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Iran

Israeli navy ships manoeuvre at the military port of Ashdod, southern Israel, on July 29, 2018. (AFP)

Iran suspected in explosion on Israeli-owned ship in Arabia Sea

Qatar

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani meets with President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces Nasr Al Hariri, February 22, 2021 in Doha. (twitter)

Qatar reactivates role in Syria amid hopes of regional influence

Morocco

An electric bus runs in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakech. (AFP)

Morocco ranks best in MENA in 2021 Green Future Index

US

A file picture shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C-R) meeting with US Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. (L), commander of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM). (AFP)

Pentagon top brass gear up for US future strategies in the region

Egypt

A February 2020 file picture shows policmen standing guard in front of the Tora prison clinic in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP)

US signals human rights will be ‘central’ in Egypt ties

Qatar

Kuwait’s Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah attends the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. REUTERS

Egypt holds first meeting with Qatar since reconciliation deal

Middle East

An Emirati walks past a screen displaying the “Hope” Mars probe at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai on July 19, 2020. (AFP)

The Middle East edition of ‘Star Wars’ takes shape

Haitham El-Zobaidi

Opinion

State Department spokesman Ned Price (L) listens as US special envoy for Yemen Timothy Lenderking speaks via teleconference during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC on February 16, 2021. (AFP)

The return of high commissioners an early sign of Biden’s hubris

Haitham El-Zobaidi

sectarianism

A file picture shows Hezbollah and Amal supporters waving Hezbollah and Iranian flags. (AP)

The Middle East needs to revisit identity-based politics