib border crossing with Jordan in Daraa, on October 15. (Reuters)

Opening of Syria crossing lends lifeline to Jordan

Manuel Langendorf

Economy

Workers check fish collected from the farm in Kafr el-Sheikh. (Ahmed Megahid)

Egyptian province shows fish farming better lure than migration

Society

A view of the American University of Sharjah. (AUS)

Saudi, Emirati universities rank among best in region

Culture

Multidisciplinary space. A computer-generated model of the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. (Serie Architects)

Dubai’s new arts centre aims to be ‘innovative cultural hub’

N.P. Krishna Kumar

Culture

Hip-hop artists take part in the Carthage Days of Music. (The Carthage Days of Music)

Carthage Days of Music gives visibility to nontraditional genres

Travel

A general view of the Silk Museum in Bsous in Mount Lebanon. (The Silk Museum)

Silk Museum keeps memory of Lebanese industry alive

Society

Moroccan poet and broadcaster Yassin Adnan (R) speaks with Syrian poet Adonis during an episode of the new cultural show “Beit Yassine.” (Facebook)

‘Beit Yassine’ reconciles TV public with culture

Mokhlis al-Saghir

Society

Participants attend a conference during the international TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in Beirut’s Digital District. (TechCrunch Startup Battlefield)

Something for everyone at tech Startup Battlefield MENA

Khadija Hamouchi