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Hamas

Same old show. A 2016 file picture show Hamas leaders Fathi Hammad (3L) and Mahmoud al-Zahar (2L) take part in a rally in Gaza City. (AFP)

Hamas under fire for failed policies, toxic rhetoric

Turkey

A timed resignation. Ali Babacan, then Turkish deputy prime minister, gestures during a session in Davos, in 2015. (Reuters)

Is Ali Babacan the man to finally take on Erdogan?

Lebanon

Protesters hold banners with messages against sexual assault during the Beirut Marathon, last year. (AFP)

Incident involving Hezbollah MP exposes faults of Lebanon’s religious system

Syria

A 2015 file picture shows a Syrian Civil Defence member carrying a damaged canister from what activists said was a chlorine gas attack in Idlib’s countryside. (AFP)

Syrian regime’s chemical propaganda should be taken seriously

Iraq

Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, last March. (AP)

Iraq’s growing community of atheists no longer peripheral

Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at a rally to honour the victims of the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt, in Istanbul, July 15. (AP)

Targeted sanctions could be more effective after Turkey’s S-400 purchase

Iran Sanctions

An Iranian vendor sits at his stall at Jomeh Bazaar (Friday Market) in Tehran, June 28. (AP)

Indexes reveal Iran has one of the most ‘miserable’ economies in the world

China

Growing footprint. Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani at a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, last September. (AFP)

Trade balances in North Africa remain in China’s favour

US

President Donald Trump smiles at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) after signing an official proclamation formally recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, March 25. (AP)

Trump versus Palestinians: The ‘Great Man’ theory at work

Rashmee Roshan Lall