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Opinion

International connections. A 2009 file photo of late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (AP)

Looking back at Mubarak's legacy

Tunisia

Tunisia's Minister of Public Service Mohamed Abbou takes the oath of office during the country's new government swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27. (Agence France-Presse)

Tunisia’s government faces tough road even after winning confidence vote

Iran

Iranians wear face masks as they walk past in a street of northern Tehran, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, February 26, 2020. (DPA)

Iran coronavirus deaths jump to 26

Qatar

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as he arrives in the Tunisian capital on February 24, 2020. (AFP)

No major results following Qatari emir’s regional tour

Iraq

State Department counterterrorism chief Nathan Sales. (Reuters)

US blacklists Iraqi Shia militia chief

Syria

A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter celebrates in the town of Saraqib in the eastern part of the Idlib province in northwestern Syria, on February 27. (AFP)

Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government

Latest Issue

Issue: 245 | Sun, February 23, 2020

Top Stories

Hardliners lead in Iran’s ‘sham’ vote

Tunisia forms a cabinet under shadow of power struggle

Women making inroads in GCC’s political, fiscal environments

Iraqi students back up anti-government protests through ‘White Shirt Revolution’

Incidents spark new fears of anti-Muslim sentiment in Germany

Mahmud el-Shafey

Algerian leader praises protest movement, warns against 'infiltration'

Iranian regime faces crisis of legitimacy risk in parliamentary election

Opinion

Politics at the core of Lebanon's existential crisis

Letting Iraq’s oil flow to fund death and destruction

Erdogan’s scheme in Syria behind showdown by proxy with Russia

Khairallah Khairallah

Will the Gezi trial serve as a wake-up call for the EU?

Washington plays a losing hand in Syria

Geoffrey Aronson

When China sneezes, the world takes to its sick bed

Rashmee Roshan Lall

US-Iranian competition over Iraq at dead end

Editorial

Iran

In this file image grab taken on July 23, 2019 by the press office of the Yemeni Shiite Huthi group shows ballistic missiles, bearing Made in Yemen, on display during a recent exhibition of various missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, February 14. (AFP)

Iran’s arms smuggling to proxies

Germany

People hold pictures of victims as they take part in a solidarity rally In Hanau, Germany Saturday, February 22. (AP)

Germany’s xenophobia problem

Iran

In this Sept. 20, 2019 file photo, a guard stands in front of Aramco's oil processing facility after the Sept. 14, 2019, attack on Aramco's oil processing facility in Abqaiq, near Dammam in the Kingdom's Eastern Province. (AP)

US sanctions 13 entities for supporting Iran missile programme

East|West

US President Donald Trump puts his hands on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shoulders as they deliver joint remarks on a Middle East peace plan in the White House, January 28. (Reuters)

Netanyahu banks on Trump plan to drive up pro-settler votes

Lebanon

Riad Salameh the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, speaks during a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AFP)

Aoun meets with central bank governor on looming Eurobond debt

Tunisia

Tunisia's Prime Minister-designate Elyes Fakhfakh (bottom R) sits with members of his proposed, during a plenary session in the capital Tunis, February 26. (AFP)

Tunisia approves government after months of deadlock

Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters, in Izmir, Turkey, Saturday, February 22. (AP)

Erdogan issues Idlib ultimatum as tensions with Russia mount

Lebanon

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video link in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, February 16. (AP)

US targets individuals, entities linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah

Saudi Arabia

Saudi driver Hussein drives his car as he starts his day working for Uber, in the capital Riyadh, on January 20, 2020. (AFP)

Saudi jobseekers move into Uber gear for extra cash

Saudi Arabia

A file photo shows newly named Saudi investment Minister Khalid al-Falih at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia June 7, 2019. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia forms new tourism, sports, investment ministries

Egypt

A helicopter lands outside Cairo's Mosheer Tantawy mosque in the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital before the funeral of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak on February 26. (AFP)

Egypt to hold military funeral for Mubarak, presidency mourn him as ‘war hero’

Turkey

Turkey has closed its border with Iran and halted incoming flights as a precaution to stop the potential spread of the virus

Turkish lira weakens over coronavirus, Syria conflict

Top Stories

Iraqi university students take part in an anti-government demonstration in the city of Najaf, December 29. (AFP)

Iraqi students back up anti-government protests through ‘White Shirt Revolution’

Interview

Israeli analyst and diplomat Daniel Levy. (Coutesy of Daniel Levy)

Former Israeli gov adviser: US peace plan meant to lead to annexation

Travel

A man sits atop the ancient fortress of Ait-Ben-Haddou where scenes from the HBO series "Game of Thrones" were filmed, south of Morocco's Atlas Mountains. (AFP)

Morocco fortress village hopes to draw ‘Game of Thrones’ fans

Ismail Bellaouali

Culture

Spanish actress Victoria Abril receives an award at the opening of fourth Aswan International Women’s Film Festival, February 10. (Aswan International Women’s Film Festival)

Cinema festival in Egypt’s Aswan highlights women’s issues

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Culture

A photo by artist Houda Kassatly. (Alice Mogabgab Gallery)

Beirut photo exhibition depicts perils to Lebanese heritage

Economy

Co-founders of Dubai-based Letswork Omar al-Mheiri (L) and Hamza Khan. (Letswork)

Letswork redefines concept of co-working space in the UAE

N.P. Krishna Kumar

Economy

Workers pack fruit for export from Lebanon to the Gulf and other Arab countries, at a warehouse in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. (AP)

Lebanon faces rewards, obstacles with export strategy

Economy

Land of the future. The site of NEOM in Tabuk province in north-western Saudi Arabia.(NEOM SAUDI)

Saudi Arabia embraces a different future with NEOM

Mohammed Alkhereiji