Egypt

'A big pact': How the US plans to unite Libya through two ruling families

Russia is in retreat and energy prices are skyrocketing. Both developments have energised the US bid to unify Libya without popular consent

UAE's Opec exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts

Mohamad Elmasry

Counterrevolution in Egypt: How Sisi broke the dream of a new republic

War on Iran: Why Egypt cannot afford to take sides

Saif Alislam Eid

Ramadan TV: Six things we learned from the 2026 season

Inside the Sudanese army coalition split over Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood

How US-Israeli war gave Iran all the cards in the Middle East

David Hearst

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Eight children evacuated during Israeli siege on al-Shifa return to Gaza

Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US

Sami Al-Arian

Israel's genocide in Gaza

US ambassador Huckabee says Israel at war with Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Jordan

Saudi-UAE Tensions

How Saudi Arabia plans to reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

British Museum row reveals the limits of decolonisation movements

Marchella Ward

Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan on Wednesday, but many others to begin a day later

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Gaza reconstruction: Who has signed up to Trump’s Board of Peace?

El Sett: Why did the Saudi-backed biopic about Umm Kulthum flop?

Britain must reject the UAE's Brotherhood bogeyman

Andreas Krieg

The voice and the rifle: How Umm Kulthum became a target of the Mossad

Majd Asadi

Israel normalisation deals

Majority of Arabs oppose normalisation with Israel, pan-Arab survey finds

Israel's attorney general backs 'de facto West Bank annexation' measures, report says

Why Israel's recognition of Somaliland risks further destabilising the Red Sea

Abdiwali Sayid

Egypt and Saudi Arabia focus on Eritrea as UAE bolsters ties to Ethiopia