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Turkish-Kurdish conflict

Erdogan vows to crush US allies in Syria

Washington

Intel: Why the US is warming to Israel’s hold on the Golan Heights

Turkey

Turkey 'won’t be duped' by US in Syria

Intel: How Netanyahu’s acrimonious meeting with a right-wing ally sets the stage for early elections

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Editors' picks

Saudi Arabia faces mounting calls to end war in Yemen

Iranian actors take center stage against US sanctions

Is this the start of Arab NATO plan?

Bahrain ducks congressional scrutiny over Yemen war

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Egypt

Egypt eliminates Muslim Brotherhood leaders' names from streets

Turkey’s oil-and-gas drilling ship sails into eastern Mediterranean

Egypt

Humor helps Egyptians let off steam during potato crisis

Egypt

Egypt's trees threatened by urbanization

Gulf

Intel: How Congress is trying to hold Saudis accountable for Khashoggi’s murder

Riyadh seeks death penalties in Khashoggi killing as US sanctions Saudis

Washington

Intel: Why the US is now sanctioning 17 Saudis over Khashoggi killing

Washington

Trump taps unconventional US general with history of engagement with Iran for Saudi posting

Iran

Outrage in Iran over reassignment of 'corrupt' minister

Can Tehran’s next mayor unite Iran’s Reformists?

Iran

The politics behind Iranian women's entry to Azadi stadium

Iran

Who scored when Iran hand-selected women for historic soccer audience?

Iraq

Iraq’s governorates reject 2019 draft budget

Can new PM make Iraq's grand plans a reality?

Iraq

As protests continue, residents of Iraq's Basra call for autonomy

Iraq

Will Iraqis get green light to enter restricted Green Zone?

Israel

Is Israel heading toward snap elections?

Can Israeli Druze bring about cancellation of Nationality Law?

Israel

Liberman's exit offers Netanyahu chance to build new coalition

Israel

South Israel rages at Netanyahu as Liberman bows out

Jordan

Middle East upheaval casts a shadow over ‘Arab NATO’

Who’s to blame for deaths in Jordan flood?

Jordan

King Abdullah’s move to terminate parts of peace treaty seen as snub to Netanyahu

Israel

Netanyahu losing his diplomatic ‘magic touch’

Lebanon

Lebanon's only carnivorous plant kept safe in private nature preserve

Portraits of Lebanon’s domestic workers confront social prejudices

Lebanon

Beirut vendor's growing business bears fruit

Lebanon

Beirut's lively graffiti scene paints political commentary in broad strokes

North Africa

Woman tapped as head of Presidential Diwan in Tunisia

New transparency law enters into force in Tunisia

What is behind Tunisia's rising illiteracy?

Egypt

Can Libya’s tribes help solve crisis?

Palestine

Palestinian Museum revives solidarity posters with new workshop, exhibit

Drivers close Gaza border crossing to protest new fees

Palestine

PA, Russia step up economic ties

Palestine

Palestine seeks UN support to reclaim its deadly viper from Israel

Syria

Crossing between opposing forces opens near Idlib, Syria

Intel: How the return of the Kurds changes the Syria fight

Syria

Al-Bab’s historical covered marketplace back in business

Syria

Will Idlib buffer zone agreement see the light?

Turkey

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition struggles to be heard

Istanbul’s LGBTQ community finds pride on soccer field

Turkey

Turkey's trigger finger grows itchy over US-Kurd relations

Turkey

Turkish court quashes journalist’s prison sentence

Breaking News

2018-11-18T20:55:02

Jordan MPs approve income tax bill amended after unrest

2018-11-18T19:05:07

Netanyahu says calling Israeli snap polls now would be 'irresponsible'

2018-11-18T18:25:03

Clashes between pro-Turkish rebels kill 11 in Syria's Afrin

2018-11-18T16:25:02

Giant Damien Hirst uterus sculptures catch eye at Qatar hospital

2018-11-18T15:25:02

Car bomb kills five in Iraq's Tikrit: sources

2018-11-18T15:15:02

Saudi king hosts Iraq's new president

2018-11-18T12:05:32

Egypt rounds up dozens of human rights defenders: HRW

2018-11-18T10:15:02

Netanyahu says 'unnecessary and wrong' to call snap Israeli polls

2018-11-18T04:05:20

In Iraq, bloody tribal custom now classed as 'terrorism'

2018-11-18T03:35:10

Undersea gas fires Egypt's regional energy dreams

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying a Qatari communications satellite, which will provide connectivity to Qatar and neighboring parts of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov. 15, 2018.

REUTERS/Joe Skipper

US ELECTIONS

Washington

Midterms revamp Middle East policymaking in Congress

Washington

Democratic newcomers challenge pro-Israel status quo

Washington

Trump policies fire up evangelicals but divide Middle East Christians

CULTURE

Art and entertainment

Palestinian Museum revives solidarity posters with new workshop, exhibit

Women’s rights

Who scored when Iran hand-selected women for historic soccer audience?

Istanbul’s LGBTQ community finds pride on soccer field

RUSSIA MIDEAST

Russia in Syria

Will Israeli defense minister's exit impact Russia-Israel cooperation on Syria?

Russian influence

Is Putin getting serious on Libya?

Russia in Syria

Putin, Netanyahu struggle to mend ties in Paris

WASHINGTON

Intel: How Congress is trying to hold Saudis accountable for Khashoggi’s murder

Defense/Security cooperation

Intel: Why defense leaders are urging against Middle East budget cuts

Intel: Why Congress isn’t satisfied with Trump’s latest Saudi sanctions

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