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Comment: Khaled Sid Mohand of The Justice and Liberties for All Committee discusses normalisation, and the UAE's monetary, military and security partnerships with the Syrian regime.
In-depth: The Syrian regime has become increasingly important to the UAE's geopolitical goals.
UAE training brutal Syrian regime intelligence agents
UAE de-facto ruler Mohammed bin Zayed made the first publicly known contact with Assad this year since relations were officially cut in 2012.
Why art still matters in the Middle East
Despite a global pandemic, artists in the Middle East are finding new ways to express themselves.
Lebanon to stop paying outstanding Eurobonds
Lebanon has been hit by a currency crisis and now coronavirus.
Lebanon to default on Eurobond debt, says PM
Lebanon's prime minister said Saturday the government will suspend payment of $1.2 billion in loans, marking the crisis-hit country's first-ever default on its sovereign debt.
Russia warns Turkey against attacking Syrian regime forces
Russia issued the warning after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened 'imminent' military action to force an end to the Syrian ...
Jordan's King Abdullah rejects Trump's 'Deal of the Century'
Jordan's King Abdullah has blasted a proposed US peace plan for the Middle East.
Ethiopia's Great Renaissance Dam: A catastrophe for Egypt?
Ethiopia is building a dam on the Nile which it says is vital to its future development but Egyptians fear that it could cause famine and ...
Merkel hails democracy, freedom, unless of course, you're Egyptian
Comment: Europe has ignored Morsi's murder by an Egyptian regime that they continue to lavish, writes Sam Hamad.
How Germany uses anti-BDS laws to ostracise Israel critics
Comment: In Germany, support for BDS and criticism of Israel is comfortable justification for exclusion from the public sphere, writes Denijal ...
Former Bouteflika minister held in Algeria graft probe
Algerian authorities placed a former cabinet minister in detention on suspicion of squandering public funds, state television said.
US man pleads guilty to killing 3 Muslim students
Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha were shot dead by neighbour Craig Hicks at their home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina ...
Residents of bombed Syrian town unable to find shelter
Eighty percent of people in Hizareen have fled because of intense regime airstrikes. Those who remain are trapped - there are no more places for ...
US-Taliban peace talks paused for first day of Ramadan
The foes have paused the sixth round of peace talks in Doha for the first day of Ramadan on Monday but are set to resume on Tuesday.
Algerian protesters demand resignation of Bouteflika allies
Protesters in central Algiers on Friday staged their ninth weekly mass rally, galvanised by the departure of longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika but vowing to keep up their demands for reforms.
Afghan peace talks cancelled amid dispute over delegation size
Hopes for breakthrough in push to end Afghanistan's gruelling conflict suffered a major setback on Friday after a key summit between the Taliban ...
Palestinians see little hope in Israeli elections
Israel's upcoming elections could have a direct effect on the Palestinians, but many have lost hope its more than 50-year occupation will end no ...
The many faces of Arab women's activism
Comment: Since well before the Arab Spring, women in the Middle East and North Africa have been fighting for their political, social and legal ...
Egypt slams Turkey for EU-Arab summit criticism
Egypt's foreign ministry accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of partisanship towards the Muslim Brotherhood after Turkish criticism ...
Erdogan lambasts Brussels over EU-Arab summit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday lambasted the EU after the bloc held a summit with Arab leaders in Egypt despite Cairo's ...
Does Egypt's execution spree rest on coerced confessions?
Comment: Under President Sisi, Egypt has revived the systematic and widespread use of torture to coerce confessions, writes Joe Stork.
Egypt hits back at UN over executions criticism
Cairo has said it 'rejects any infringement upon the Egyptian judiciary' after the UN expressed concern that trials leading to executions in the ...
Amnesty condemns 'disgraceful execution' of nine Egyptian prisoners
Amnesty International, the human rights group, has condemned the execution of nine Egyptian prisoners on Wednesday.
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