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Turkish impasse in showdown with Russia over Syria endgame

Arab world braces for effects of coronavirus outbreak

Scepticism prevails over Qatar keeping reform promises for World Cup

Mohammed Alkhereiji

As strategy in Syria flounders, Turkey uses refugee card to pressure the West

Tunisia’s government faces tough road even after winning confidence vote

Interview

Kamel Jendoubi, chairman of the Group of Independent Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen. (Al Arab)

Extremism fuels Yemen’s woes, says UN rights expert

Abdelmajid Dagnish

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Director of Collections and Senior Curator Omar Kholeif. (Eric T White)

‘Art in the Age of Anxiety’: Curator Omar Kholeif spells out ambitions

N.P. Krishna Kumar

US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force, on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants, Djibouti, January 5. (Reuters)

Interview: The US take on al-Qaeda, ISIS threat in West Africa

Economy

Chinese visitors arrive to the opening of the Syria rebuilding exhibition, in Damascus, Syria on Oct. 2, 2018 (AP)

China’s ‘rebuilding’ role in Iraq could serve as a template for Syria after years of conflict

A view of the exchange board at the Stock Exchange Market (Tadawul) bourse in Riyadh displaying Aramco shares. (AFP)

Saudi companies look to build momentum from Aramco IPO

Flames shoot out of a chimney at Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemicals Company along a highway of Alexandria. (Reuters)

Egyptian petrochemicals draw international investments

Culture

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) Director of Collections and Senior Curator Omar Kholeif. (Eric T White)

‘Art in the Age of Anxiety’: Curator Omar Kholeif spells out ambitions

N.P. Krishna Kumar

Newly appointed CEO of the Saudi Music Authority Gehad al-Khaldi. (Twitter)

Gehad al-Khaldi to head Saudi Music Authority

Zaki al-Soudeir

Travel

The house of the French developer of the Suez Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps in Ismailia. (Marc Espanol)

Egypt’s Ismailia remains off the beaten track

Marc Espanol-34622

Society

Representatives of the Women Committee at the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority attend the Global Women’s Forum 2020 in Dubai. (DAFZA)

Dubai forum highlights gender imbalances at workplace

Women take part in a choreographed performance to protest against gender violence and patriarchy in Istanbul, last December.(AFP)

Violence against women, Turkey’s new normal

Constanze Letsch

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