Middle East & North Africa

LA MECA, SAUDI ARABIA- The annual pilgrimage to the Hajj ceremony began this Wednesday (29) in the Saudi town of Mecca marked by the limitations imposed by the new coronavirus pandemic, which modified the massive rituals of other years, in the that millions of Muslims participated in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the Holy Places (Mecca), Saudi Arabia on July 29, 2020.

GCC News Roundup: Saudi Arabia issues guidelines for hajj, Gulf countries adjust coronavirus restrictions (July 1-31)

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

King Mohammed VI of Morocco looks on during a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. USA, on November 22, 2013. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

Morocco’s socio-economic development after 21 years under King Mohammed VI

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Friday, July 31, 2020

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Tunisia may have beaten COVID-19, but challenges persist

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Unidentified fisherman counting money and trading fish on December 24, 2014 in a traditional fishing village at Lake Victoria, Kenya

Figures of the week: Regional heterogeneity in Africa’s economic growth predicted to subside

David Kanos and Chris Heitzig

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Morocco's new King Mohammed VI sits in a horse-drawn red carriage, on his way to preside over his first Moslem prayers at the Ahl Fez Mosque July 30, since taking the throne last week. According to tradition, the first Friday (after being crowned) the king presides over prayers as a symbol that the king is carrying out his role as the Commander of the Faithful.JB/AA

Progress and missed opportunities: Morocco enters its third decade under King Mohammed VI

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A poster depicting the former government advisor and political analyst Hisham al-Hashemi, who was killed by gunmen is seen at the Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani -/File Photo

Is Iran losing its grip on its proxy militias in Iraq?

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Flags of Saudi Arabia and China are hung in front of Tiananmen Gate before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Beijing, China February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Global China in the Middle East

Lindsey W. Ford, Bruce Riedel, and Natan Sachs

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

President George H.W. Bush is surrounded by a sea of U.S. military personnel as he greets troops following an arrival ceremony in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dhahran November 22, 1990. Bush celebrates Thanksgiving Day with U.S. troops from all branches of the military deployed here after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Reuters/Terry Bochatey ( SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

30 years after our ‘endless wars’ in the Middle East began, still no end in sight

Monday, July 27, 2020

Muslims pray at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in their holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 8, 2019. REUTERS/Waleed Ali

It is time to reform the management of the hajj

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during a bilateral meeting of the the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China April 25, 2019. Andrea Verdelli/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 25: Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during a bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People on April 25, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by

China in the Mediterranean: Implications of expanding Sino-North Africa relations

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs

July 2020