Opinion

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
After election setbacks, Erdogan faces challenge of economic disrepair
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Thomas Seibert
Leaders of Arab states attend the 30th Arab League Summit
Arab summit failed to face new realities
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Khairallah Khairallah
A Syrian refugee works on an oud, a pear-shaped stringed instrument made of wood, in Beirut
Lebanon’s divisions prolong suffering of Syrian refugees
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Gareth Smyth
Ekrem Imamoglu, main opposition Republican People’s Party candidate for mayor of Istanbul, embraces a supporter in Istanbul, April 1
Erdogan’s ‘milestone on the road to the end’
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Claude Salhani
Trump doesn’t condemn white nationalist terrorism
White nationalism is a global problem
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Algerian Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Ahmed Gaid Salah presides over a military parade in Algiers, last July
Growing role of Algerian and Sudanese militaries in politics
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Mohamad Abou el-Fadel
Civilians evacuated from the ISIS holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, March 5
After Baghouz, what do you do with ISIS families?
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
US President Donald Trump talks with reporters outside the White House in Washington
Trump’s budget priorities for the Middle East belie its claims
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Gregory Aftandilian
US President Donald Trump
Is a war with Iran on the horizon?
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Bob Dreyfuss
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser
What the Trump-Kushner peace plan might actually mean
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
A 2017 file photo showing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as prepares to vote in Algiers
The only option for Bouteflika
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Claude Salhani
A woman peers out of her window behind a banner of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, March 5
Is Erdogan’s long-ruling AKP doomed to be divided?
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Yavuz Baydar
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) welcomes Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tehran, on February 25
Iran is on the way out from Syria
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Khairallah Khairallah
Men suspected of being ISIS fighters walk towards a screening point for new arrivals run by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces outside Baghouz in the eastern Syrian Deir ez-Zor province, March 5
The questions that linger after declaring the defeat of ISIS
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Ibrahim al-Zoubeidi
President Hassan Rouhani, (R) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad before their meeting at his office in Tehran, Iran, February. 25
Despite Assad’s welcome, Iran can be of little help to Damascus
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Gareth Smyth
Iraqi security forces confront protesters demonstrating against government policies and lack of basic services in Basra, January 4
Why do people in resource-rich Iraq protest?
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Nazli Tarzi
Sudan is listed seventh on the “Fragile States Index”
Sudan’s story is told in many ways
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
outhi fighters hold their weapons during a tribal gathering in Sana’a
Yemen still a hostage of the Houthis
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Khairallah Khairallah
Two sides of the same coin. Hezbollah supporters wave flags of Iran and their Shia group during a rally to mark the anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution, February 6
Britain finally wakes up to Hezbollah’s true colours, sort of
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Mohamad Kawas
Israel is responsible for collecting about $200 million each month in taxes and hand it over to the PA
Is Israel’s tax grab a prelude to further hollowing out the PA?
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Jonathan Cook
A majority of Turkish respondents said they viewed Turkey as mainly an Islamic country
Turkish public sees no friends in the West
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Gokhan Bacik
Iranian mourners gather around the coffins of members of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed February 13 in a suicide attack, during their funeral in Isfahan, February 16
Unrest in Iran’s periphery prompts concern in Tehran
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Ali Alfoneh
A view of a large structure with flags of five Maghreb countries in the Moroccan city of Oujda
A united Maghreb could play greater role on the world stage
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Francis Ghiles
Erdogan revealed himself to be a failed strategist in almost every policy area
Why Turkey needs to decide where it stands as alliances shift
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Yavuz Baydar
The first Arab-European summit will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Modest expectations in Sharm el-Sheikh
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Oussama Romdhani
Muhammad Ali teaching a “relational learning circle” class during orientation at the APV Borderfree Center
What it really takes to secure peace in Afghanistan
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Kathy Kelly
Pope Francis (L) greets Egypt’s al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb as they arrive at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, February 4.
Pope’s visit to the UAE a watershed event
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Mohamad Kawas
Oct. 9, 1978, Iranian protesters demonstrate against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Tehran, Iran
Iran facing its ‘biggest crisis’ 40 years after revolution
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Thomas Seibert
Friends and relatives of Alaa Mashdhub light candles at his assassination site in Karbala, February 5
Iraqi intellectuals alone in the face of assassinations
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Farouk Yousef
People pray at the Grand Mosque of Saint-Denis near Paris
France’s Muslim paradox
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Francis Ghiles