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A member of the military security personnel stands guard on the tarmac of the airport in Yemen’s southern city of Aden. (AFP)

Aden attack investigation fuels regional concerns about Iranian missiles

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Supporters of Iraq’s PMF and Hezbollah brigades stand by a poster of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. (AFP)

Kata'ib Hezbollah leader makes strange offer to train pro-Trump 'liberation movements'

Kuwait

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah speaks at the first parliament session held after elections, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 15, 2020. (Reuters)

Kuwaiti government resigns amid serious economic crisis

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Ahmet Hamdi Atalay, general manager and CEO of Havelsan, promoting his company’s application. (ANA)

Turkey, Iran find opportunity in WhatsApp crisis

Yemen

A Saudi officer walks with an army officer of Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) are pictured during the redeployment of STC forces from the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, Yemen December 14, 2020. (REUTERS )

Muslim Brotherhood adopts disruptive strategy in Yemen

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In his capacity as minister of culture, sports and youth, Sayyid Dhi Yazan bin Haitham attends the Sultan Qaboos fooball Cup final, a stadium west of the Omani capital Muscat, November 29, 2020. (AFP)

Sayyid Dhi Yazan is to be Oman’s crown prince, based on newly-approved mechanism

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

Iran’s missile programme and US-Israeli agendas

Khairallah Khairallah

Biden’s options in Syria

The path to peace in Yemen is not strewn with roses

Free and fair early elections are Iraq’s last chance

Ibrahim al-Zobeidi

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz participates in a dialogue session during the World Economic Forum in Alula, Saudi Arabia, January 13, 2021. (AFP)

Saudi crown prince pitches $6 trillion investment opportunities in kingdom

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Police officers investigate the site of a car bomb attack on the convoy of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat near his house at Heliopolis district in Cairo, Egypt June 29, 2015. (REUTERS)

US sanctions Egypt’s HASM, targets ISIS-affiliate

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Israeli Likud party rival Gideon Saar speaks at a news conference in Tel Aviv, in September 2019. (DPA)

Netanyahu’s Likud rival favours annexation, rejects Palestinian state

Yemen

Fighters loyal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the capital Sana’a, on January 11, 2021. AFP

US stands by decision to sanction Yemen’s Houthi militias

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Then-Special Representative of the UN in Iraq Jan Kubis speaks to the press in the Iraqi city of Najaf on November 1, 2015. (AFP)

UN chief Guterres nominates Jan Kubis as Libya envoy

News & Analysis

Kuwaiti preacher Othman Al-Khamis. (Twitter)

Kuwaiti preacher pushes bigoted discourse about the UAE

Turkey

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar speaks during a news conference, in Ankara, Turkey, January 13, 2021. (AP)

Wary of sanctions, Turkey hopes to reopen talks with US

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Protesters gather demanding the closure of the headquarters of Rapid Support Forces and the prevention of extra judicial executions, in Khartoum, Sudan, January 14, 2021. (AP)

Army, Rapid Support Forces face mounting pressure in Sudan

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Photo of the video conference, January 14, 2021. (Twitter)

Israel discusses energy with four Arab countries

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A reward poster is displayed at the National Press Club in Washington,DC on January 12, 2021.(AFP)

‘Tactical cooperation’ marks Iran-al-Qeda ties, experts say

News & Analysis

Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI) Manager Aisha Al Mazrouei with Executive Director of the Environmental Science, Information and Outreach Sectorat EAD, Ahmed Baharoon at the virtual Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI) ceremony. (Youtube)

Abu Dhabi initiative doles out awards for COVID-19-focused environmental work

News & Analysis

Then-Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements during a meeting in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (Reuters)

Israel braces for differences with Biden on Iran, floats military options

Opinion

Iran’s missile programme and US-Israeli agendas

Khairallah Khairallah

Biden’s options in Syria

The path to peace in Yemen is not strewn with roses

Free and fair early elections are Iraq’s last chance

Ibrahim al-Zobeidi

Tunisia

UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997. (UNESCO)

Tunisia listed by UNESCO for keeping heritage sites open

Culture

A 2000 file shows Lebanese maestro Elias Rahbani conducts his orchestra during a concert at the Casino du Liban. (AFP)

Lebanon’s maestro Elias Rahbani dies, leaves six-decade legacy

UAE

Arab and contemporary art history expert Salwa Mikdadi has been named to direct the centre. (NYUAD)

New Abu Dhabi art centre sets to reshape ‘historical narrative’

Lebanon

Actress Nagham Abou Chedid. (Facebook)

‘The Return’, a Lebanese series that links unfolding drama to the past

Sudan

Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala holds the Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, he received for the movie “You Will Die at 20”, in September 2019. AFP

Sudan presents first-ever film for Oscars, in freedom bloom

Culture

Tunisian singer Nooman Chaari (left) performs song with Israeli singer Ziv Yehezkel. (Facebook)

Tunisian artist kicks off a storm after duet with Israeli singer