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Turkey

Uncharacteristic silence. A 2019 file picture of a meeting between Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kuala Lumpur.

Turkish leaders mum on Iran’s suspected killing of dissident in Istanbul

Algeria

An Algerian protester marches with a sign calling to set free politician Karim Tabbou during a demonstration against the ruling class in the capital Algiers, last September. (AFP)

Algeria extends jailing of protest figure, prompts outcry

Iran

A Patriot missile battery is seen near Prince Sultan air base at al-Kharj.

Saudi intercepts missiles over Riyadh, Jizan

UAE

The Sheikh Zayed street in Dubai with no car traffic amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

UAE opens drive-through coronavirus testing site

Top Stories

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud attends G20 videoconference discussing the coronavirus pandemic, March 26. (AFP)

Saudi-led G20 summit marks global turning point in tackling pandemic fallout

Top Stories

Tunisian women work on the production of medical masks in a factory in the central city of Kairouan. (AFP)

Lockdowns do not come easy but Arab governments have few options

Latest Issue

Issue: 250 | Sun, March 29, 2020

Top Stories

Lockdowns do not come easy but Arab governments have few options

Saudi-led G20 summit marks global turning point in tackling pandemic fallout

Opinion

The messages behind Saudi Arabia's oil market moves

Khattar Abou Diab

17 years ago, the US target was Iraq not its regime

Khairallah Khairallah

No evidence pandemic is boosting xenophobia in Europe

Rashmee Roshan Lall

It is already the day after in Paris suburbs

War prepared Syria to deal with epidemic outbreaks

Amer Fakhoury, Austin Tice and the Iranian-Syrian hostage game

Israeli-Palestinian paradoxes under the shadow of the virus

Editorial

The socio-economic cost of the pandemic

MENA

A girl and a boy use a giant interactive display screen at the Qatar National Library in the capital Doha on May 19, 2019. (AFP)

Dealing with school disruptions in MENA

East|West

View of life in Madrid during lockdown. (Richard Pretorius)

Living with lockdown in Madrid

Richard Pretorius

News & Analysis

The US Embassy as seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, January 3. (AP)

Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as foreign militaries pull out troops

Lebanon

Lebanese women wearing protective gear against the coronavirus COVID-19 wait for their turn outside an ATM booth at an empty street in Beirut on 27 March.(AFP)

Tighter measures, higher medical mobilisation to confront COVID-19 in Lebanon

Turkey

The Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone at Gecitkale Airport in Famagusta in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). (AFP)

Turkish military industry becomes launchpad of Ankara’s regional ambitions

News & Analysis

Fighters of a military battalion loyal to Libyan Field-Marshal Khalifa Haftar patrol the streets in the eastern city of Benghazi during a state of emergency to combat the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

Failure of GNA attack near Tunisian border marks a major setback for Fayez al-Sarraj

News & Analysis

An election banner for the Israeli Blue and White alliance with pictures of its leader retired military General Benny Gantz (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in Ramat Gan, February 17. (AFP)

Israel’s Gantz elected speaker, to seek unity government with Netanyahu

Economy

A man wearing a protective face mask withdraws money from an ATM at the Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro station as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus disease COVID-19 in Cairo, Egypt, March 22, 2020. (Reuters)

Egypt's banks told to limit withdrawals and deposits

News & Analysis

A 2017 file picture shows a Salafist protester talking to a police officer during a demonstration against the ban on the sale and manufacturing of the burqa in Rabat. (Reuters)

Moroccans reject Salafists’ ‘irresponsible’ attempt at assailing closure of mosques

News & Analysis

Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud (L) and Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak at the beginning of an OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, last December. (Reuters)

After oil price crash, Russia looks for OPEC deal

Mohammed Alkhereiji

News & Analysis

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh speaks during a news conference in Carthage, last February. (AFP)

Tunisia’s leaders jostle for power amid coronavirus crisis

News & Analysis

Former Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia (left) and former Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal (right). (AP)

Heavy sentences affirmed in ex-Algerian PM cases

News & Analysis

Egyptian military forces in North Sinai, Egypt. (Reuters)

Egypt’s terror fight not over after killing ISIS emir

Travel

A general view of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum in Abu Dhabi.(Reuters)

UAE museums offer virtual voyages in history and civilisation of Arabian Peninsula

Society

A scene from the Grand Night ballet show aired on the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Youtube channel. (Ahmed Megahid)

Egypt cultural production goes online to circumvent virus constraints

Society

A Tunisian woman wearing a protective face mask walks through an alley in the souk of the Medina, on the first day of a general confinement imposed by the authorities in order to stem the spread of the novel cononavirus. (AFP)

My days of COVID-19 quarantine in Tunis

Economy

A man wearing a protective face mask shops at Exception Market before the start of night-time curfew to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 in Cairo, Egypt March 26. (REUTERS)

COVID-19 comes with a high cost to Egyptian economy

News & Analysis

A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces gives bread to children near the village of Baghouz, Deir ez-Zor province, Syria. (Reuters)

Radicalisation threatens Syria’s children of war

Simon Speakman Cordall

Society

A protester outside a tent in Tahrir Square in Baghdad. (Oumayma Omar)

COVID-19 empties Iraq’s protest squares as government imposes lockdown, travel bans