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Libya

A large billboard shows the face of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fading into the flag of the Islamic State group in the coastal city of Benghazi in eastern Libya, February 14. (AFP)

Libyans should not let mercenaries and foreign fighters destroy their country

China

Kuwaiti health minister Sheikh Basel al-Sabah (R) speaks to the press at Sheikh Saad Airport in Kuwait City, on February 22. (AFP)

When China sneezes, the world takes to its sick bed

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Washington

Ill-equipped for new challenges. People and soldiers gather next to an American military convoy stuck in the village of Khirbet Amo, east of Qamishli city, Syria, February 12.(AP)

Washington plays a losing hand in Syria

Geoffrey Aronson

France

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Interim President of the French Council of the Muslim Faith Dalil Boubakeur meet at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (AP)

Reforming Islamic institutions to appease secularist France

Turkey

A never-ending nightmare. Supporters of Osman Kavala wait for his release from prison at a roadside cafe in Silivri, near Istanbul, February 18. (Reuters)

Will the Gezi trial serve as a wake-up call for the EU?

© Yaser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly

Conservatives in Iranian elections

Lebanon

Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani attends a news conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs, Februray 17. (Reuters)

Larijani's visit to Beirut made Lebanon's predicament more dire

Khairallah Khairallah

Iran

Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani speaks during a news conference at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, February 17. (AFP)

Larijani’s visit accelerates Lebanon’s downfall

Turkey

War proclivities. Turkey’s President Recip Tayyip Erdogan is depicted on a tank in a carnival float in Cologne, February 18. (Reuters)

Erdogan’s bullying at home and abroad