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A file picture shows Tripoli militia members ptarolling an area south of the Libyan capital. (AFP)

Militias spark clashes in Tripoli, in suspected attempt to delay election

News & Analysis

An explosion is triggered by a projectile fired by fighters loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed government near the frontlines against the Houthi rebel forces in the region of al-Kassara, northwest of Marib. (AFP)

Both political settlement, military solution remain elusive in Yemen

Iran

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, July 23, 2021. (AP)

As criticism mounts, Tehran tries to appease Khuzestan protesters

Lebanon

Supporters of families who had relatives killed in last year’s massive blast at Beirut’s seaport, hold a placard during a protest in support of legal action near the blast scene, in Beirut, Lebanon. REUTERS

Lebanese MPs try to circumvent questioning in port blast probe

News & Analysis

Federal Police members stand guard during the pro-government rally to celebrate the second filling of the Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, July 22. (Reuters)

Ethiopia’s completion of second-year filling confounds Egypt’s calculations

News & Analysis

Jordanian King Abdullah II speaks as Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein looks on during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington, July 20. (AFP)

Jordanian king calls for movement in peace process to prevent violence

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

Iran has only repression to offer to the people of Ahwaz

Khairallah Khairallah

Will the Arab world block Iran’s poisonous propaganda?

Ibrahim al-Zobeidi

The Islamists’ second fall in Algeria

Changed dynamics after US exit from Afghanistan

News & Analysis

A file picture of Prime Minister Mustfa al-Kadhimi speaking in Basra, Iraq. (AFP)

Iraqi PM to discuss ISIS, Iran and militias in Biden meeting

News & Analysis

A Chinese oil tanker approaches a cargo vessel berthed at an anchorage off Zhoushan port to supply it with bunker fuel, in Zhejiang province, China. REUTERS

US considers tightening Iran oil sanctions againt China

News & Analysis

A view of the reservoir of the Mujib Dam, the main water supply to Amman, in the Madaba governorate, about 100kms north of the Jordanian capital. (AFP)

Jordan-Israel relations to hinge on West Bank tensions

News & Analysis

A file picture shows oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters)

Iran opens oil terminal to bypass Strait of Hormuz, impact likely limited

News & Analysis

Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun (R) and French Army Chief of Staff General Francois Lecointre, salute the flag in Paris, last May. (AFP)

Western nations count on army to pull Lebanon out of crisis

News & Analysis

US soldiers attend a handover ceremony of Taji military base from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces, last August. (REUTERS)

Iraqi officials discuss US military presence on visit to Washington

Egypt

An Egyptian woman shops at a vegetable market in Cairo, Egypt. (REUTERS)

Government encouraged to raise prices as Egyptians learn to grin and bear it

Lebanon

Nurses work at their station at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital (RHUH) in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. (AFP)

Economic crisis leaves Lebanon unprepared for next Covid wave

News & Analysis

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference at the end of the Global Health Summit in Rome on May 21, 2021. AFP

EU has shipped only tiny percentage of pledged vaccine donations

News & Analysis

A man reads at a stand of the NSO Group Technologies at the annual European Police Congress in Berlin, February, 2020. (REUTERS)

Morocco to investigate ‘unfounded allegations’ on NSO spyware

Society

A Muslim pilgrim prays in front of the rocky hill known as Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, July 19. (AP)

Pandemic transforms hajj, future of pilgrimage

News & Analysis

President Bashar al-Assad arrives to the swearing-in ceremony for his fourth term, in the capital Damascus, on July 17, 2021. (AFP)

Assad says Syria’s economy ‘depressed’ by funds frozen in Lebanon

Opinion

Iran has only repression to offer to the people of Ahwaz

Khairallah Khairallah

Will the Arab world block Iran’s poisonous propaganda?

Ibrahim al-Zobeidi

The Islamists’ second fall in Algeria

Changed dynamics after US exit from Afghanistan

Culture

A self-portrait by Hala al-Faisal: Painting and music, food to the soul. TAW

‘Stand by Syria’, says multi-talented artist Hala al-Faisal

Sports

Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur at a training session ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in the capital Tunis on July 15, 2021. AFP

Tunisian tennis champion Ons Jabeur aims for gold in Tokyo

Culture

Joe Machine, The Peace Treaty , 2021, acrylic on canvas. (Courtesy of Masterpiece Fine Art, Dubai Gallery)

Art exhibition pays tribute to Abrahamic history in Dubai’s debut

Culture

Actors perform on stage at the National Theatre in Baghdad. (Reuters)

The curtain rises on first Iraqi theatre festival

Egypt

A scene from the film “Feathers”. (Facebook)

Egyptian satirical film wins Cannes Critics’ award

Sports

Hend Zaza of Syria in action against Jia Liu of Austria, Tokyo, July 24, 2021. (AFP)

Syrian child-Olympian exits games but composure draws attention