Mamoon Alabbasi

Mamoon Alabbasi is Deputy Managing Editor and Online Editor of The Arab Weekly. You can follow him on Twitter @MamoonAlabbasi

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Palestinian refugee children hold placards at a school belonging to UNRWA in the Lebanese town of Sebline during a protest against US aid cuts to the organisation. (AFP)
Palestinians double down on right of return for refugees
August 11, 2018
An Iraqi man looks at an Iranian-made washing machine at a store in Baghdad. (AFP)
Questions over Baghdad’s ability to abide by renewed US sanctions against Iran
August 11, 2018
Iraqis take part in a demonstration in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, on July 31. (AP)
Mass protests redirect Iraqi government’s attention to corruption
August 04, 2018
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (C) during a UN Security Council meeting in New York, on July 24. (AFP)
US diplomatic deficit hindering Mideast peace deal
July 28, 2018
Kurdish security forces gather at the governorate building in Erbil, on July 23. (Reuters)
Iraqi Kurds wary of resurgence of home-grown terrorism
July 28, 2018
An Iraqi man holds up a gas lamp as he takes part in a demonstration against hikes in fuel prices in Najaf, on July 13. (AFP)
Iraq protests rattle politicians but fail to bring any big change
July 21, 2018
A man walks past a mural with writing in Arabic that reads: “My country, you gave us love and light which revealed paths for the lost” in the Israeli Arab city of Umm al-Fahm. (Reuters)
Palestinians ‘angry but not surprised’ by Israeli nation-state law
July 19, 2018
Iraqi protesters burn tyres and block the road at the entrance to the city of Basra, on July 12. (Reuters)
Iraq vote recount under way amid mounting challenges
July 14, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, last March. (Reuters)
Israeli ‘nation state’ bill faces fierce criticism
July 14, 2018
A Palestinian protester holds a slingshot as he sits near a banner with a picture of jailed leader Marwan Barghouti in Ramallah. (AP)
Trump can’t pressure Abbas when Palestinians want Barghouti
July 07, 2018
Members of the Iraqi Counter Terror Service arrive at the scene of an attack outside warehouses where ballots from the May 12 parliamentary vote were stored in Kirkuk, on July 1.(AFP)
Kirkuk at the centre of Iraqi terror, vote fraud woes
July 07, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) attends a news conference with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf, on June 23. (AFP)
Iraqi parliament’s term ends before resolving election crisis
June 30, 2018
Members of Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades militia carry flags in front of portraits of fellow members who were killed in air raids 4 days earlier, on June 21. (AFP)
Iran-backed militias risk dragging Iraq deeper into regional conflicts
June 23, 2018
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (L) speaks during a news conference with the leader of the Conquest Coalition and the Iran-backed Shia militia Badr Organisation Hadi al-Amiri in Najaf, on June 12. (Reuters)
Iraq’s al-Sadr turns to Iran-backed rival in bid to end vote fraud crisis
June 16, 2018
A sign held during a protest against austerity measures in Amman reads,“We are broke.” (AFP)
Jordanians end protests but discontent continues in region
June 09, 2018
Lower water levels are seen on the Tigris River in Baghdad, on June 5. (AP)
Abadi reassures Iraqis over water shortages but crisis likely to re-emerge
June 09, 2018
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) and Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speak at a news conference in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, on May 20. (Iraqi Government)
Iraqi post-election horse-trading in full swing
June 02, 2018
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walks inside a hospital in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on May 21. (Palestinian President Office)
Abbas health issues highlight urgency of consensus successor
May 26, 2018
Kingmaker? Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr heads to a polling station during the parliamentary election in Najaf, on May 12. (Reuters)
Sadr faces hard challenges after surprise win in Iraqi elections
May 19, 2018
A Palestinian man throws back an Israeli tear gas canister during protests near the Gaza-Israel the border, on May 18. (AFP)
Palestinians face worsening crises with little hope of redress
May 19, 2018