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Muscat, Oman.- In photos taken on November 13, 2020, it shows the streets of Muscat during the coronavirus pandemic. Oman has received $ 1 billion in direct financial aid from Qatar, at a time when the sultanate is trying to mitigate its economic crisis, which has been exacerbated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices.

Oman, Ten Years After the Arab Spring: The Evolution of State-Society Relations

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

An oil tanker is being loaded at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. Picture taken May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Economic diversification in the Gulf: Time to redouble efforts

Nader Kabbani and Nejla Ben Mimoune

Sunday, January 31, 2021

People are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt January 5, 2021. Picture taken January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Fahmy

Policy and Institutional Responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt

Robert P. Beschel Jr.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Hand Out photo dated Auguts 26, 2020 of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), not pictured, executes a passing exercise with Turkish Navy frigates TCG Barbaros (FF 244) and Burgazada (F 513) in the Mediterranean Sea. Tension is simmering in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Turkey, NATO allies but historic rivals, inch toward a possible military confrontation that could end up engulfing the region. Naval vessels from both countries made a show of force in the contested region of the Eastern Mediterranean this week as a race for gas and oil reserves adds a new point of friction to old disputes. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV via ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean: Charting a way out of the current deadlock

Thursday, January 28, 2021

A man walks by a social distancing sign on the first day of New Zealand's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measure that mandates wearing of a mask on public transport, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: New Zealand

Sunday, January 24, 2021

People are seen talking to healthcare workers prior to receiving a covid19 test at a pop up facility at the MCG stadium in Melbourne, Wednesday, January 6, 2021. The MCG has been listed as a potential COVID-19 acquisition site after a man attended day two of the Boxing Day Test and later tested positive to coronavirus. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVINGNo Use Australia. No Use New Zealand.

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: Australia

Tony Goldner and Andrew Letzkus

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Boys play with balls in Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

National human rights institutions: A reason for hope in the Middle East and North Africa?

Thursday, January 7, 2021

A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sits on a vehicle near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Enclave governance: How to circumvent the Assad regime and safeguard Syria’s future

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

April 6, 2019 - Hebron, Palestine: A Palestinian man walks in front of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the part of the old city controlled by Jewish settlers under the protection of the Israeli militaryScene de la vie quotidienne dans la vieille ville d'Hebron, dont une partie est controlee par des colons juifs sous la protection de l'armee israelienne.NO USE FRANCE

The ‘state-plus’ framework: A confederal solution for Israel-Palestine

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Rabat, Morocco.- In the photos, it shows the streets of Rabat during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Coping with COVID-19’s cost: The example of Morocco

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, December 23, 2020