Libya

US lobby firm secures $2m contract to whitewash image of Libya’s Haftar

Ballard Partners has close ties to the Trump administration, which is reportedly working on a power-sharing deal in Libya bypassing elections

How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Israel attacks Iran

Trump-Netanyahu war aims to entrap Iranians into unconditional submission

Hamid Dabashi

Saudi-UAE Tensions

How Saudi Arabia plans to reshape the Middle East

David Hearst

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

Israel normalisation deals

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

Iran-Israel tensions

Trump must defy Netanyahu's push for war on Iran

Dr Ahmed Altuwaijri

Libya: Gaddafi supporters left without rallying figure after Saif al-Islam’s killing

Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, killed in Libya

Berlin summit calls for Libyan parties, foreign powers to refrain from oil hostilities

Haftar forces block Libya oil exports, raising stakes for Sunday's Berlin peace summit

Turkey's president says Europe will face 'terror threat' if Tripoli government falls

Rights group hopes new evidence of Islamic State 'justice' bureau can identify perpetrators

Haftar thanks 'dear friend' Putin ahead of Libya peace summit

Libya's Haftar 'committed' to ceasefire and peace talks, Germany says

Haftar walkout on Libya talks puts Russia 'in tight spot', say Turkish officials

Turkey ready to 'teach a lesson' to Haftar after Libya talks end without resolution

Progress made in Libya talks, but Haftar delays signing ceasefire deal

Libya's rival leaders attend peace talks in Moscow

Tripoli guns quiet after Haftar, GNA agree to sign Libya ceasefire

Libya forces loyal to Haftar announce ceasefire after calls from Kremlin, Ankara