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Saudi Human Rights

Saudi dissidents launch new party calling for democracy in kingdom

New group calls for independent judiciary, elected parliament and equality under law

Donald Trump is spreading 'disease of hate', Ilhan Omar says

UK troops to be shielded from torture prosecutions under proposed law

More than 14 million people internally displaced in first half of 2020: Report

US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait 'six or seven years' for F-35 jets

Saudi King Salman delivers scathing attack on Iran in UN speech

Florida to offer vanity license plates that 'stand with Israel'

'Unaltered position': Kuwait denies Trump claim it will back Israel normalisation

Waad al-Kateab, Lina Attalah and Yousef al-Otaiba named among TIME's 'most influential people'

Coronavirus

Lebanon reports record 1,006 coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Coronavirus impacts farmers in the Egyptian 'Village of Jasmine'

Iran's coronavirus death toll exceeds 24,000, says health ministry

Iran facing 'third wave' of coronavirus with resurgence in infections

More than 200 coronavirus cases at Lebanon's biggest prison, union leader says

Syria's displaced in Idlib tackle coronavirus despite lack of support

Coronavirus: UAE daily case tally jumps fivefold in one month, alarming officials

First Covid-19 cases confirmed at Jordanian camp for Syrian refugees

Libya Crisis

Libya's Haftar agrees to lift oil blockade with conditions

Head of Libya's Tripoli government announces he wants to resign

Libya's PM Fayez al-Sarraj reportedly set to resign

Libyans burn Benghazi government building in protests over living conditions

EU detains ship carrying fuel from UAE on suspicion of breaking Libya arms embargo

Khalifa Haftar sued in US court for $50m over alleged rights abuses, war crimes

Moscow steps up support for pro-Haftar Russian mercenaries in Libya: UN

Libya's GNA says pro-Haftar mercenaries deployed in Jufra and Sirte despite ceasefire

Occupation

Chelsea owner donated over $100m to Israeli settler group

'Between fire and fuel': Palestinians in Jerusalem town face eviction orders

Occupation of UK factory involved in Israeli drone manufacture enters third day

Israeli court hands three life sentences to settler in Dawabsheh arson case

'A trap': Oslo, Jerusalem and the door to Arab normalisation

Israeli installation of loudspeakers in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound stokes concern

British Palestine direct action group takes on Israel’s largest arms company

Residency revocation latest battle in Palestinian lawyer's fight to stay in Jerusalem

US Protests

US lawyers charged with 'firebombing' police car during Floyd protests released on bail

Turkey denounces vandalism of Ataturk statue in US capital

Arab-Americans tackling anti-Blackness in the Middle East

Black Lives Matter protester forced to remove hijab on arrest demands justice

Meet the Arab Americans taking to the streets to support Black Lives Matter

Texas mosque faces backlash for hosting local police chief at anti-racism event

Cornel West on US protests: The chickens have come home to roost

Cornel West: Black Lives Matter and the fight against US empire are one and the same

Black Lives Matter: Ethiopian Israelis compare and contrast struggle with US

'Hypocrisy': AIPAC faces backlash after issuing statement on George Floyd killing

Black Mauritanians protest against US racism, after fleeing racial violence at home

US police departments under pressure to end training programmes with Israel

'Blackface' Arab stars spark backlash over tasteless solidarity with US protests

'We want justice': Arab activists join Black Lives Matter protest in Washington

#BlackLivesMatter: Lebanon activists share protest tips with US demonstrators

'We can't breathe until we're free': Palestinians stand in solidarity with US protesters

Analysis

Neither historic nor meaningful, the UAE-Israel deal may never get off the ground

As anti-Netanyahu protests grow, Israel's Russian community joins the fray

Diab's government is gone. Here's what to expect in Lebanon

Netanyahu incites violence by casting protesters as clear and present danger

Vulnerable and flagging in the polls, Erdogan rattles his base

Syria's sham elections reveal shifting loyalties

Israel’s sabotage op shows Iranian nukes are back on the agenda

Israeli annexation would cement existing reality of one-state 'apartheid'

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Saudi Human Rights

Saudi dissidents launch new party calling for democracy in kingdom

Donald Trump is spreading 'disease of hate', Ilhan Omar says

UK troops to be shielded from torture prosecutions under proposed law

More than 14 million people internally displaced in first half of 2020: Report

US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait 'six or seven years' for F-35 jets

Saudi King Salman delivers scathing attack on Iran in UN speech

Florida to offer vanity license plates that 'stand with Israel'

'Unaltered position': Kuwait denies Trump claim it will back Israel normalisation

Waad al-Kateab, Lina Attalah and Yousef al-Otaiba named among TIME's 'most influential people'

Israel-UAE deal

Israeli airliner flies to Bahrain in wake of normalisation deal

Beirut explosion

Debris from Beirut explosion adds to Lebanon's rubbish crisis

Turkey, Greece agree to 'exploratory' talks over Eastern Mediterranean disputes

Egypt: Dozens arrested as anti-Sisi protests continue for third day

France, Spain deny US claim that Hezbollah is storing explosives in Europe

Saudi Arabia to begin allowing Umrah for citizens and residents

Here's what world leaders said about the Middle East at the UN General Assembly