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Lebanon

President Michel Aoun (R) meeting with the US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Kenneth F. McKenzie at the presidential palace in Baabda, July 8. (AP)

US general carries messages of support to Lebanese army, warning to Hezbollah

East|West

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz receives Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 5, 2020. (Reuters)

Britain’s conflicting signals unlikely to satisfy Saudi Arabia

Iraq

Mourners attend a symbolic funeral in Baghdad for slain Iraqi extremism expert Hisham al-Hashemi, killed in the Iraqi capital, on July 7. The sign reads in Arabic: “enough killing”. (AFP)

Killing of Hashemi seen as Iraqi militia’s retaliation for firing of Fayyadh

News & Analysis

A 2019 file picture shows Libya’s GNA Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha attending a graduation ceremony for a new coast guard cadets in the port of Tripoli. (AFP)

In joining ‘Libyan National Guard’, some militias are halal, others haram

News & Analysis

Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri (L) and Syria’s Defence Minister Ali Ayoub at the signing ceremony of the bilateral military deal in Damascus, July 8. (SANA/AFP)

In likely provocation to Russia, Iran lays hand on Syrian air defences

Yemen

A file picture shows Yemeni Prime Minister Moeen Abdulmalik (C) speaking during a conference on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen in Geneva, last year. (AFP)

‘Doha current’ seeks to block agreement on power-sharing in Yemen

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

Skulls repatriated to Algeria but history still to be rewritten

Betting on the Iraqi army

Khairallah Khairallah

Greens’ illusions include political Islam, war for democracy

Arab and Jewish Lives matter

News & Analysis

A January 2019 file picture shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front right, speaksing with French President Emmanuel Macron, front center, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a conference on Libya at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (AP)

France sees risk of jihadists among fighters dispatched by Turkey to Libya

Media

A file picture shows man reading a newspaper at the Qatar Exchange in Doha. (Reuters)

As it abandons local newspaper, Qatar betrays broader media crisis

Iraq

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, July 8. (AP)

Pompeo hints at Iran links in killing of Hashemi

News & Analysis

A Rafale jet aircraft performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. (AP)

Rafale attacks on Turkish targets in al-Watiya airbase: Egyptian or French?

News & Analysis

A file picture of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second left, walkin with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, in 2017. (AP)

Qatar, Turkey walk in step on Libya conflict, try to shore up GNA legitimacy

Tunisia

Police and forensic experts inspect the scene of an explosion near the US Embassy in the Tunisian capital Tunis on March 6, 2020. (AFP)

Lone wolf plot targeting tourism sites aborted in Tunisia

Syria

A Syrian boy carrying textiles is pictured in the bazaar in old Damascus.(AFP)

Experts fear Caesar Act would make Syrians suffer, not topple Assad fall

Iraq

Iraqi expert Hisham al-Hashemi speaking during an interview in Baghdad. (afp)

Experts say Hashemi killing could be start of new violent phase

Jordan

a file picture shows a Jordanian man opening his currency exchange shop at the Jaber border crossing between Jordan and Syria. (AFP)

Questions persist over Jordan’s economic recovery plan

News & Analysis

Morocco makes new steps towards developing military industry

Algeria

A file picture of Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune. (AFP)

Libya needs new ballot box legitimacy, says Algerian president

Qatar

Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah (C) welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) upon his arrival in Doha, July 2. (AFP)

Qatar boosts support for Turkey’s regional forays

Opinion

Skulls repatriated to Algeria but history still to be rewritten

Betting on the Iraqi army

Khairallah Khairallah

Greens’ illusions include political Islam, war for democracy

Arab and Jewish Lives matter

Culture

A mural painting workshop during 2019 edition of Asilah Moussem (Asilah Forum Facebook page).

Asilah Forum Foundation organises art event to uplift citizens

Environment

A 2019 file picture shows wastewater flowing in central Basra, Iraq. (AP)

Shrinking water supplies threaten to put fragile Iraq ‘on the edge’

Syria

Muhammad Saud, a 65-year-old Syrian silk farmer, handweaves silk threads on a loom at his home workshop in the village of Deir Mama, in west-central Syria on June 22, 2020. (AFP)

Silkworms long gone, Syrian opens museum to waning craft

Media

Huda Elserari (facebook official page)

Huda Elserari sees media empowering Libyans through accurate information

Khouloud el Falah

Egypt

A 1957 file photo shows the base of the statue of Suez Canal builder Ferdinand de Lesseps at Port Said, Egypt. (AFP)

Plan to bring back De Lesseps statue in Suez Canal sparks controversy

Culture

The first phase of the project to rebuild the Great Mosque of al-Nuri was completed. (WAM)

UAE-backed project ends first phase of Mosul’s Al Nuri Mosque restoration