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Iraq

Iraqi anti-government protesters gather at al-Sinek bridge in the capital Baghdad on January 25. (AFP)

Iraq security forces attack pro-reform protesters

East|West

Delta Air Lines 747-400 airplane sits parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP)

Delta fined $50,000 for discriminating against Muslim passengers

Turkey

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, accompanied by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, talks during the opening ceremony of a Turkish-German university's new campus, in Istanbul, January 24. (AP)

Erdogan warns Europe of continued unrest in Libya

Palestine

Israeli security forces speak to Hebron residents as they patrol the streets on September 4, 2019, prior to the arrival of the Israeli prime minister to attend a state memorial ceremony at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. (AFP)

Millennials from Israel, Palestinian territories fear never-ending conflict: Survey

Stephen Quillen

East|West

Leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini speaks during a rally in Emilia-Romagna, in Maranello, Italy. (Reuters)

Salvini's election doorbell antics outrage Tunisians

Lebanon

Lebanon's Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni poses for a picture at his office in Beirut, January 23. (Reuters)

Lebanon seeks $5bln in loans for wheat, fuel, medicine

Latest Issue

Issue: 240 | Sun, January 19, 2020

Top Stories

Hezbollah’s support for Iran exposes its vulnerabilities at home and abroad

Simon Speakman Cordall

Demonstrations continue despite attempts to derail protests after Soleimani’s killing

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Protests go on in Algiers even as president pledges reform

Lebanon protests turn violent as ‘one-sided’ government preps cabinet

Iran sends hardline message, defends adventurism abroad

Fears grow over Turkey’s transfer of jihadists, mercenaries to Libya

Opinion

Rising above the wounds of war and oppression

Haitham Hussein

Peace is difficult to reach in Yemen but not impossible

Mustafa al-No’man

Istanbul Canal -- Erdogan's new 'grandiose' project that could turn into a nightmare

Iranian myths exposed as Ukrainian plane shot down

Isolated and detached from reality, Khamenei is no Gorbachev

Ghosts of all-out war hovering over the Mediterranean

What if the US liberated Iraq from Iranian occupation?

Ibrahim Zobeidi

Editorial

Sahel

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures next to Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou and Chad's President Idriss Deby during a news conference as part of the G5 Sahel summit on the situation in the Sahel region in Pau, France January 13. (Reuters)

Sahel security of concern to Arab world

US

US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, January 9. (AFP)

De-escalation between Iran and the US

East|West

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr carry placards depicting U.S. President Donald Trump at a protest against what they say is U.S. presence and violations in Iraq, duri in Baghdad, Iraq January 24. (dpa)

What is the future of US-Iraq relations?

Libya

Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum speaks during a news conference on the conflict in Libya, in Algiers, January 23. (Reuters)

Libya’s neighbours reject foreign interference in crisis-hit country

Yemen

UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, speaks with media representatives, ahead of a meeting to discuss Yemen issues, in Berlin, January 16. (DPA)

Yemen fighting near capital escalates as UN envoy calls for talks

Qatar

A portrait of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha. (AFP)

Qatar's 'repressive' press law sparks international outcry

UAE

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks in Central district in Hong Kong on January 23, 2020. (AFP)

Dubai to screen all passengers from China amid virus outbreak

Tunisia

Former Tunisian Finance Minister Elyes Fakhfakh attends a meeting in the constituent assembly in Tunis in this December 25. (Reuters)

Tunisia’s president picks former finance minister to lead cabinet

Palestine

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with US President Donald Trump during their meetings at the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Reuters)

Trump’s peace plan may polarise the Middle East

East|West

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech in Beirut, January 5. (DPA)

International isolation of Hezbollah gains pace

Mahmud el-Shafey

Iraq

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

Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq

East|West

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon, speaks about the future plans of Blue Origin during an address to attendees at Access Intelligence's SATELLITE 2017 conference in Washington, U.S., March 7. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia dismisses latest Bezos allegations

Iraq

A US soldier walks past a drone at the Ain al-Asad airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, January 13. (AFP)

ISIS resurgence possible if US leaves Iraq, says anti-jihadist coalition

Libya

A worker gestures towards pipelines at the port and Zawiya Oil Refinery, Aug. 22, 2013. (Reuters)

US calls for immediate resumption of Libya oil operations

East|West

Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa (front), Secretary General of the Muslim World League leads prayers next to the memorial monument in the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, January 23. (AFP)

Islamic leaders make ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz

Economy

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C) stands with African leaders and dignitaries at the UK-Africa Investment Summit, January 20.

UK investors urged to deepen economic ties with Africa

Saudi Arabia

Aramco employees walk towards an Aramco private flight at Aramco private airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2018. (Reuters)

New visa provisions boost Saudi travel industry

Tunisia

Welcome trend. A tourist tries on a Tunisian “chechia” (traditional fez) in a shop at a bazaar in the Medina (old town) of Tunis, last June. (AFP)

Tunisia’s tourism sector shows signs of recovery

Algeria

Celebrating identity. Algerian Berber women prepare couscous as they mark the Yennayer New Year in the village of Ait el-Kecem, south of Tizi-Ouzou, east of Algiers. (AFP)

Celebration of Amazigh new year reflects Algeria’s diversity but also stark contradictions

Society

Protesters’ haven. Tahrir Beach on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. (Oumayma Omar)

Tahrir Beach, a safe haven for protesters from Baghdad’s turmoil