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Lebanon

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri readies to start a parliament meeting in Beirut, on April 21, 2020. (AFP)

Lebanese electoral motion sparks questions over timing, sectarian impact

Algeria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria, January 26, 2020. (AFP)

Extradition of pro-Gulen businessman shows extent of Algerian-Turkish security cooperation

Tunisia

A Tunisian bites a piece of bread to protest his purchasing power during a demonstration on Jan.14, 2020. (AP)

Ten years on, post-revolution forces fail to manage Tunisia’s crises

Mokhtar Dabbabi

News & Analysis

US President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (REUTERS)

Pre-empting post-Trump changes, Saudi Arabia opens up to Israel and Turkey

Jordan

Jordanian King Abdullah II addresses policemen at the Public Security Directorate in Amman, November 17. (AFP)

Jordan tightens security, moves to protect economy amid crises

Palestine

A file picture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the PA’s headquarters, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. AFP

Abbas seeks to limit damage with about-turn on peace deals

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

The funny, sad history of intellectual pandering

Haitham El-Zobaidi

On its independence anniversary, Lebanon is but a shadow of itself

Khairallah Khairallah

Palestinians suffer from isolation of their own making

Who’s afraid of Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement?

Majid al-Samarrai

News & Analysis

Activists of the National Council of Resistance of Iran shout slogans outside the European Council headquarters during a EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (AP)

Bomb plot trial to shed light on Iranian terror activities in Europe

Sudan

Sudanese opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi addresses his supporters in Khartoum after he returned from self-imposed exile, December 19, 2018. REUTERS

Sudan’s last democratically-elected PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies

News & Analysis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha, Qatar October 7, 2020 (Reuters)

Qataris having second thoughts over ‘partnership’ with Turkey

News & Analysis

A 2019 file picture shows the MT Agrari is seen off the coast of Frederikshavn, Denmark. (AP)

Houthis suspected in Saudi maritime terminal mine blast

Turkey

The entrance of a courthouse before the trial of 475 defendants in Sincan, Ankara, Turkey, November 26. (AP)

Scores of life sentences handed down in Turkish 2016 coup trial

Iraq

A file picture shows Iraqi former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki (3rd-L) attending a parliament meeting in Baghdad. (AFP)

Iraq’s mobile phone service becomes latest political battleground

Media

Tunisian anchorman Samir El-Wafi moderates during his TV show “For Only Those Who Dare” aired on the private channel Al-Hiwar Ettounsi. (AFP)

Fall to sensationalism lends Tunisian media to criticism

Sports

Fans bid farewell to Diego Armando Maradona in front of the government palace, on November 26, 2020, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (DPA)

Tunisian referee who missed ‘Hand of God’ praises Maradona

News & Analysis

A humanitarian worker from UNHCR, documents Ethiopian refugees fleeing from the fighting in Tigray region, at the Um-Rakoba camp, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in the Al-Qadarif state, Sudan. (REUTERS)

Ethiopian refugees add to Sudan’s struggle with poverty, health woes

News & Analysis

Qatar Coast Guard 48m Patrol Boat. (navyrecognition.com)

Qatar ratchets up tensions with neighbouring Bahrain

News & Analysis

Moroccan tribesmen demonstrate in support of their king near a border crossing point between Morocco and Mauritania in Guerguerat, on November 24, 2020, after the intervention of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces. (AFP)

Morocco reinforces positions, protects cleared road from Polisario

News & Analysis

Yemen’s most prominent cleric Sheikh Abdul Majeed al-Zindani speaks during a press conference in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on December 28, 2013. (AFP)

Turkey seen planning more active role in war-ravaged Yemen

Opinion

The funny, sad history of intellectual pandering

Haitham El-Zobaidi

On its independence anniversary, Lebanon is but a shadow of itself

Khairallah Khairallah

Palestinians suffer from isolation of their own making

Who’s afraid of Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement?

Majid al-Samarrai

Syria

Syrian actress Gianla Anid who plays young Lina in the film, (Syrian National Film Organisation facebook account).

‘A Tale in Damascus,’ a film about love amid Syria’s war

Nidhal Koushaha

Culture

Poster of the film “200 meters”. (The Royal Film Commission Jordan)

Film on Palestinian suffering represents Jordan in the Oscars

Culture

Syrian actor Maxim Khalil plays the role of Karam on « Al Manassa » (Netflix)

Arab TV series launches acting talent show online

Lebanon

A scene from the film ““Lebanon – Borders of Blood.” (Director Duki Dror’s Facebook page)

German film takes viewers through Lebanon’s troubled history

Mulham Almalaika

Tunisia

Cherif El-Mabrouki plays the role of uncle Salem.

‘In Uncle Salem’s Country’ encapsulates Tunisians’ disenchantment

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater resembles magnet to form the Kaaba cuboid while working on his art piece. (https://onlineonly.christies.com)

Saudi artist donates iconic art piece to support COVID-19 drive