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ISIS

An ISIS member looks out from a prison cell in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. (Reuters)

Rehabilitating ISIS terrorists is a big lie

Qassem Soleimani

A poster of a member of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) and Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani at Iraqi side of the Shalamcha Border Crossing in Iraq. (Reuters)

The obligation to contain Iran’s threat

Middle East

Hot under the collar. US soldiers stand next to the Patriot long-range defence system during a defence exercise at the military airfield near Siauliai in Lithuania. (Reuters)

Washington’s dilemma with S-400 sales

Middle East

US President Donald Trump passes his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner during a reception at the White House in Washington. (Reuters)

What the Trump-Kushner peace plan might actually mean

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Egypt

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini attend a joint meeting of European Union and League of Arab States foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on February 4, 2019. (AFP)

Modest expectations in Sharm el-Sheikh

Oussama Romdhani

Climate change

An Iraqi man uses an atomiser made available for people outside a shop selling cooling and ventilation products in Baghdad, last July. (AFP)

Experts warn against climate change fallout in Arab world

Middle East

A displaced Syrian girl poses at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in Idlib province in northwestern Syria. (AFP)

How the West’s own problems are affecting the Middle East

US

A file picture shows US Senator Marco Rubio speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington. (AFP)

Think-tanks show 'ideas matter'

Lebanon

A Syrian woman refugee and her two children attend a community gathering to welcome them in Queensland, Nova Scotia, Canada. (AP)

Lebanon’s refugees given priority for resettlement in Europe, Canada