News & Analysis

Iran moves further out of JCPOA as pressure builds
Sabahat Khan
Men, allegedly affiliated with ISIS, sit on the floor in a prison in the north-eastern Syrian city of Hasakah, October 26. (AFP)
Turkey raises pressure on Europe to take back foreign ISIS fighters
Thomas Seibert
Algerian protesters draped in their country’s national flag chant slogans as they march together in Algiers,  October 25.(AFP)
Algerian candidates face public scorn as date of presidential elections near
Lamine Ghanmi
Syrian President Bashar Assad (L) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus, last April.(AP)
Syria moves further into Iran’s orbit with new deal
Simon
An organic revolution. Lebanese university Professor Lama Mattar (C) takes part in a protest in downtown Beirut. (Michel Zoghzoghi)
A ‘revolution of love’: Demonstrators bring hope, unity to protest movement
Caline Malek
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri leaves after delivering his address in Beirut, October 29. (Reuters)
Protests lead to Hariri’s resignation, political uncertainty
Samar Kadi
Russian and Egyptian military leaders watch the opening ceremony of the Russian-Egyptian military exercise Arrow of Friendship 1 at a base near Cairo. (Russian Defence Ministry)
Egypt, Russia bolster military cooperation with first joint air defence exercise
Hassan Abdel Zaher
A stallholder reads a newspaper as he waits for customers at a bazaar in Ankara. (Reuters)
Erdogan enjoys domestic boost from Syria move but economy weighs on citizens’ minds
Thomas Seibert
A Syrian-led process. UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen (C), Syrian MP Ahmad Al-Kuzbari (L) and head of Opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission Hadi Al-Bahra attend a meeting of the Syria Constitutional Committee in Geneva, October 31.(AFP)
Syria's Constitutional Committee convenes with historic opposition involvement
Sami Moubayed