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

What the UAE fears most: Democracy

David Hearst

Italy welcomes Libya ban on NGO ships in 'search and rescue' zone

Boris Johnson backs Khalifa Haftar's fight against 'terror' in Libya

The Muslim Brotherhood and the GCC: It’s complicated

Courtney Freer

Civilians and soldiers beheaded in attack on pro-Haftar forces in Libya

Libya's former PM kidnapped in Tripoli, reports family

Armed group stopping migrant boats leaving Libya

Libyan 'execution chief' has been arrested, Haftar forces say

First step to solve the GCC crisis? Realise sovereignty and security aren't mutually exclusive

Salman Shaikh and Courtney Freer

Spanish migrant rescue ship threatened by Libyan coastguard

Haftar's 'execution chief' faces arrest warrant for Libya murders

Doctors Without Borders suspends migrant rescues in Mediterranean