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  • Saudi Arabia
File photo shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June 2019. (DPA)
With G20 presidency, Riyadh hopes to showcase its economic clout in year ahead
Jareer Elass
  • Iraq
US Army soldiers stand outside an armoured vehicle at a base south of Mosul, Iraq, February 23. (AP)
Iraq new flashpoint for US-Iran tensions, troop buildup mulled
Thomas Seibert
  • Lebanon
Lebanese women shout slogans during a protest against the return of the civil war, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)
Lebanese mothers struggle to keep protests non-violent
Samar Kadi
  • Algeria
Azzedine Mihoubi, presidential candidate and secretary-general of the Democratic National Rally, delivers a speech during an election campaign rally in Algiers, December 4. (DPA)
Tensions escalate in Algeria over presidential election
Lamine Ghanmi
  • Turkey
French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) look at US President Donald Trump (2nd L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) during a photo shoot at the NATO summit, December 4. (AFP)
Turkey isolated in its Syria policy as Erdogan fails to secure NATO backing
Thomas Seibert
  • Maghreb
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat, December 5. (AFP)
In first visit to Morocco, Pompeo discusses Iran threat, security cooperation
Saad Guerraoui

Latest Issue

Issue: 233 | Sun, December 01, 2019

Top Stories

Iraqi PM resigns in wake of deadly crackdown, protesters vow to carry on
Nabil Z. Ahmed
Erdogan-Sarraj deal risks scuttling diplomatic efforts, entangles GNA in border dispute
Michel Cousins
Mass arrests follow unprecedented wave of unrest in Iran as more turbulence looms
Thomas Seibert
No end in sight for political impasse in Lebanon amid fears of ‘economic free fall’
Samar Kadi
GCC officials urge unity against Iranian threats
Mohammed Alkhereiji
Europe to operate Gulf maritime security mission out of French base in Abu Dhabi
Sabahat Khan
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Opinion

Does Britain believe in deradicalisation anymore?
Rashmee Roshan Lall
Objectification of women in Iran
Mona Silavi
Yemen war still on radar of US Congress
Gregory Aftandilian
Erdogan uses NATO rifts to buy time
Yavuz Baydar
Palestinian leaders are not ready for meaningful elections
Adli Sadeq
New IAEA chief’s greatest challenge may lie with Iran
Gareth Smyth
Abdul-Mahdi’s atypical resignation
James Snell
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Cartoon by Yaser Ahmed

Editorial

  • Refugees
A woman carries her child as she crosses a wooden bridge in the refugee camp of Moria, on the island of Lesbos on November 26. (AFP)
The plight of refugees in winter
Editorial
  • Iran
 In this file photo taken on November 16, 2019 Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16. (AFP)
The cost of protest in Iran
Editorial
  • Iraq
Anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square during protests in Baghdad. (AP)
For Iraqi protesters, PM’s resignation is ‘a drop in the ocean’
Azhar Al-Rubaie
  • Gulf
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed  al-Nahyan (R) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz in Abu Dhabi, November 27. (DPA)
Cautious optimism precedes GCC summit
Mohammed Alkhereiji
  • Tunisia
Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli at his office in Tunis. (DPA)
Demands of restive population to challenge Tunisia’s next government
Lamine Ghanmi
  • Lebanon
Police stand guard in front of the government house in Beirut. (AP)
Uncertainty shrouds formation of a new government in Lebanon
Samar Kadi
  • Iran
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi speaks during an interview in his office in Vienna, Austria December 3. (Reuters)
New UN nuclear chief vows to be ‘firm and fair’ in Iran dispute
Thomas Seibert
  • Syria
Members of the Syria constitution-writing committee attend a ceremony to mark the committee’s opening meeting, in Geneva, October 30. (AFP)
Conflicting agendas, lack of clear timetable logjam Syria’s constitutional talks
Sami Moubayed
  • Environment
Undrinkable. Water pours in Al Bida water tanks project in Basra.  (Reuters)
Year after poisoning disaster, Iraq seeks end to its water crisis
Zainab Mehdi
  • Syria
A Syrian refugee waits in Beirut to board a bus to Syria, December 3. (AP)
Fallout on Syria from Lebanon’s crisis is not just economic
Simon Speakman Cordall
  • Egypt
Turbulent waters. Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is escorted by Turkish Navy frigate TCG Gemlik (F-492) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus. (Reuters)
Turkey-GNA maritime deal rings alarms in Egypt
Amr Emam
  • Economy
Rising potential. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) meeting with Eni CEU Claudio Descalzi (top L) in Cairo, January 16.   (AFP)
Could Egypt cut into Qatar’s gas market?
Ahmed Fouad
  • Egypt
The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation headquarters in Cairo, which hosted the meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the disputed Nile dam, December 3. (Reuters)
Nile dam talks end in Cairo with no deal
Hassan Abdel Zaher
  • East|West
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a rally as part of an election campaign, in Colchester, England, December 2. (AP)
London Bridge attack deals severe setback to UK’s deradicalisation programmes
Colin Randall
  • Culture
Lively scene. Artists paint a mural in Tataouine.         (JAAC)
‘Carthage Days’ celebrates contemporary art in Tunis
Roua Khlifi
  • Culture
Artist Lena Naassana, Saeida Rouass, Hannah Khalil and Nour Hage.    (Dr Johnson’s House)
London exhibition explores Britain, Middle East ties
Karen Dabrowska
  • Society
Time-honoured tradition. Emirati Abdullah al-Suwaidi demonstrates how his ancestors would pick up oysters off the seabed, at the Suwaidi’s pearl farm, off the coast of al-Rams in the northern emirate of Ras al-Khaimah.   (AFP)
On Emirates’ glittering coast, pearl trade lives on
  • Interview
Helping hand. Libyan students receive school supplies provided by UNICEF during the summer school programme at a local school in Tripoli, Libya.  (Reuters)
UNICEF sees regression for children’s welfare in Arab World
Sharmila Devi
  • Culture
Diversity in art. “Sa’af” installation by Shahad Alazaz in collaboration with local craftspeople from the Eastern Provinces of Saudi Ara     (Courtesy Dubai Design Week 2019)
Dubai Design Week offers region its largest creative festival
N.P. Krishna Kumar
  • Society
Tough lives. A Tunisian woman sifts through garbage at a landfill in a poor district of Tunisia’s central city of Kasserine.      (AFP)
Extreme poverty digs deeper into Arab region
Mohamed Hammad
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