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The race for Biden's foreign policy agenda
Comment: Progressives must make a concerted effort at real influence in a potential Biden administration, narrowing the space for the Never Trumpers, writes Mitchell Plitnick.
Explainer: Israel's Trump-backed annexation plan for the West Bank
Your questions about Israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, answered.
The Gulf crisis's 'internationalisation' makes it harder to resolve
Comment: The more the GCC rift spreads, the more difficult it will be to negotiate or to change the status ...
Five positives to take from 2019
Here are five stories that lifted our spirits in 2019.
The New Arab's 10 biggest stories of 2019
A revolution in Sudan. A new Turkish offensive in Syria. A controversial citizenship amendment in India. These are The New ...
10 events that drastically changed the Middle East
From the Arab Spring to the refugee crisis, here are some of the most important events of this past decade.
The best books by Arab authors in 2019
Book Club: The New Arab rounds up some of the best reads written in English by Arab authors this year.
A new high water mark for Arab self-determination
The long read: For the first time ever, protesters in Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan and Algeria share a defiant vision of ...
Can the Middle East afford to ignore climate change?
Political and economic difficulties affecting the region could mean that climate change is a low priority for many of its ordinary ...
Ex-UN Syria envoy quit to 'avoid shaking Assad's hand'
In 2014, de Mistura became the third UN diplomat tasked with ending the Syria war which erupted in 2011, before ...
Syria's Assad hails Trump as 'best American president' ever
Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad praised Donald Trump as the 'best American president' in a state television interview.
Kurdish forces reject Assad regime's call to join army
Kurdish forces have rejected a call to join the Syrian regime's army and police.
Tripoli: From 'Lebanese Kandahar' to home of protest rave
In unprecedented scenes for Lebanon's relatively conservative Sunni Muslim heartland, a DJ blasted beats from a balcony to a sea of protesters ...
Report documents 72 torture methods used by Syrian regime
The Syrian Network for Human Rights has documented 72 torture methods the Syrian regime uses in prisons, along with harrowing testimonies from detainees in a shocking new report released Monday.
Lebanon dollar bonds tumble as protests continue
Years of bad governance by corrupt politicians has led to the public's call for the resignation of the Hariri ...
Six killed in Syria's Aleppo, following 'YPG shelling'
Shelling has killed at least six people in Aleppo province.
Syrian regime takes over Manbij as US troops withdraw
The US-led coalition confirms that its forces have withdrawn from Manbij as the Syrian regime takes 'full control' of ...
Syria After the Uprisings: How Assad stopped his fall
Book Club: Joseph Daher analyses the resilience of the Syrian regime and the failings of the uprising in his ...
'Intense US pressure' key to reaching Sudan transition deal
The agreement was announced days after the protesters held mass marches through Khartoum and other areas.
Arab despots come for Khartoum
Comment: In Sudan, anti-democratic regional powers apply a military crackdown method tried and tested in Egypt, writes Abdelwahab El-Affendi.
IS claim deadly offensive in Syria's Homs
The Islamic State group is continuing its war against the brutal Syrian regime despite losing almost all of its territory.
Kazakhstan to host Syria talks with Iran, Turkey, Russia
Kazakhstan will host new talks on Syria, backed by Iran, Russia and Turkey in effort to reach a political settlement for the ...
Eight years on, the revolution in Syria continues despite eight years of hardship and bloodshed.
Tauqir Sharif says he is stuck in Syria, after the UK government revoked his passport.
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