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Tunisia

A file picture shows Tunisia's President Kais Saied with Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh at the Carthage Palace. (AP)

President Saied thwarts Ennahda’s manoeuvre to dismiss prime minister

Mokhtar Dabbabi

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi speaks to the media at Mandali border crossing between Iraq and Iran, in Mandali, Iraq July 11. (REUTERS)

Militias wary of anti-smuggling drive by Iraqi army, Peshmerga

Palestine

A file picture shows members of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, taking part in a military parade in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. (AFP)

Leading Hamas elements implicated in Israel spy-ring

News & Analysis

A file picture shows Libya’s GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (R) speaking with Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha (L) in Tripoli. (AFP)

Bashagha’s power grab exacerbates Libya tensions

News & Analysis

An Algerian soldier guards the remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters at the Moufdi-Zakaria culture palace in Algiers, after their repatriation from France, July, 3. (AFP)

Turkish expansionism in Libya leads to Algerian-French rapprochement

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

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

Amnesty’s allegations of phone spying by Morocco smack of plain amateurism

Gulf rivalries could impact Horn of Africa’s stability

Is Ethiopia’s GERD in breach of international law?

Skulls repatriated to Algeria but history still to be rewritten

UAE

Employees work at the control room of the Mars Mission at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in the Gulf city of Dubai. (AFP)

First Arab space mission to Mars set for launch Friday

News & Analysis

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reads a statement as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, July 13. (AP)

Diplomatic tone hardly conceals EU’s deep anger over Turkish policies

Tunisia

A file picture shows a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Fakhfakh on July 8. (Tunisian government website)

Fakhfakh likely to remove Ennahda cabinet members in impending reshuffle

News & Analysis

UAE-Greek talks address Mediterranean security

News & Analysis

Launch of an anti-naval missile by an Egyptian frigate during exercises. (Egyptian Army on Twitter)

Egypt raises army readiness in anticipation of Libya showdown with Turkey

Lebanon

Christian worshippers attend a Sunday mass at Saint George Maronite Church in the Lebanese capital Beirut. (AFP)

Western nations back Lebanese Maronite patriarch against Hezbollah

Jordan

Jordanian king reiterates opposition to Israeli annexation

Turkey

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) prays stands next to a Turkish soldier wearing a ottoman uniform, July 15, 2019.(AP)

Is ‘black propaganda’ distorting Ankara’s ‘Ottoman dream’?

Syria

Syrian President Bashar Assad visits Syrian army troops in the war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, in October 2019. (AFP)

Syrian army officers arrested in alleged crackdown on Makhlouf loyalists

UAE

Delivery by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) of an aid package of pharmaceutical and medical supplies to the Government of Sudan to support the country’s healthcare sector. (WAM)

Abu Dhabi fund suspends debt service repayments to help with pandemic fallout

Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi makes statements at Mandali border crossing between Iraq and Iran, in Mandali, Iraq July 11. (REUTERS)

Iraq PM launches campaign against customs corruption, vows reforms

Economy

A Lebanese man sits next to a closed store in the northern city of Tripoli. (AFP)

IMF expects lowest economic growth in MENA in 50 years

Opinion

Amnesty’s allegations of phone spying by Morocco smack of plain amateurism

Gulf rivalries could impact Horn of Africa’s stability

Is Ethiopia’s GERD in breach of international law?

Skulls repatriated to Algeria but history still to be rewritten

Culture

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

Asilah Forum Foundation organises art event to uplift citizens

Society

Iraqis wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, buy fresh produce from a street seller at a market in Karrada, in the capital Baghdad, on July 14, 2020. (AFP)

Pandemic helps Iraq with food self-sufficiency

Culture

‘Hammamet Nights 2020’, the next best thing to the real event

Special Focus

A picture shows a business, damaged during the 14 months of fighting between the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National Army (LNA), in a southern neighbourhood in the capital Tripoli. (AFP)

Libya small businesses struggle to rebuild despite violence

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi soap opera, the “Legacy,” tells the story of a Saudi family embroiled in a battle over inheritance. (MBC website)

Long-running soap opera reflects change in Saudi society

Environment

Abu Dhabi authority sees environment as key to future of farming