Opinion

A Saudi man stands in front of a screen of stock prices in Riyadh, March 15. (Reuters)
Saudi Aramco navigates uncharted waters amid global oil rout
Jareer Elass
US Brigadier General Vincent B. Barker (L) shakes hands with Iraq's Staff Major General Mohammad Fadhel Abbas during the handover ceremony of the K1 air base near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, last March. (DPA)
Strategic repositioning of troops preserves Washington’s place in Iraq but for how long?
Nazli Tarzi
Crewmen of Bradley fighting vehicles stand guard at a US military base in north-eastern Syria, last November. (AP)
Washington fights to stay in Syria game from isolated base
Geoffrey Aronson
First aid workers look after a woman suspected of being infected with COVID-19, as she is evacuated by ambulance in Istanbul. (AFP)
Turkey’s response to coronavirus has been complete shambles
Stephen Starr
A US protester in Seattle holding a sign referring to the Northwest Detention Centre in Washington state where immigrants are held. (Reuters)
Trump’s immigration ban is troubling but not as much as his fulminations on mosques
Rashmee Roshan Lall
A picture taken on April 24, 2020, shows Saudi policemen standing guard next to the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AFP)
Welcoming Ramadan
Editorial
Syria’s President Bashar Assad and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet in Damascus, Syria, April 20. (SANA/Reuters)
The upcoming Middle East upheaval in the post-COVID-19, post-oil crisis world
Khairallah Khairallah
Israelis walk past an election campaign billboard for Blue and White candidate Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, last February in Ramat Gan, Israel. (AP)
Israeli unity government likely to proceed with annexation in months to come
Gregory Aftandilian
View from above. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) inspects medical facilities which are under construction during a flyover in the presidential helicopter. (DPA)
Erdogan is using the pandemic to fight his political rivals
Baha al-Awam