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The Iraqi honour guard stands at attention during the presidential handover ceremony at the presidential palace in Baghdad, on October 3

In Iraq, political changes mean more of the same

Mamoon Alabbasi

The legitimacy of UAE War in Yemen

Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour attends a UN Security Council meeting in New York, on July 24

Trump’s unfounded optimism on Israeli-Palestinian peace

Members of Russian and Syrian forces stand guard near posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad (L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib, last August.

Russia is still on the wrong path in Syria

Khairallah Khairallah

At the UN General Assembly, Trump promised his peace plan would be unveiled in the next two to three months

Everyone washes their hands as Gaza’s economy goes into freefall

Iran Sanctions

US works to quash European attempts to bypass Iran sanctions

Turkish soldiers atop an armoured personnel carrier secure the streets of the north-western city of Afrin, last March

Turkey eyes new Syria incursion after Idlib deal

Trump closing PLO office in Washington invites Palestinian extremism

The end of Syria’s civil war and the beginning of the conflict over the spoils

Can Political Consensus Rescue Iraq?

The Deal Or The Debacle Of The Century?

Palestine is test of Trump’s plan to tear up international order

A demonstrator scuffles with Israeli policemen in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar

Palestinians up the diplomatic ante against Israel, US

Mamoon Alabbasi

Europe

Rise of Sweden Democrats highlights normalisation of anti-migration sentiment

Mahmud el-Shafey

A man walks past a campaign poster of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Najaf

Abadi edged out of prime minister’s race but real change in Iraq remains remote

Mamoon Alabbasi

Why Does Al-Abadi Prefer to Face Turkey Now?

A Palestinian woman holds the key of her family’s home as she sits at the Balatah refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, on September 2.

US-Israeli strategy to end Palestinian refugee status is illegal

Populism

Like Sweden, Finland has its Muslim-bashing populists

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Anti-semitism

UK Labour Party fails to draw line under anti-Semitism row

Mahmud el-Shafey

Syrian Civil War

Russian-Iranian-Turkish alliance fractured at Tehran summit

Palestinian refugee students stand outside a classroom at one of the UNRWA schools in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 3

Lebanon’s Palestinians, the hardest hit by US funding cuts to UNRWA

Palestinian children carry the fake coffin of the “deal of Trump” during a demonstration in Kfar Qaddum near Nablus

Arab states too, like Trump, share blame for Palestinian plight

Rashmee Roshan Lall

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a news conference in Tehran, on September 7

The Gordian knot called Idlib challenges Erdogan

Kuwait’s Oil Minister Bakheet al-Rashidi arrives for an OPEC meeting in Vienna

Kuwait acts to resolve energy conflicts with neighbours

Yemen War

Yemeni government dismisses UN report, warring factions prepare for Geneva talks

Israeli Law

Some Israelis will be more equal than others

Charles Enderlin

About five million Palestinians – many languishing for decades in refugee camps across the Middle East – rely on the agency for essential food, healthcare and education.

US cuts to UNRWA point to the dark future being readied for the Palestinians

Erdogan is to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rohani on September 7 in Iran.

Turkey attempts precarious balance as it jockeys for position in Syria

Refugee Crisis

Intolerance in Europe is destroying trust in Mediterranean region

Iranian President Hassan Rohani (C), Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in Ankara, on April 4

Can Tabriz talks usher in a Turkey-Iran-Russia axis?

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