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Fayez al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of Libya’s National Accord (GNA), attends a military parade in Tripoli, on December 24, 2020. AFP

Sarraj shields himself with Libyan warlords against Bashagha and any unsatisfactory settlement drive

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A June 17, 2020 file picture shows the Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar looking at a map with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Command in Ankara during the military operation dubbed “Claw-Tiger.” (AP)

Turkish defence chief in Iraq to impose security-for-water formula

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A March 2019 file photo of Iraqi President Barham Salih speaking during an interview in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

Barham Salih seen dropping nationwide political project

Palestine

A 2019 file photo shows Hamas’ supreme leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City. (AP)

Hamas putting own house in order as it prepares for elections

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Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi speaks during a press conference to announce a wide cabinet reshuffle in the capital Tunis, on January 16, 2021. (AFP)

Mechichi seen consolidating power away from president

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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

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

Oman’s balanced perspective on regulating succession

Haitham El-Zobaidi

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

Tunisia

Tunisian security forces fire tear gas as protesters block a street in the Ettadhamen city suburb on the north-western outskirts of Tunis on January 18, 2021.(AP)

Political class seems helpless as street riots continue in Tunisia

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A 2017 file photo shows protesters holding signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. (AP)

Mideast families await lifting of US ban to reunite with children

Palestine

A September 2020 file picture shows Palestinians holding pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally to support Abbas, in the West Bank town of Tubas. AP

Stubborn challenges cast shadow over Palestinian elections

News & Analysis

Kuwaiti preacher Othman Al-Khamis. (Twitter)

Kuwaiti preacher pushes bigoted discourse about the UAE

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A Turkish soldier takes part in the clearance of unexploded ordinance, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on June 15, 2020. (AFP)

UN reiterates call for foreign troops, mercenaries to leave Libya

News & Analysis

A 2018 file picture of French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meeting with Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives in Tobruk Aguila Saleh, in Paris. (AFP)

French interests hang in balance as Paris faces impasse in Libya

Mona El-Mahrouki

News & Analysis

People queue as they arrive to register to be vaccinated for COVID-19 coronavirus at the make-shift vaccination centre erected at the Kuwait International Fairground in Kuwait city. AFP

Kuwait, Morocco report first cases of UK coronavirus variant

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US Ambassador to Morocco David T. Fischer is seen during a visit by Israeli envoys to Rabat, Morocco, December 22, 2020. (REUTERS)

Morocco, Israel will ‘soon’ establish liaison offices

News & Analysis

A January 12, 2020 file photo shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meeting with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Tehran. (AFP)

Doha calls for Gulf talks with Iran as Trump’s exit looms

Sudan

A file photo shows a convoy of Sudanese security forces deployed in al-Geneina, the capital of the West Darfur state. (AFP)

Tribal grievances, unsecured weapons fuel Darfur’s deadly violence

News & Analysis

Author Hugh Pope is seen giving a talk titled: “The new Turkey and the old Middle East.” (hughpope.com)

Hugh Pope lifts veil on misconceptions covering the Middle East

News & Analysis

Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, UAE minister of climate change and environment. (WAM)

UAE aims for 50% clean energy use by 2050

Opinion

Oman’s balanced perspective on regulating succession

Haitham El-Zobaidi

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

Culture

A customer browses books at a bookshop in the Moroccan capital Rabat on August 9, 2018. (AFP)

Intellectuals wax philosophical after postponement of Casablanca Book Fair

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

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