Opinion

US President Donald Trump (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Trump’s acquittal will further embolden Erdogan
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Yavuz Baydar
lgerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) welcoming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Algiers
Algeria’s View of Libya’s Crisis
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Giorgio Cafiero
Iraqi protester
Iraq: Nasiriya protesters bear torch of hope in dark times
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Nazli Tarzi
People walk at the yard of the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa
Peace is difficult to reach in Yemen but not impossible
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Mustafa al-No’man
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
How Turkey Went from a Policy of ‘No Problems with Neighbors” to Problems Everywhere
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Joseph Dana
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ghosts of all-out war hovering over the Mediterranean
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Yavuz Baydar
Posters of anti-government protesters who have been killed in demonstrations are displayed in Tahrir Square
The myth of state accountability in Iraq
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Nazli Tarzi
A Lebanese anti-government protester flashes the victory sign in front of a burning barricade in Beirut
Lebanon’s next government is doomed to fail
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Makram Rabah
Newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune addresses a news conference in Algiers, Algeria, December 13, 2019
Lack of legitimacy complicates task of Algerian government
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Azraj Omar
“The international community’s indifference has been consistent, now as much as then”
International media zoom away from protests in Iraq
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Nazli Tarzi
Qasem Soleimani's photo
Trump has thrown the dice; now Tehran’s turn
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Martin Jay
Qasem Soleimani
Killing of Soleimani escalates tensions in Middle East, rattles Tehran’s proxy strategy
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Thomas Seibert
An Iraqi protester clad with the national flag takes part in anti-government protests at Tahrir square in Baghdad
Protests are reviving the concept of the state in Iraq
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Diyari Salih
Qasem Soleimani
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Trump has thrown the dice. Now Tehran’s turn
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Martin Jay
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a ceremony in Ankara
List of friends shrinks as Turkey pursues aggressive policies
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Francis Ghiles
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Is Erdoğan’s Turkey a rogue state?
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Yavuz Baydar
Symbolic graves adorned with names and pictures of anti-government protesters, who have been killed in protests at Baghdad's Tahrir Square
Elusive consensus on prime minister makes early Iraqi elections more likely
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Azhar Al-Rubaie
A woman covers her face with the national flag, as Algerian protesters demonstrate in the capital Algiers against ailing president's bid for a fifth term on March 8, 2019.
Arab street protests are not about ideology
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Ali Qassem
Some political parties are now announcing some names, affirming that those figures are adopted by public opinion.
Iraq's new generation takes change into their hands
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Diyari Salih
US President Donald Trump
New US policy on West Bank Settlements buries two-state solution
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Claude Salhani
Rohingya refugees watch on a mobile phone a live feed of Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's appearance at the UN's International Court of Justice in the Hague
Gambia’s case for Rohingyas underlines shared humanity
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ankara clashes with EU as it flexes muscles in Mediterranean
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Thomas Seibert
A Lebanese anti-government protester wears a gas mask in Beirut
Time for political change in Lebanon
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Ali al-Amin
An Iraqi anti-government demonstrator shows a basket full of empty bullet cartridges found in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square
Iraqi government sanctioned militia’s killing of protesters
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Tallha Abdulrazaq
A militia leader in politician’s disguise
How effective are US sanctions on Iran-linked militias in Iraq?
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James Snell
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv
Next chapter in ‘Deal of the Century’: Israeli annexation of Jordan Valley
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Geoffrey Aronson
US President Donald Trump (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R)
Erdogan uses NATO rifts to buy time
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Yavuz Baydar
Iranian women walk past a bus station in Tehran
Objectification of women in Iran
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Mona Silavi
US President Donald Trump
Trump is dismantling the international order
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James Zogby
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Erdogan uses religion, fear to stay politically afloat
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Yavuz Baydar