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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C), his wife Asma (L) and their children during the afforestation of Harsh al-Tufaha (Apple Forest) area in al-Drekish countryside in western Syria. (AFP)

Syria 2020: Between Asma Al-Assad and Rami Makhlouf

Khairallah Khairallah

Opinion

People run for cover after the Houthi attack at the airport in Aden, Yemen, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP)

More than an angle to look at Aden airport blasts

Khairallah Khairallah

Opinion

Qatari Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani (R) meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani in the Qatari capital Doha, on September 21, 2020. (AFP)

Qatar’s confused calculations complicate reconciliation task

Omar Ali al-Badawi

Egypt

US President Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, on September 23, 2019, at the United Nations in New York. (DPA)

Many issues will fuel US-Egyptian tensions during Biden era

Mohamed Aboelfadl

MENA

© Yasser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly

Putting on a smile in MENA

Opinion

A 2019 file photo shows Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaking during a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan. (AP)

Reason for optimism in Sudan

Khairallah Khairallah

UN envoy

© Yasser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly

A new UN envoy to untie the Middle East knots

Opinion

A Palestinian protester east of Nablus waves a Palestinian flag amid smoke from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during a demonstration against the expansion of settlements, on December 18, 2020. (AFP)

Palestinians’ lack of leadership to blame for current chaos

Opinion

Rabbi Levi Banon and his daughters read a book inside their home in Casablanca, Morocco. (AP)

Normalisation is an extension of Morocco’s special relationship with Jews