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Yemen

A file picture shows Hassan Zaid, minister for youth and sports in Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi administration, attending a sports tournament in the Huthi-held capital Sanaa.(AFP)

Minister’s assassination in Sana'a puts spotlight on Houthi infighting

News & Analysis

A UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles in Naqoura, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, October 28. (REUTERS)

Second round of Lebanon-Israel border talks described as ‘positive’

Turkey

Kuwaitis lift placards against French President Emmanuel Macron at a demonstration in front of the country’s National Assembly (parliament) in Kuwait City, on October 24. (AFP)

Erdogan finds advantages for Turkey in France boycott campaign

News & Analysis

A file picture shows Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar talking with Deputy Defence Minister of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) Salahedin al-Namroush and Qatari Defence Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah in Tripoli, Libya, August 17, 2020. (Reuters)

Qataris sign security deal with GNA, challenging UN efforts in Libya

Algeria

Tayeb Zitouni, the newly-elected secretary-general of the Algerian Democratic National Rally (RND) political party, speaks at an indoor rally in Algiers about the referendum scheduled for November 1. (AFP)

Mass rallies undermine Algeria’s credibility about COVID-19 prevention

Iraq

Protesters wave national flags during anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 25. (AP)

One year after Iraqi protests, pro-Iran militias’ clout is growing

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

Algeria does not need a new constitution

Naqoura talks a step towards normalcy, not normalisation

Formal democracy cannot save Tunisia or its failed political class

Mokhtar Dabbabi

Gulf countries need comprehensive solution to meet pressures

Haitham El-Zobaidi

News & Analysis

Acting UN Envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams attends a press conference on talks between the rival factions in the Libya conflict on October 21, 2020 at the United Nations offices in Geneva. (AFP)

UN calls on Libya factions to implement agreement ‘in full’

Iran

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi addresses the media during a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 14, 2020. REUTERS

Iran begins construction of underground nuclear site

News & Analysis

Gantz hails Lebanese voices ‘talking about peace with Israel’

Saudi Arabia

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Riyadh in February 2017. (AFP)

Unofficial but effective Saudi boycott strikes blow at Turkey

Qatar

Qatar Airways crew prepare to enter Sydney International Airport. (AFP)

Intimate exams of women at airport lands Qatar with another PR fiasco

East|West

US soldiers walk near a Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) during a military patrol in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria’s north-eastern Hasakah province on October 27 . AFP

US accuses Damascus of delaying work on new constitution

Iran

An Iranian cleric walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. REUTERS

Iranian ambiguities to keep standoff in post-election US

News & Analysis

Demonstrators hold banners during a protest against France, in Istanbul, Turkey October 27, 2020. (REUTERS)

Erdogan’s verbal tirades further inflame tensions with France

Saudi Arabia

A power plant at Saudi Electricity Company’s Central Operation Area, south of Riyadh. (REUTERS)

Electricity sector reflects Saudi progress towards energy sustainability

News & Analysis

A 2015 file picture shows Moroccan King Mohammed VI (R) and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (2L) at the Royal Palace in Casablanca. (AFP)

UAE to open first Arab consulate in Western Sahara, in ‘historic decision’

News & Analysis

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani (Malaga F.C website)

Qatar royal family member warns Macron against ‘consequences’

Jordan

Jordanian woman sits inside a van adorned with campaign posters in the capital Amman on September 20, 2016. (AFP)

Despite candidates’ promises, Jordan public disinterested in vote

Opinion

Algeria does not need a new constitution

Naqoura talks a step towards normalcy, not normalisation

Formal democracy cannot save Tunisia or its failed political class

Mokhtar Dabbabi

Gulf countries need comprehensive solution to meet pressures

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Travel

Scottish adventurer Alice Morrison and her guides. (Sunny Bird PR)

Scottish adventurer undertakes discovery trek across Morocco

Culture

Rehearsal with Radwan Aqili and Ramez Atallah. (Nidal Qousha)

Record-setting ‘Bab Al Hara’ prepares for eleventh season

Culture

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

Moroccan publishers promote reading as ‘act of resistance’

Egypt

Official Trailer (Netflix)

‘Paranormal’, Netflix’s first Egyptian sci-fi drama, airs next week

Tunisia

Sofiene Chaari (left) and Kaouthar Belhaj in the Tunisian series “Choufli Hall”. (Tunisian TV youtube channel)

TV’s ‘good old days’ allow Tunisians escape from stressful reality

UAE

The festival events include camel, falcon and goat beauty contests. (credit)

Abu Dhabi’s popular heritage festival to kick off next month