Ahmed Maher

Gender inequality remains pervasive across the region's political systems, with just 17 per cent of parliamentary positions held by women

Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides told 'The National' that diplomatic negotiations are needed to ease tensions but said Turkey must respect the island's territorial integrity

For one US ambassador and his wife, artworks from across the Middle East are a powerful tool of communication

Iranian regime rejects claim by France that it has accelerated uranium enrichment at its new underground Fordow nuclear plant

Anger in the president’s close-knit Alawite community forced the Syrian president to see his cousin jailed, but an early release was met with barely a whisper

Giant image of general who directed Iran's influence in the region hangs across what used to be protest headquarters in Baghdad

The strike will hit the vital phosphate basin in Gafsa, which is the main employer in the province and a key national income earner

Washington's policy on Syria unlikely to change as the current approach has support from both sides of the aisle

Despite success of previous vaccination programmes, people are sceptical about inoculations against the coronavirus

Since the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations have become secret affairs and cakes have vanished from bakery windows

Visit by the Turkish defence minister to Libya has renewed debate over Ankara's interventionist policies in the region

Hiba Al Sabhan wants to change social attitudes in her birthplace by launching a fashion line in a city still recovering from war

Hiba Al Sabhan wants to change social attitudes in her birthplace by launching a fashion line in a city still recovering from war.