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The Arab Weekly
Issue: Sunday 15 Sep 2019
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Top Stories
Hezbollah, Israeli brinkmanship continues in the face of ratcheting tensions
Simon
How Qatar is playing a double game in France with Macron’s consent
Majed Nehme
Idlib fighting and Turkish ‘safe zone’ plans throw cloud over Syria summit
Thomas Seibert
Teens discover voice through media outlet in Egypt’s peripheries
Marc Espanol-34622
Peace takes a backseat as Netanyahu moves to boost electoral chances
Mamoon Alabbasi
Interview
Aidi calls Tunisian campaign climate poisonous
Lamine Ghanmi
Economy
Oil producers pledge to respect output cuts
New Saudi oil minister faces daunting task
Jareer Elass
Morocco FDI declines amid EU slowdown
Saad Guerraoui
Seeking additional tax revenue, Egypt tackles informal commerce
Amr Emam
Culture
First Image Festival turns Beirut into outdoor gallery
Samar Kadi
Makawir attracts Christian pilgrims, despite dark past
Roufan Nahhas
A rare spiritual experience at Egypt’s oldest monastery
Marc Espanol
Travel
Bourj Hammoud, the little Armenia in the heart of Beirut
Samar Kadi
Society
Alexandria battles climate change
Hassan Abdel Zaher
Music initiative soothes the soul of traumatised child refugees
Roufan Nahhas
Yazidi mothers of ISIS children face impossible choices
Oumayma Omar
News & Analysis
Hezbollah, Israeli brinkmanship continues in the face of ratcheting tensions
Simon Speakman Cordall
Turkey eyes new defence partnership with Russia but risks remain high
Sabahat Khan
Turkey’s military base in Qatar further antagonises Arab Quartet
Ahmed Fouad Anwar
Suspicions swirl after Egyptian scientist’s death in Morocco
Ahmed Megahid
Egyptian human rights advocates decry US release of military aid
AW staff
Iraqi militants likely to plot comeback under the shadow of regional instability
Manuel Langendorf
Shia cleric al-Sadr raises eyebrows in rare Iran visit
AW staff
Syrian opposition hopes dashed as Idlib turns into giant chessboard
Sami Moubayed
Peace takes a backseat as Netanyahu moves to boost electoral chances
Mamoon Alabbasi
Tunisian electoral campaign mirrors anger, anguish
Lamine Ghanmi
For voters in Tunisia, it feels like a roll of the dice
Iman Zayat
Oil producers pledge to respect output cuts
Victory for Netanyahu’s Likud Party ‘hanging by a thread’ before vote
AW staff
Jomaa focuses on experience in clash with populists
Lamine Ghanmi
Assad clips wings of rich cousin amid concerns over growing influence
Special correspondent