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The Arab Weekly
Issue: Sunday 09 Feb 2020
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Top Stories
Tunisian diplomacy, politics face Mideast ripple effects
AW staff
Fight for Idlib exposes Turkish-Russian fault lines
Thomas Seibert
Pushed into a corner, Tunisia’s prime minister-designate drifts away from ‘revolutionary’ politics, faces deadline
Lamine Ghanmi
UAE commits to wider support to Mauritania after visit by Ould Ghazouani
Lamine Ghanmi
Effects of new deadly virus reverberating across MENA region
Alessandro Arduino
Economy
Moroccan banks face challenges from rash of bad loans
AW staff
Libya’s banking woes escalate with conflict
Riadh Bouazza
Bumper crop of amber rice to reduce Iraq’s grain imports
China struggles as coronavirus takes its toll on oil markets
Jareer Elass
Travel
Record year for Morocco tourism with increased air links to Europe
Saad Guerraoui
Society
Marriage of female minors in Morocco triggers pushback
Mohamed Mamouni al-Alawi
Turkish women’s rights activists concerned about proposed ‘amnesty for child abusers’
Thomas Seibert
Saudi educational reform progressing but not without resistance
Zaki al-Soudeir
Abu Dhabi students discover diplomacy in the digital age
Caline Malek
News & Analysis
Lebanon’s cabinet heads to controversial vote of confidence
Samar Kadi
Nearly 550 killed in Iraq protest violence
US halts drone programme with Turkey over Syria incursion
Algeria names new chief for state energy firm Sonatrach
Trump says US operation killed al-Qaeda leader in Yemen
Egypt treading cautiously in run-up to dam deal
Amr Emam
Moroccan banks face challenges from rash of bad loans
AW staff
Bumper crop of amber rice to reduce Iraq’s grain imports
What responsibility do terrorists’ families bear in children’s radicalisation?
Colin Randall
UK moves to stop early release of terror offenders
AW staff
Erdogan’s decisions are widening his circle of enemies
Majed Nehme
Unresolved Cyprus issue underlies gas dispute in Eastern Mediterranean
Thomas Seibert
Egypt’s release of Islamist detainees raises fears of security blowback
Amr Emam
Iraqi anti-government protests heat up in Najaf
AW staff
Salame talks of 'progress' in Libya but few share his confidence
Michel Cousins