Opinion

Moscow offers to play peacemaker
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Sami Moubayed
The role of the ICP is in question.
Sadr-Amiri alliance pushes Iraqi Communist Party to margins
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Nazli Tarzi
World Cup consolidates bonds between Maghreb and diasporas
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Oussama Romdhani
Gebran Bassil (C) is greeted with flower petals at a Syrian refugee camp in the town of Arsal on the eastern border with Syria.
Lebanese politicians play populist card against UNHCR
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Makram Rabah
Double-standard treatment of refugees in Europe
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Nadine Sayegh
Iran’s ‘dangerous game’ with Israel in Syria
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Ed Blanche
The last superpower unchained: American wars and self-decline
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Tom Engelhardt
Erdogan’s “Trojan Horse” In Macedonia
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Alon Ben-Meir
Now that the Syrian wars are winding down, Russia is caught between Iran and Israel.
Iran and Russia’s chess moves in Syria
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Khattar Abou Diab
Young people show their diplomas as they discuss plans to make an illegal boat trip in Tunisia’s Port Monastir
Capsized Tunisian boat not just a tragedy but a template
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
The backlash, including a growing international boycott movement, has driven Israel’s right wing into even greater defiance and self-righteousness
Knesset foils efforts to end Israeli apartheid
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Jonathan Cook
A child writes his name on a banner during a demonstration for the right to Lebanese nationality in Beirut
Citizenship sale exposes Lebanese political hypocrisy
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Makram Rabah
Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (L) greets Shia leader Ammar al-Hakim in Baghdad, on May 22
Can Muqtada al-Sadr deliver on his ‘Iraq first’ promise?
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Nazli Tarzi
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (R) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 29
Trump content to leave Libya policy to France
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Gregory Aftandilian
Iran will watch Trump-Kim summit more closely than anyone
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Ali Alfoneh
Turkey’s election turning into a fight on other fronts
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Yavuz Baydar
Trump’s Middle East policy grows clearer but consequences remain unpredictable
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Mark Habeeb
Iran’s Mujahideen-e Khalq has friends at the White House
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Bernd Debusmann
An Anti-Erdogan Storm is brewing in Washington
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Yavuz Baydar
Can the heroic act of the Paris ‘Spider-Man’ change the perception of migrants?
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Amiri’s list is likely to be joined by its political ally
Iraqi post-election horse-trading in full swing
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Mamoon Alabbasi
King Abdullah of Jordan: Balancing on an ever-tighter tightrope
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James M. Dorsey
The flags of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
A year on, no end in sight for Qatar boycott
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Mohammed Alkhereiji
Is regime change Trump’s goal in Iran?
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Gregory Aftandilian
A general view of the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing with Saudi Arabia.
Doha’s attitude keeps it isolated from neighbours
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Iman Zayat
Palestinian woman Hamas supporter holds up a rifle.
Hamas is impervious to change in Gaza
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Khairallah Khairallah
Israelis cheer on competitors during a second stage of Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race.
Israel finds many benefits in closer ties to Europe
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Maya al-Orzza
Can Trump’s Iran Policy Lead to Regime Change in Tehran?
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Ali Alfoneh
Cracks Start to Show in Syria’s Unlikely Alliances
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Simon Speakman Cordall
Former staff general in the Iraqi Army Ayad Futayyih al-Rawi
Iraqis will regret some of their own doings but it’ll be too late
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Farouk Yousef