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The Arab Weekly
Issue: Sunday 26 Jan 2020
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Top Stories
Iran engages regional contacts through Omani proxy but doubts endure
Mohammed Alkhereiji
Egypt, Ethiopia clinch dam agreement as Riyadh’s Red Sea initiative moves forward
Sabahat Khan
Protesters’ rejection amid challenges awaiting Lebanon’s new cabinet
Samar Kadi
Algeria seeks revived diplomatic role through Libya mediation
Lamine Ghanmi
Issue of US troop presence spills over onto Iraqi streets
AW staff
Economy
BP pulls out of Iraq’s Kirkuk field as expansion plans stall
Jordan making strides in renewable energy production
Roufan Nahhas
Morocco anticipates economy will improve and stabilise in 2020
Mohamed Alaoui
Dubai Islamic bank becomes one of world’s largest Islamic lenders
Dubai announces record tourism arrivals in 2019
AW staff
Kuwait budget forecasts record deficit
Jareer Elass
Culture
Tripoli artisans continue to polish a 150-year-old woodcraft tradition
Samar Kadi
World Monuments Fund restores buildings in war-ravaged Yemen
Karen Dabrowska
New thriller TV series features alternative portrait of Iraqi hero
Nazli Tarzi
Travel
Trekking through the unbroken sea of sand in the Empty Quarter
Caline Malek
Society
Social media use by youth is rising across the Middle East
AW staff
Alternative media online increasingly draws Lebanese youth audiences
Samar Kadi
News & Analysis
Heavy security measures pre-empt protests on revolution anniversary
Amr Emam
After Marib attack, Yemeni government threatens to withdraw from Stockholm Agreement
AW staff
Iran engages regional contacts through Omani proxy but doubts endure
Mohammed Alkhereiji
Resistance against Turkish forces in Raqqa grows increasingly violent
James Snell
Reviving the ‘Sunni region’ project raises questions about timing, opportunity
Tunisia’s prime minister-designate to form coalition based on parties’ support to president
Lamine Ghanmi
Scepticism about international efforts after Berlin’s ‘failure’
Michel Cousins
Morocco adds Western Sahara waters to its maritime borders
AW staff
UN chief urges action to end Syria conflict, support rights
Saudi Arabia calls on US to remove Sudan from ‘terror list’
AW staff
Algerians protest shale gas but their numbers decline
AW staff
Protesters’ rejection amid challenges awaiting Lebanon’s new cabinet
Samar Kadi
Iran’s new al-Quds Force deputy has experience repressing protests, helping proxies
Ali Alfoneh
Muslim delegation takes part in visit to Auschwitz
Qatar's 'repressive' press law sparks international outcry
AW staff
Terror listings increase isolation of Hezbollah
Mahmud el-Shafey