Opinion

Yemenis receive food aid from the UAE Red Crescent in the country's third-city of Taiz, on October 16
Will a turn to diplomacy prove successful in Yemen?
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Iman Zayat
A 2016 file picture shows demonstrators shouting slogans during a protest against the arrest of prominent journalists in central Istanbul
Erdogan’s face-off with the ‘enemies of the people’
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Claude Salhani
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with House Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel
Elections bring new pressures on Trump’s policies
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Thomas Frank
A cargo ship is docked at the port of Hodeidah in Yemen
Why a decisive victory in Hodeidah is crucial
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Khairallah Khairallah
A demonstrator screams as police officers grab him during a protest in Istanbul
Turning Turkey into a ‘zombie’ nation of undesirables
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Yavuz Baydar
A Pakistani border security official (R) and an Iranian border official meet at Zero Point in the Pakistan-Iran border town of Taftan, on October 16
Tehran’s neglect has bred trouble in Iran’s periphery
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Ali Alfoneh
Turkish and U.S. troops conduct joint patrols around the Syrian town of Manbij
Turkish-US tensions over Syria, Iran set to continue after midterms
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Thomas Seibert
In 2002, in an effort to test Israel's commitment to achieving a comprehensive peace that would result in its recognition and acceptance, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced an Arab Peace Initiative
Normalization Doesn't Advance Israeli/Palestinian Peace
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James J. Zogby
Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul-Mahdi holds his first cabinet session in Baghdad, on October 25
Appointments perpetuate Iraq’s corrupt system
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Nazli Tarzi
A Danish policeman stands guard outside a building in Copenhagen
Tehran’s terror reaches the shores of Denmark
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Ali Alfoneh
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) upon his arrival at the opening ceremony of the new legislative year in Kuwait City, on October 30
Kuwait’s other war
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Khairallah Khairallah
Protesters in central London shout slogans and hold placards during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, last April 7
Palestinians face risk of being forgotten
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Claude Salhani
Erdogan’s Hooligans Came Knocking On NYU’s Doors
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Alon Ben-Meir
Palestinian demonstrators hold tyres during a protest at the border fence in southern Gaza, on October 19
Egypt is the target of the escalation in Gaza
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Khairallah Khairallah
Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party’s leader Devlet Bahceli speaks during a meeting in Ankara, on October 2
How Turkey’s nationalists upstaged Erdogan
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Yavuz Baydar
A Hezbollah supporter carries a picture of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in the Bekaa Valley, last May
Iran accused of using civil flights to funnel arms
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Simon Speakman Cordall
Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan (C) attends a memorial ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, on October 24
Guess who Israel’s second largest trading partner is
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Francis Ghiles
US Defense Secretary James Mattis listens (L) as US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, on October 23
Is US Defence Secretary Mattis on his way out?
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Gregory Aftandilian
Iranian judiciary chief Sadegh Larijani (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rohani during a meeting in Tehran
Iran’s wrong bet on US-Saudi rupture
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Iman Zayat
Police officers patrol the area around Herald Square in New York
Trump’s antiterrorism strategy describes ‘a nation at war’
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Mark Habeeb
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
Russian soft power places Moscow at the centre of Syria’s chaos
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Simon Speakman Cordall
Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Avarice with No Limits
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Suha Aljundi
Head of Libyan Presidency Council Fayez al-Sarraj (R) speaks during a news conference with UN Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame in Tripoli
Controversial appointments sow further division in Libya
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Michel Cousins
Does Francophonie matter for the Arab world?
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Claude Salhani
US ramps up rhetoric on Iran but not military posture
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Gregory Aftandilian
China’s Middle East policy runs into problems
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Francis Ghiles
Netanyahu Is Destroying Both Israel And The Palestinians
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Alon Ben-Meir
Palestnian man, who is hoping to cross into Egypt, shouts as he holds his passport and other family members’ passports at the Rafah border crossing
Desperate young Gazans at dead end
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Adly Sadeq
Iranian missile strikes spark wariness
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Simon Speakman Cordall
Hating Muslims in the age of Trump
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Juan Cole