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Comment: Differences in Middle East foreign policy between Trump and Biden show two very different visions of America’s place in the world, writes Charles W. Dunne.
Turkey has said there will be no solution to problems in the region unless the countries involved changed their 'maximalist and hostile policies'.
UN Libya envoy 'optimistic' on ceasefire prospects
The UN's Libya envoy said she was "quite optimistic" about a prospective ceasefire.
Rocket fire from Gaza after Israel says tunnel found
Air raid sirens sounded in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Islamist group Hamas.
Yemen submits UN complain over Iran's ambassador to Houthis
The internationally-recognised government of Yemen submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations after an Iranian ambassador assumed ...
Turkish Cypriots elect pro-Erdogan presidential candidate
Ersin Tatar, a right-wing candidate favoured by Turkish President Erdogan, has narrowly won presidential elections in the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Iran's dilemma in Nagorno-Karabakh
Analysis: Sharing borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan, Iran is walking a geopolitical tightrope with the crisis.
Is time running out for Macron's credibility in Lebanon?
As experts point to Lebanon taking the initiative on reforms before Western aid is prepared, a new blueprint which is bolder yet more realistic ...
Akinci to face Erdogan-backed rival in Turkish Cypriot election
Pro-reunification moderate Mustafa Akinci will face Ankara-backed nationalist Ersin Tatar in the race for the Turkish Cypriot presidency, which ...
The legacy of Tehran's weaponised sectarianism in Iran-Iraq war
Comment: Sectarianism is seen as the tragic norm in today's Middle Eastern conflicts, but its roots were put down 40 years ago during the ...
Hezbollah says maritime border talks not 'normalisation' with Israel
Hezbollah has said that maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel due to take place next week have ‘absolutely nothing to do with any ...
Comment: Covid-19 was an opportunity for UN multilateralism to shine. Instead it reveled the disturbing fragility of the UN's founding ...
Normalisation with Israel: The view from the Arab Maghreb
In-depth: Despite UAE-Bahrain's normalisation agreement with Israel, and their unofficial relations with Tel Aviv, North African countries are ...
US, Algeria renew strategic alliance in troubled region
"Algeria is a committed counter-terrorism partner," General Stephen Townsend, head of US Africa Command, said on a recent visit to Algiers.
Arab world mourns death of Kuwait's 'peace-loving' emir
The Arab world rushed to send consonances to Kuwait after its ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah, passed away.
Qatar boldly defends Arab Peace Initiative at UN
Comment: Qatar has reiterated its steadfast commitment to the Arab Peace Initiative, despite Washington's push for normalisation, writes Giorgio Cafiero.
No peace for Palestinians without statehood: Moroccan PM
Saadeddine Othmani's comments come a month after his country rejected moves to follow Bahrain and the UAE in signing diplomatic pacts to ...
China running hundreds of detention centres in Xinjiang
The number of detention centres in China's Xinjiang province is around 40 percent greater than previous estimates, researchers have found.
Arab leaders voice alarm at UN over Iran tensions
Arab leaders expressed their concerns in the virtual affair sessions of the General Assembly.
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
Book Club: Rashid Khalidi's masterful book traces a hundred years of colonial war against Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and ...
What does Fayez al-Sarraj's resignation mean for Libya?
The surprise decision to step down by the end of October has prompted speculation about the fate of Libya's conflict.
Europe 'will not compromise' with US over Iran sanctions
Europe would not compromise with the United States over Washington's move to reactivate sanctions on Iran, France's President Emmanuel Macron ...
Kuwait reinstates anti-normalisation stance after controversial Trump statement
Kuwait will not normalise with Israel, a report cited officials as saying, after Trump claimed the country was willing to join its so-called ...
Yemenis protest Israeli normalisation on Socotra island
A protest against Israeli normalisation erupted in Socotra on Saturday amid reports of an Emirati-Israeli intelligence gathering base on the ...
The EU's chief warned Turkey against intimidating neighbours Greece and Cyprus.
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