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The UAE had previously been linked to a February ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region.
The International Monetary Fund raised its 2021 MENA growth forecast because of early inoculation of the vaccine, while saying inequalities are deepening between countries.
Is there a space race in the Middle East?
In-depth: Space has become a new frontier in the competition for political power and economic development in the Middle East.
Will Biden's Afghanistan peace plan succeed?
Analysis: The US president's Afghanistan peace deal may alienate the very people it aims to bring together, the Afghan government and Taliban ...
Iran, Israel and Turkey in a post-Arab Spring region
Analysis: Non-Arab powers have emerged as new regional centres of influence in the Middle East's changing geopolitical map.
Italy PM flies in as Libya frees Sicilian fishermen
Libya freed 18 fishermen, including eight Sicilians, after Italy's prime minister visited Benghazi to secure their release.
The glorious hype and ugly reality of French values
Comment: For the leader of a supposedly free and secular republic, Macron's attempt to preside over the lives of French Muslims is an affront to ...
US foreign policy in the 2020 elections
Comment: Differences in Middle East foreign policy between Trump and Biden show two very different visions of America’s place in the world, ...
What Biden could mean for the Middle East
Analysis: With Joe Biden leading in the polls for US presidential elections, a victory for the Democratic candidate could have major policy ...
Israel and Bahrain formalise diplomatic relations after normalisation deal
Israel and Bahrain have officially signed a deal establishing diplomatic relations, as well as seven memorandums of understanding in fields ...
Muslim-British refusenik exposes UK's total complicity in Yemen war
Comment: The decision by Muslim-British soldier Ahmad al-Babati to refuse service until Britain ends arms sales to Saudi Arabia is commendable ...
What a Biden-Harris ticket means for the Middle East
America's strategy in the Middle East has failed. But can a Biden presidency repair it?
Tough choices for Hamas over Israeli annexation plans
Hamas has threatened Israel over its plan to illegally annex the occupied West Bank, but analysts say the group may take a more pragmatic ...
Coronavirus contemplations: Part III
Comment: In this three-part series, Dr Azmi Bishara takes a deep dive look at how citizens and states have responded to an unprecedented ...
Coronavirus contemplations: Part II
Comment: In this three-part series, Dr Azmi Bishara takes a deep dive look at how citizens and states have responded to an unprecedented ...
Coronavirus contemplations: Part I
Comment: In this three-part series, Dr Azmi Bishara takes a deep dive look at how citizens and states have responded to an unprecedented coronavirus pandemic that is reshaping our world.
Saudi accused of stifling women's rights in G20 talks
Saudi organisers are accused of stifling debate about women's rights and turning the G20 event into a public relations sham.
Gaza factories roar back to life to make PPE
Until recently, Tamer Emad, a skilled textile worker, could work one week per month at best. He is now on the factory floor every day.
After IS, Mosul's women lead the fight against coronavirus
With Mosul's health system still struggling to recover three years after liberation from the Islamic State, women in the city are leading the ...
How has coronavirus impacted conflicts in the Middle East?
On Friday, the UN appealed for ceasefires in all conflicts across the world. Antonio Guterres, its chief, warned that ''the worst is yet to ...
UAE coronavirus aid to Syrians shouldn't mean rehabilitating Assad
Comment: Don't be fooled, it's not humanitarian help UAE is offering Assad, its normalisation of his tyrannical regime, writes Sam Hamad
Arab leaders were already incompetent, then came coronavirus
Comment: Weak political and economic management will now be further exposed, as coronavirus and multiple new crises roll over the region, writes ...
Israeli defence minister's hacked Twitter account shares Palestinian flag
Israel's far-right Defence Minister Naftali Bennett is not usually known for pro-Palestinian sentiments.
Empowering marginalised women one at a time in Malaysia
#IWD2020: Many social enterprises have emerged in Malaysia to help women get livelihoods in a complex policy environment for migrants and ...
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