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Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP)

Why is the idea of Palestinian-Jordanian confederation getting a second lease on life?

Libya

Libyan fighters unload ammunition from a boat at Es Sider Port in Ras Lanuf. (Reuters)

Finding salvation through the chaos in Libya

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© Yaser Ahmed for The Arab Weekly

Iran, get out of Iraq

Sweden

Leader of the Finns Party Jussi Halla-aho delivers speaks at the Finns Party congress in Jyvaskyla, last year. (Reuters)

Like Sweden, Finland has its Muslim-bashing populists

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Sweden

An election official counts parliamentary ballots at a counting centre in Stockholm, on September 13. (AFP)

Lessons of the Swedish vote

Sudan

Major challenges. Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Khartoum. (Reuters)

Khartoum must learn from Tehran’s mistakes

Mohamed Abul Fadhl

Iraq

A woman holds an Iraqi flag while chanting slogans during a protest in Basra, on September 6.(AP)

Iran might still be able to manoeuvre in Iraq but its expansionist project is doomed

Khairallah Khairallah

Iran

Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi. (Reuters)

Iran’s contradictions

Sweden

Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democrat party Stefan Lofven waves at an election party in Stockholm, on September 9. (AP)

Swedish elections show face of ‘new Europe’, leave politics deadlocked