Opinion

Wishful thinking. People walk past a billboard depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un near the Koreatown neighbourhood in Los Angeles, on June 11. (AFP)
Trump-Kim summit can set off nuclear dominoes game
Rashmee Roshan Lall
A long row to hoe. A big Jordanian flag flutters in front of Amman’s Jabal al-Qala district. (AFP)
Gulf aid calms tensions in Jordan but economy needs structural reforms
Mona Alami
Two peas in a pod. Syrian regime forces ride a military truck in Eastern Ghouta. (SANA)
Iranian militias and Syrian forces become indivisible as assault on Daraa looms
James Snell
Who’s afraid of the ballot box? Iraqi electoral officials work to salvage ballot boxes from a fire at Baghdad’s largest ballot box storage site, on June 10. (AP)
Iraq’s democracy burns in the fires of voter fraud allegations
Tallha Abdulrazaq
Precarious peace. A UNIFIL vehicle drives by in south Lebanon as Israeli troops stand guard near the fence separating Lebanon from Israel, on June 8. (AFP)
Negotiations about Lebanon’s southern borders are connected to developments in southern Syria
Ali al-Amin
(L-R) Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, meet in Mecca. (SPA)
Gulf countries averted the worst by going to Jordan’s rescue
Khairallah Khairallah
Supporters of the Egyptian national football team cheer during a gathering in central Moscow, on June 15. (Reuters)
The Arab region and the football World Cup
Editorial
Workers of the Centrale Danone company protest against the boycott of the brand, on June 5. (Reuters)
Boycotts in Morocco an expression of discontent helped by social media
Francis Ghiles
A French gendarme gestures to a migrant during a clearing out of a makeshift camp in central Paris, on June 4. (AP)
Double-standard treatment of refugees in Europe
Nadine Sayegh