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  • Tunisia
A file picture shows Tunisia's prime minister Elyess Fakhfakh speaking during a news conference in Tunis, last January. (REUTERS)
Tunisian parliament votes to allow PM to govern by decree
AW staff
  • UAE
Sunrise over the skyline in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP)
UAE doubles stimulus to counter coronavirus impact
  • Top Stories
Iranian dissident Masoud Molavi Vardanjani. (Twitter)
Accusations to Tehran in killing of dissident add to Turkey-Iran tensions
Thomas Seibert
  • Algeria
Compounded fears. Passengers, repatriated from China, disembark an Algerian aeroplane, last February. (DPA)
Algeria begins airlift of nationals stranded in Turkey amid worries over jihadist infiltrators
Lamine Ghanmi
  • Saudi Arabia
A file picture of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia rejects Russia's blame for oil price collapse
AW staff
  • News & Analysis
OPEC sign outside the headquarters of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Austria. (Reuters)
Virtual OPEC meeting set after Trump talks with Saudi crown prince, Russian president
Mohammed Alkhereiji

Latest Issue

Issue: 251 | Sat, April 04, 2020

Top Stories

Tehran continues brazen interference in Iraq’s politics as prime minister-designate falters
AW staff
Radio Karantina brings solace to listeners on days of lockdown
Samar Kadi
Accusations to Tehran in killing of dissident add to Turkey-Iran tensions
Thomas Seibert
Full Edition

Opinion

We have to learn to live with the threat of the virus
Haitham El-Zobaidi
Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again
Oussama Romdhani
Europe needs to take North Africa more seriously
Francis Ghiles
If China were sued over the pandemic, the US should be over Iraq
Rashmee Roshan Lall
Yemen five years on after Operation Determination Storm
Khairallah Khairallah
Gantz joins Netanyahu in fractured landscape
Gregory Aftandilian
China, Russia push for lifting of sanctions on Syria over pandemic
Sami Moubayed
© Yaser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly
Cartoon by Yaser Ahmed

Editorial

  • MENA
Palestinian employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), wearing surgical masks and gloves, divide food aid rations and place them onto transport vehicles. (dpa)
Making sure the poor do not go hungry
Editorial
  • Middle East
Health workers of government-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where most of the Lebanese coronavirus cases are treated, are saluted by Lebanese policemen. (AP)
Saluting Arab women doctors
Editorial
  • Yemen
United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths speaking during a news conference in Marib, March 7. (Reuters)
UN urges ceasefire in Yemen over looming COVID-19 threat
AW staff
  • News & Analysis
Libyans wear protective masks, as part of precautionary measures against spread of COVID-19, as they stand in a queue at a bank in Misrata. (Reuters)
In Libya, more concern about pandemic than over ongoing war
Michel Cousins
  • Top Stories
Prime Minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi (C) meets with the ambassadors of the P5 countries of the United Nations Security Council in Baghdad, March 25, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
Tehran continues brazen interference in Iraq’s politics as prime minister-designate falters
AW staff
  • News & Analysis
A nurse uses a swab to test the passenger of a car for COVID-19 at a drive-through verification centre in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, April 2. (AFP)
Gulf nations introduce more measures as infection numbers rise
Mohammed Alkhereiji
  • Turkey
A Turkish military convoy drives on the highway, between Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border with Turkey and the rebel-held town of Ariha, in the Syrian province of Idlib. (AFP)
Former top diplomat urges Turkey to use ‘corona diplomacy’ to repair ties with Syria
Thomas Seibert
  • Tunisia
Needy Tunisian citizens gather with their identification cards in Mnihla district outside of Tunis on March 30, clamouring for financial aid promised by the government. (AFP)
Tunisia extends nationwide lockdown against coronavirus outbreak, faces social unrest risk
Lamine Ghanmi
  • Lebanon
Clients wearing protective masks line up to use ATM machines outside a closed bank in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)
Nasrallah tries to pin the blame for the system’s failure on banks
Makram Rabah
  • News & Analysis
Workers are seen in a factory that produces sterilised surgical equipment and medical clothings in Sadat, Egypt, March 15. (Reuters)
Egypt steps up battle to prevent spread of COVID-19 pandemic
Ahmed Megahid
  • Syria
Syrians wearing face masks in front of posters informing about the novel coronavirus, in the capital Damascus, April 1. (AFP)
Spectre of coronavirus hovers over Syria
Simon Speakman Cordall
  • Lebanon
A street vendor wearing a face mask pushes his cart in Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut's suburbs, last March. (Reuters)
Lebanon gets COVID-19 assistance from World Bank
Samar Kadi
  • 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
Lamine Ghanmi
  • 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
Saad Guerraoui
  • Society
Medical staffers treating patients of the COVID-19 pandemic at al-Hakim General Hospital in Iraq’s central shrine city of Najaf. (AFP)
Medical ‘Wonder Women’ making a difference in the region’s fight on coronavirus
Imen Boudali
  • Gulf
A student attends an online course at home in Riyadh, March 23. (AFP)
Coronavirus prompts digital transformation in Gulf countries
Sabahat Khan
  • UAE
A medical professional carries out a swab test for the COVID-19 virus at a drive-thru testing centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 30. (Reuters)
UAE fights coronavirus with largest detection lab outside China
Saad Guerraoui
  • Palestine
A paramedic of Israel's Magen David Adom national emergency medical service (MDA) holds a swab test in a plastic bag at a drive-thru testing site in the northern Israeli city of Tamra on March 31. (AFP)
Arab and Jewish medics together on front line of Israel’s virus fight
  • East|West
A man wearing a face mask as a precautionary measure against covid-19, walks away from the East London Mosque in east London on March 20, 2020, after it closed temporarily due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
During COVID-19 lockdown, UK local radio begins broadcasting Islamic service
Mahmud el-Shafey
  • Top Stories
Radio Karantina logo. (Nasri Sayegh)
Radio Karantina brings solace to listeners on days of lockdown
Samar Kadi
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