Opinion

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
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Wary of similar fate, Erdogan stands with Maduro
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Thomas Seibert
The Iraqi school year is one of the shortest in the world: students spend only 151 days in school each year — 29 days less than students in the countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization
What problems face Iraqi education?
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Mohamed Al-Rubeai
Another useless wall? Sudanese workers rest as they wait for Egyptian visas next to the Libyan-Egyptian border crossing in Musaid.
Scepticism abounds over Egypt-Libya border wall
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Ahmed Megahid
Breaking isolation? Syrian President Bashar Assad (L) receiving Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at Damascus Airport, December 16
Time for the West to embrace Assad again?
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Stephen Starr
Elliott Broidy
New US lawsuit accuses Qatari lobbyists of using hacked e-mail in smear campaign
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Thomas Frank
New escalation. People stand next to metal sculptures at Mount Bental, an observation post in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Israel, Iran edge closer to wider confrontation in Syria
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Mamoon Alabbasi
Clipped wings. An Airbus A340-300 of Mahan Air is seen at Dusseldorf International Airport in Gemany, January 16.
Pressure on Iran grows as Europe gets tougher and oil exports fall
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Thomas Seibert
US presidents commonly reward political donors with ambassadorships to smaller, friendly Western countries.
Trump moves to fill diplomatic void in MENA
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Thomas Frank
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend Russia-Turkey talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, January 23
Putin wants Erdogan to yield right of way to Damascus
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Yavuz Baydar
We don’t win [wars] anymore,” said candidate Donald Trump in 2016
The U.S. military's lost wars
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William J. Astore
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attends the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem November 19, 2018
Why Israel is pushing for a reset in relations with the Muslim world
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Mourners transport the flag-draped coffin of Iraqi archaeologist, Lamia al-Gailani, seen in the poster, for burial during her funeral procession in the National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019
Iraq’s archaeological sites face looting, urbanisation threats
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Karen Dabrowska