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Morocco

Amnesty’s allegations of phone spying by Morocco smack of plain amateurism

Gulf

Turkish military chief of staff General Hulusi Akar salutes a guard of honour during the opening ceremony of a Turkish military base in Mogadishu, Somalia. (REUTERS)

Gulf rivalries could impact Horn of Africa’s stability

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Ethiopia

Is Ethiopia’s GERD in breach of international law?

Algeria

Algeria's President Abdelmajid Tebboune observes a moment of silence during a ceremony to lay to rest the remains of 24 resistance fighters, returned from Paris after more than a century and a half. (AFP)

Skulls repatriated to Algeria but history still to be rewritten

Iraq

Vehicles of the Iraqi army at the entrance to the capital Baghdad’s suburb of Sadr City. (AFP)

Betting on the Iraqi army

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Iraq

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Iran proxies in Iraq

France

Newly elected mayor of Bordeaux, EELV green party’s Pierre Hurmic (C), takes part in a meeting with members of his campaign team on June 29, in Bordeaux, southwestern France. (AP)

Greens’ illusions include political Islam, war for democracy

Palestine

Demonstrators protest against Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (REUTERS)

Arab and Jewish Lives matter

Lebanon

Pope Francis (C-R) shakes hands with Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric Ali al-Amin (C-L), as he meets with other members of the Abu-Dhabi-based “Muslim Council of Elders” in the UAE capital, in February 2019. (AFP)

Accusing Ali al-Amin of treason reflects a double failure in Lebanon