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Iraqi

Uncertain fate. An Iraqi guard leads three prisoners to the Eagles’ Cell counterterrorism intelligence office in Baghdad, last May. (AP)

Lack of due process in Iraqi courts could help ISIS

Manuel Langendorf

Turkey

Challenging the US. A Russian S-400 Triumph defence missile system parades through Red Square in Moscow. (AFP)

Missile defence system sparks US-Russia tensions in Middle East

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Algeria

Festive and loud. People protest against Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, March 8, 2019. The sign reads: "Algeria is not dead". (Reutres)

Army could be arbiter in Algeria crisis as protests gain support

Saudi Arabia

Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh, last October. (AFP)

Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Syria

Syrian President Bashar Assad (L) and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before their meeting in Tehran, February 25. (SANA)

Assad takes victory lap in Tehran amid power struggle among Iran’s elite

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (L) chats with an unidentified ultra-Orthodox Member of the Knesset during a special session in Jerusalem. (AFP)

Netanyahu’s alliance with far right fraught with risks

Mamoon Alabbasi

Libya

Members of forces loyal to Field-Marshal Khalifa Haftar stand guard near Libya’s El Sharara oilfield in Obari, February 11. (Reuters)

Sarraj and Haftar meet in Abu Dhabi, discuss Libya crisis

Algeria

People march during a protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s fifth term in Algiers, March 1. (Reuters)

In Algeria, cautionary tale about failure of economic diversification

UAE

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) shakes hands with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan during a meeting in Seoul, February 27. (AFP)

UAE oil storage facility likely game changer in Gulf-Iran showdown

Haitham El-Zobaidi