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Celebrating heritage. Emirati and Kyrgyz archery contestants at the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan. (Abu Dhabi Festivals, Cultural and Heritage Programs Committee)
UAE shares own experience at the World Nomad Games
September 08, 2018
Risky balance. Iranian President Hassan Rohani (R) greets Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah at the start of their meeting in Tehran, last March. (Iranian Presidency)
Are Oman’s days as a regional mediator ending?
September 08, 2018
Multiple purposes. Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami stands by the next-generation short-range ballistic missile Fateh Mobin in Tehran, on August 13. (Iranian Defence Ministry)
Iran said to be transferring missiles to proxies in Iraq
September 08, 2018
Escalating violence. Iraqi protesters demonstrate against a lack of basic services in Basra, on September 6. (AFP)
Iraq struggles to quell deadly Basra protests
September 08, 2018
Hot rhetoric. The Royal Saudi Navy conducts military exercises dubbed Gulf Shield One in the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman. (SPA)
Iran threatens freedom of navigation, boosts ties to Qatar
September 01, 2018
New systems. Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile as rockets were launched from Gaza towards the southern city of Sderot, on August 9. (Reuters)
Israel announces development of new missile programme to boost ‘offence capabilities’
September 01, 2018
A Palestinian girl waits at the entrance of an UNRWA school before attending first day of class in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (AP)
US preparing to end funding to main Palestinian aid agency
August 31, 2018
Supporters of an Islamic seminary 'Jamia Naeemia' take part in a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, condemning a cartoon contest planned by Geert Wilders, a Dutch parliamentarian. (AP)
Planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition cancelled after protests, death threats
August 31, 2018
A screengrab shows a Turkish man posing to hit an iPhone.
Smashed, hung and shot, iPhone becomes symbol of Turkish anti-Americanism
August 18, 2018
Unforgettable experience. Muslim pilgrims arrive at Jeddah airport prior to the start of the annual haj in Mecca. (AFP)
Jeddah shines as Saudi Arabia’s main gate for haj pilgrims
August 18, 2018
Smooth transition. A currency dealer counts Moroccan dirhams at a currency exchange in Casablanca. (Reuters)
Morocco needs more reforms before floating dirham
August 18, 2018
Fighters from the Iran-backed Al-Ashtar Brigades carry weapons at a training camp in an undisclosed location. (Reuters)
Iran responds to US pressure with new attempts to destabilise Bahrain
August 18, 2018
Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash speaks during a news conference on Yemen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. (AP)
UAE vows to wipe out al-Qaeda in Yemen
August 14, 2018
Saudi-led coalition spokesman Colonel Turki Malki speaks during a news conference in Khobar. (Reuters)
Coalition dismisses report of secret deals with al-Qaeda in Yemen
August 11, 2018
Evacuated Syrian boys from Fuaa and Kafraya towns in the Idlib province, look out of a broken bus window during evacuating pro-regime fighters and inhabitants. (AFP)
UN warns of cost of Idlib offensive
August 10, 2018
Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, display a home-made drone during a military parade marking the 27th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 14, 2014. (Reuters)
Venezuela drone attack signals terror groups' troubling use of UAVs
August 08, 2018
A young Tunisian activist waves her national flag during a forum in Tunis. (AFP) 
Tunisian NGOs face conflicting challenges of accountability and preserving freedom
August 06, 2018
Partisan pressures. Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun (L) meets with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri at the presidential palace in Baabda, last June. (AFP)
Hariri resisting pressures to declare his failure to form a cabinet
August 04, 2018
Fighting with a brush. A Murad Subay mural in Yemen. (Al Arab)
A Yemeni artist fights the war his way, by using colours
July 28, 2018
Mourners carry coffins of three of those killed a day earlier by a series of suicide bombings launched by ISIS fighters in Sweida. (Sweida News Network via AP)
Death toll from ISIS attack climbs to 240 in predominately Druze Sweida
July 26, 2018