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Opinion

Leader of Tunisia's Islamist Ennahdha movement Rached Ghannouchi (R) chairs the first session of the new parliament, November 13. (AFP)

Ghannouchi’s short-term victory could spell long-term trouble

East|West

Dangerous gulf. US President Donald Trump meets with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington, November 13. (Reuters)

Trump, Erdogan fail to overcome differences over Syria

Kuwait

This Dec. 16, 2012, file photo shows a general view of Kuwait's National Assembly during the inauguration of the 14th Legislative Term of the National Assembly in Kuwait. (AP)

Kuwaiti government submits resignation

Tunisia

Outgoing National Assembly speaker Abdelfattah Mourou, left, shakes hands with new parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi during the first session of the chamber, November 13 in Tunis. (AP)

Tunisia’s Islamist leader elected parliament speaker after dramatic reversal

Iraq

A protester carries a tear gas canister fired by riot police during clashes in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP

Two killed, 35 wounded in Baghdad protests

Palestine

A barefoot Palestinian boy and others look into a crater made in overnight Israeli missile strikes that destroyed a house and killed eight members of the Abu Malhous family, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP)

Israel, Islamic Jihad cease fire Egypt-brokered deal

Latest Issue

Issue: 230 | Sun, November 10, 2019

Top Stories

Iran seeks to pressure Europe through ‘nuclear extortion’

In Kuwait, too, resentment of corruption sparks protests

Women of Lebanon stand at vanguard of popular protests

Doubts surround efforts towards holding Palestinian general elections

New hope for settling Egypt-Ethiopia Nile dispute after Washington talks

As it announces Aramco IPO, Riyadh forges on with 2030 reform track

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Opinion

30 years after Berlin, walls are obstructing hope in the Arab world

Oussama Romdhani

Sectarianism does not appeal to new generation of Lebanese

Khairallah Khairallah

Arab spring, summer, autumn, winter… worldwide

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Who will help Palestinian refugees if UNRWA falls?

Trump and Erdogan: An odd couple glued together by calculations

40 years after hostage crisis, US and Iran remain staunch enemies

Gregory Aftandilian

Lebanon needs an emergency reform kit

Editorial

Iran

Iranian protesters attend an anti U.S. demonstration, marking the 40th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover, near the old US embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4. (Reuters)

More of the same from Iran, 40 years on

ISIS

An image from video released by the US Department of Defence shows the view from a remotely piloted aircraft of the effects of precision munitions destroying the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, October 26. (US Department of Defence via AP)

ISIS remains a threat despite killing of Baghdadi

Interview

Years of investigation. Christian Chesnot, investigative journalist at French radio channel France Inter. (Courtesy of Christian Chesnot)

Former hostage Christian Chesnot sheds light on Qatar's influence networks, old and new

Syria

Puppeteer Walid Abu Rashed performs for children amid rubble of damaged buildings in the north-western Syrian town of Saraqib in Idlib province. (AFP)

Syrian puppeteer offers Idlib children breathing space

Economy

A Tunisian policeman checks tickets of British tourists leaving the country at the Enfidha International airport on June 27, 2015. (AFP)

Turkish management of Tunisia's Enfidha Airport stirs controversy

Palestine

Israeli missile launched from the Iron Dome defence missile system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, is seen above Gaza city on November 12. (AFP)

Israeli strikes kill 2 Gaza militants

East|West

A picture shows a Turkish-Russian army patrol near the town of Darbasiyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province along the Syria-Turkey border on November 11. (AFP)

Russia sets up helicopter base in northern Syria

Iraq

Iraqi Shia cleric, politician, and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr (L) sits alongside Qasem Soleimani, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Lieutenant general and commander of the Quds Force, September 10. (AFP)

Iran clasps reform card to save proxies' hold on power in Iraq

Algeria

A file photo taken on January 18, 2013 shows a general view of an oil installation on the outskirts of In Amenas, deep in the Sahara near Algeria's border with Libya. (AFP)

Algeria adopts controversial energy law

Sudan

Creeping desert sands surround the Royal Cemeteries of Meroe Pyramids in Begrawiya at River Nile State, Sudan November 10, 2019. (Reuters)

Sudan looks to pyramids to attract tourism - and hard currency

Lebanon

Lebanese protesters gather outside a bank on the northern outskirts of Beirut on November 13, 2019. (AFP)

Breakdown of trust in financial system deepens crisis in Lebanon

Egypt

Egyptian soldiers walk in front of a newly-constructed combined-cycle power stations on the outskirts of Cairo. (AFP)

Egypt to list army companies in stock exchange

Special correspondent

UAE

United Arab Emirates astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoori being carried shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule about 150 km (90 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan on October 3, 2019. (AFP)

UAE's first astronaut urges climate protection on Earth

Economy

A dealer counts Moroccan dirhams at a currency exchange in Casablanca. (Reuters)

Morocco mulls flexible currency exchange system

Culture

Egyptian actor Khaled El Nabawi performs in “Kingdoms of Fire.” (Courtesy of Mohamed Suleiman Abdel Malek)

TV drama challenges historical narrative of Ottoman conquest in the Arab world

Culture

Iraqi cartoonist takes a jab at corruption, political power

Wared Badr al-Salem

Culture

A view from the entrance of Khayamiya Street leading up to Bab Zuweila, one of the surviving main gates of Cairo’s Old City. (AFP)

Egypt’s khayamiya handicraft legacy surviving against all odds

Marwa al-A’sar

Culture

Tunisian actress Hend Sabry celebrates after receiving the Best Actress Tanit during the closing ceremony of the Carthage Film Festival, November 2. (AFP)

Nejib Ayed’s legacy lives on at Carthage Film Festival

Culture

A view of the Citerne Beirut building. (Courtesy of Citerne Beirut)

Bureaucracy and politics hindering cultural life in Lebanon

Syria

A Turkey-backed Syrian fighter looks on from a fortified position near the village of Awshariyah overlooking the Euphrates river, south of Jarabulus in the northern part of Aleppo province, on October 26, 2019. (AFP)

Welcome to east of Euphrates where US troops are isolated and friendless

Geoffrey Aronson