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Adnan Oktar: The rise and fall of a Turkish sex cult leader

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Trump shakes up US defence structure, moves Israel under Middle East command

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Egyptian group Hasm designated 'terrorist organisation' by US

Egypt expands oil refining capacity as it aims for self-sufficiency

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Joseph Massad

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Peter Oborne

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Andrew Hammond

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Abdulaziz Kilani

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Awad Abdelfattah

The Capitol Hill riot was not a coup. It was an attempt to preserve white supremacy

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US Congresswoman slams Israel's Covid-19 vaccination drive which excludes Palestinians

Egypt health minister under fire for attending wedding amid Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19: Israeli man arrested for tricking ex into quarantine four times

Lebanon introduces 24-hour coronavirus lockdown

Covid-19: Turkey says more than 250,000 health workers vaccinated so far

Oxygen for sale: Covid-hit Lebanon running out of breath

Palestinians still awaiting Covid-19 vaccines as Israel dismisses calls to provide jabs

Jordan urges participation as Covid-19 vaccination programme begins

Covid-19: Lebanon tightens restrictions as cases soar

Iran's supreme leader described UK/US Covid-19 vaccines as 'untrustworthy'

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'We will starve to death': War-torn Yemen faces aid cuts and spreading pandemic

Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

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Beirut explosion

Syrian refugees feel double the loss after Beirut port explosion

Qassem Soleimani

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Turkey's Mount Ida: The frontline between mining giants and local people

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EXCLUSIVE: Top Saudi intelligence official 'chased' to Canada by MBS

Notre-Dame: Secret Syrian origins of France's medieval art

Diana Darke

Discover

Elias Rahbani: Eleven tracks that defined Lebanese musician's life and legacy

Death cafes, doulas and dolma: Meet the woman bringing dignity to the end of life

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Wonder Woman 1984: Hollywood is stuck in the past when it comes to the Middle East

Quarantine diaries: Art that inspires power over a pandemic

How to make Iraqi grilled fish | Dine & Discover

Art and photography

MEE photo competition 2020: Winner and runners-up announced

Ten footballers from the Middle East who made their mark in 2020

In pictures: One Omani woman and her 492 furry housemates

Ghost in the machine: Netflix's Paranormal is strictly by the numbers

Memories of Saint Barbara still define the village of Aboud in Palestine

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What you need to know about Amazigh New Year, or Yennayer

Video

The deposed Arab despots

The chants and songs that defined the Arab Spring

The Palestinian cafe winning hearts in Ireland’s Cork

Israel normalisation deals

Israel's foreign ministry using social media to win Arab support online

Israeli police confront Palestinian citizens protesting Netanyahu visit to Nazareth

Lebanon introduces 24-hour coronavirus lockdown

You'll die at sea: The tragic story of a migrant poet

Bahraini authorities say Qatar ‘holding bodybuilding champion’

Palestinians push back against Israeli razing of their land in Jerusalem

How do the Imazighen celebrate the Amazigh New Year?

Saudi-Qatar flights resume after three-year dispute

Lebanon: Aoun says Hariri ‘lying’ about government formation in leaked video

Iraqi policeman shot dead during Nasiriyah protests

Palestine State

The art of Palestinian Dabke

Iran's supreme leader described UK/US Covid-19 vaccines as 'untrustworthy'

Mass arrest of fans of Tunisian football club including minors

US Elections 2020

Progressives promote roster of foreign-policy staffers for Joe Biden

To defeat Trumpism, the US must first dismantle Obamaism

Hamid Dabashi

INTERVIEW: Ro Khanna says ending Yemen war should be a priority for Biden

Libya activists look to Biden to put screws on Khalifa Haftar

US Elections 2020

Biden's Middle East policy will face an unholy right-wing alliance

Richard Silverstein

US Elections 2020

How will Biden shape US policy towards the Middle East?

Guy Burton

US Elections 2020

Biden and the Middle East: Misplaced optimism

Khalil al-Anani

US Elections 2020

'Business as usual': Biden's cabinet picks signal return to Obama-era foreign policy

US Elections 2020

US Democrats win Senate majority to secure government trifecta

US Elections 2020

All eyes on Georgia: What are the implications of US Senate runoffs?

US Elections 2020

It's official: US electoral college certifies Joe Biden as next president

US Elections 2020

US elections 2020: Muslims in state of Georgia mobilise for Senate runoff

US Elections 2020

Who is Gregory Meeks, incoming US House foreign affairs leader?

US Elections 2020

Muslim Americans ran for office in record numbers in 2020

US Elections 2020

Democrats defend Palestinian-American Biden staffer smeared by right-wing activists

US Elections 2020

Where does Joe Biden's cabinet stand on Middle East issues?

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