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Saudi Arabia

Stronger operations. A part of Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Saudi Aramco looks to South Korea for downstream investment

BDS

Unheard voices. Protesters march outside the White House in Washington during a rally to support Palestinians, last March. (AFP)

Americans have the right to hear from BDS leader

© Yaser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly

Sudanese people want end to military rule

Trump

Close to a deal. Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, March 25. (Reuters)

Trump peace plan to be unveiled soon but there are no takers

Gregory Aftandilian

Sisi

A vote for stability. Egyptian MPs vote during a parliament session on proposed constitutional amendments, April 16. (DPA)

Sisi will extend his rule but will he ensure its stability?

Mahmud el-Shafey

Russia

Up in the air. A Russian flag waves as a Syrian soldier walks on a roof of a military post overlooking the Damascus-Aleppo highway in Rastan. (AP)

Is Russia-Iran marriage of convenience unravelling in Syria?

Turkey

In the same trench. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, chat in the presidential palace in Ankara, last December. (Reuters)

Iranian and Turkish face off with Washington will have different outcomes

Iran

Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani (seated C) and members of parliament wearing the outfit of the IRGC during a session at the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Tehran, April 9. (AFP)

Declaring the IRGC a terrorist organisation is not the last of US pressures on Iran

Palestine

Palestinian protesters wave national flags during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, March 30. (AFP)

Israeli-Palestinian peace process could be slipping to square one