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Top Stories

Iraqi PM resigns in wake of deadly crackdown, protesters vow to carry on

Erdogan-Sarraj deal risks scuttling diplomatic efforts, entangles GNA in border dispute

Mass arrests follow unprecedented wave of unrest in Iran as more turbulence looms

No end in sight for political impasse in Lebanon amid fears of ‘economic free fall’

GCC officials urge unity against Iranian threats

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Interview

Centre for Defending Freedom of Journalists Executive President Nidal Mansour. (Twitter)

Interview with journalists’ freedom advocate Nidal Mansour

Economy

Members of the Saudi special forces stand aboard Britain’s RFA Cardigan Bay landing ship in the Gulf waters off Bahrain. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia to increase defence spending over Iran threats, despite budget cuts

A general view of the Central Bank of Oman in Muscat. (Twitter)

Muscat launches advanced electronic payment system

A South Cairo Electricity Distribution Company power station is seen on the side of the Nile River in Cairo. (Reuters)

Cairo clears energy production from waste recycling

A view of the Nawara gas treatment plant in the desert of the southern governorate of Tataouine. (OMV Aktiengesellschaft)

Tunisia optimistic over energy prospects with new gas field

Culture

A focus on sculpture. From Reem Najjar’s book “Qassida.” (Raya Al-Jadir)

Equipping Arab children with the tools of art

A scene from the Saudi film “Sayidat al-Bahr." (Al Arab)

‘The Lady of the Sea,’ a new face of Saudi cinema

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director Guillermo Arriaga. (Twitter)

Egyptian cinema draws inspiration from the Mexican silver screen

News & Analysis

Erdogan boosts military support to GNA, Sarraj backs Turkey’s maritime claims

Delegates to Syria constitutional talks fail to meet, disagree on agenda

Cairo newsroom raid drives fears over press freedoms

Special correspondent

MENA police chiefs debate regional threats

Muscat launches advanced electronic payment system

Tunisia optimistic over energy prospects with new gas field

Tunisia’s Islamist party’s chief resigns, exposing rifts within Ennahda leadership

Authorities remove and ban ten Muslim Brotherhood’s preachers from mosques

European support for Algeria’s protests finds no takers

Why Doha condoned Iranian attacks on Saudi installations

Baghdad targets media outlets covering protests

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Hezbollah, Amal turn to violence as ongoing protests shake Lebanon’s sectarian system

Simon Speakman Cordall

Sudan abolishes anti-women law, dissolves Islamist party

Riyadh, Abu Dhabi see eye to eye on regional challenges

Egypt sentences jihadist returned from Libya to death

Books

A focus on sculpture. From Reem Najjar’s book “Qassida.” (Raya Al-Jadir)

Equipping Arab children with the tools of art