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Palestine

Palestinian building is bombed by Israeli forces in the village of Sur Baher which sits on either side of the Israeli barrier in East Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 22, 2019. (Reuters)

EU urges Israel to 'immediately' stop Palestinean home demolition

Turkey

Syrian musicians, refugees from Aleppo, perform in central Istanbul, Turkey, June 20, 2019. (Reuters)

Turkey to expel Syrians living illegally in Istanbul

Economy

An SH-60 Sea Hawk flies over the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Boxer during a vertical replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Gulf July 19, 2019. (Reuters)

Oil prices rise on Gulf tensions

Libya

Chairman of Libya's state oil firm National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanalla talks to journalists at the beginning of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, July 1, 2019. (Reuters)

Libya resumes oil output at largest field after 'sabotage'

Libya

A warplane belonging to eastern Libyan forces fighting the internationally recognized Tripoli government is seen after an emergency landing on a road in the southern Tunisian town of Beni Khadash on July 22, 2019. (Reuters)

Libya warplane of Haftar's forces crash ands in Tunisia

Turkey

Noimot Shuaib Ajoke, 18-year-old first time voter, carries her child as she poses in Malete in Kwara State, Nigeria February 5, 2019. (Reuters)

4 Turks kidnapped in central Nigeria

Latest Issue

Issue: 215 | Sat, July 20, 2019

Top Stories

Little progress on Sudan power-sharing talks as opposition group voices concerns

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Algeria’s Africa Cup triumph deepens patriotic spirit

Stephen Quillen

Iran fans flames at Strait of Hormuz with brazen attack on British tanker

Hikma plans to become Iraq’s main opposition party but challenges abound

Azhar Al-Rubaie

New defence partnerships emerge as Riyadh pushes industrialisation goals

Tide turning against Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait

Opinion

Saudi Arabia’s multipronged strategy to clip Iran’s wings in Arab countries

Iraq’s growing community of atheists no longer peripheral

Hamas under fire for failed policies, toxic rhetoric

Is Ali Babacan the man to finally take on Erdogan?

Trump’s anti-minority statements hit a low point

Gregory Aftandilian

Where’s the outrage when Iran targets Kurds inside Iraq?

Tallha Abdulrazaq

Syrian regime’s chemical propaganda should be taken seriously

Editorial

Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smiles as he meets with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres at United Nations headquarters Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP)

Iran’s doublespeak is a desperate ploy

Libya

A blue inflatable boat carrying 65 people, about 34 miles from the Libyan coast, July 5. (Sea-eye/Social Media via Reuters)

Europe’s refugee policies are inadequate

Palestine

Israeli forces destroy a building in a Palestinian village of Sur Baher, east Jerusalem, Monday, July 22, 2019. (AP)

Israeli crews demolish Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem

Iran

Tehran skyline as seen from Iran's interior ministry in Tehran, October 24, 2016. (Reuters)

Iran says it arrested 17 CIA spies, some sentenced to death

East|West

A view shows a new S-400 "Triumph" surface-to-air missile system after its deployment at a military base outside the town of Gvardeysk near Kaliningrad, Russia March 11, 2019. (Reuters)

Turkey threatens to retaliate if US imposes sanctions over S-400s

Syria

Civlians and a member of the Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets (R), help a woman out of a bombed area following a Russian air strike on Maaret al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on July 22, 2019. (AFP)

Air strikes kill at least 20 in rebel-held city in Syria

UAE

Emaar, Beijing Daxing Int'l Airport in deal on $11 bln project

Libya

Mustafa Sanalla, chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation, arrives at Sharara oil field near Ubari, Libya, July 6, 2017. (Reuters)

Libya's Sharara oilfield output resumes at half capacity

Palestine

Total impunity. Israeli settlers and movers work at a house after the Palestinian Siyam family was evicted in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, July 10.(AFP)

House demolitions on the rise in East Jerusalem

Manuel Langendorf

Iran

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt (L) waits for the start of a meeting at the European Council in Brussels, last May. (AP)

British tankers in the crosshairs of Iran’s ‘unnecessary’ escalation

Egypt

Nubian men share dinner at a traditional wedding in the village of Adindan near Aswan. (Reuters)

Egypt’s Nubians hold on to ‘right of return’

Gulf

Saving lives. A Yemeni child receives a vaccination at Aljomhori hospital in Yemen.(KSRelief)

KSRelief, UNICEF push mission to vaccinate 1.14 million Yemeni children

Interview

Creating quality. Egyptian software engineer AbdAllah Khashaba.(Courtesy of AbdAllah Khashaba)

Arabic voice-over market generates new career opportunities for young talents

Khadija Hamouchi

Turkey

A battle won but war is not over. Turkey’s representative for international rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Erol Onderoglu speaks during a news conference to condemn attacks on civil society groups in Turkey, last February. (AFP)

Victory in court is bittersweet for Turkish media rights activists

Travel

Mount Hermon as seen from the Ammiq wetlands in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.(AFP)

Ecotourism, stunning nature lure visitors to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

Culture

Communicating through art. Visitors at Beit Tarkeeb in Baghdad’s Karrada neighbourhood.(Oumayma Omar)

Iraqi group spreads tolerance and peace through art

Interview

A world of passion. Bahraini poet Ali Abdullah Khalifa.(Al Arab)

Bahraini poet highlights appeal of colloquial poetry to Arab readers

Mohamed al-Alawi

Culture

Tragic stories. The salvaged wreck of a boat that capsized off the coast of Libya in 2015.(Max Hirzel)

London exhibition displays migrant tragedies at sea

Karen Dabrowska

Society

Harsh measures. A Lebanese customs officer shows a confiscated block of hashish in Beirut.(AFP)

NGO seeking to decriminalise drug use in Lebanon

Culture

More than just stories. Posters of movies based on Naguib Mahfouz’s novels on display in Cairo.(Amr Emam)

Egypt opens museum commemorating life and legacy of novelist Naguib Mahfouz