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Passage 'vital to trade' between Jordan and Syria will reopen on Monday for first time in three years, say officials.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Jordan and Syria agree to reopen…

Activists say they are increasingly being summoned by the Cyber Crimes Bureau for criticising the government on social media.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Is Lebanon cracking down on government critics?

Analysts familiar with the desert kingdom said it was likely that Saudi leaders were hoping the scandal would blow over and that they could wait it out. Source: Jerusalem Post…

Afghanistan’s election has been postponed for a week in Kandahar province after an elite Afghan guard opened fire at the end of a meeting between Kandahar and US officials. The…

A retrospective on the life and works of the Iranian artist shows a woman ahead of her time.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Behjat Sadr: Iran's 'pioneer of visual arts' gets…

In a speech, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei encouraged young scientists to look east rather than west for academic connections. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Khamenei instructs Iranian scholars…

Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Intel: Why Turkey is leaking Khashoggi details to the media

For Israel’s leadership, the anti-Iran alliance with Saudi Arabia is more important than reacting on the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Analysis: Israel torn between…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears as the savior of the Turkish economy after revoking the decision to work with McKinsey and thereby preventing American involvement — all at the…

In an interview with Al-Monitor, the head of the Supreme Council of the Tuareg Tribes, Mawlay Qudeidi, speaks about the clashes between rival militias in Tripoli, the security situation and…