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Morocco

A man reads at a stand of the NSO Group Technologies at the annual European Police Congress in Berlin, February, 2020. (REUTERS)

Morocco to investigate ‘unfounded allegations’ on NSO spyware

political

Tunisian President Kaies Saied talks to a citizen near a vaccination centre in El Menzah district in Tunis, July 21. (Tunisian Presidency)

Mismanagement of vaccinations exacerbates Tunisia’s political tensions

Lebanon

Lebanese Army Commander General Joseph Aoun (R) and French Army Chief of Staff General Francois Lecointre, salute the flag in Paris, last May. (AFP)

Western nations count on army to pull Lebanon out of crisis

Lebanon

A file picture shows President Michel Aoun speaking in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. (Reuters)

Lebanon consultations on new government will start next week

Egypt

A 2014 file picture shows Mahienour el-Masry (L), a prominent activist and rights lawyer, taking notes during a trial of activists, in Cairo. (AP)

Egypt frees six activists to ease pressure at home and abroad

Iraq

Women hold up protest signs demanding authorities to hold accountable the killers of dozens of activists during a demonstration at Haboubi Square in Iraq’s southern city of Nasiriyah, July 18. (AFP)

Iraqis protest to ‘end impunity’ in killings of activists

Turkey

A file picture shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar (R) in Nicosia, Cyprus, on November 15, 2020. (AFP)

Tensions flare as Erdogan heads to breakaway north Cyprus

Sudan

Sudanese take part in a protest over economic conditions, in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP)

Sudan’s soaring inflation fuels discontent over economic policies

King Abdullah II

A file photo shows then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on March 10, 2016. (AFP)

King Abdullah of Jordan seeks strategic dividends from White House visit