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Iran

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak to members of the media after a classified briefing for members of Congress on Iran on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 21, 2019. (AP)

Pentagon proposing a troop buildup in Mideast

Adel Abdul Mahdi

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP)

Iraq sending teams to Tehran, Washington to calm tensions - prime minister

Patrick Shanahan

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks with troops and border patrol officials near the US-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, US, May 11, 2019. (Reuters)

White House reviews military plans against Iran

Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon

A digital blueprint of the Beirut Museum of Art. (BeMA)

Striving to build a museum culture in the Middle East

Pedro Sanchez

Spanish far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal delivers a speech during a rally in Madrid after Spanish general elections, April 28. (AFP)

Spain’s far-right rise highlights re-emergence of identity politics

US

US President Donald Trump (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hold up a Golan Heights proclamation in the White House, March 25. (AFP)

US and Arab interests should not clash

ASDA’A

Arab Youth Survey 2019 announcement of findings. Photo supplied

Young Arabs call for religious reform, expect governments to deliver on economy

Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) meets Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) in Riyadh, March 5. (AFP)

The Arab Gulf's new perception of Russia

Khattar Abou Diab

US

US President Donald Trump speaks alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) prior to signing a Proclamation on the Golan Heights at the White House in Washington, March 25. (AFP)

Evangelical dogma drives Trump’s Middle East policy