The Algerian parliament has unanimously passed a law criminalizing French colonialism, labeling it a state crime and demanding an official apology from Paris.

Algeria’s seven-year sentence for French journalist Christophe Gleizes has reignited bilateral tensions, highlighting political, judicial, and diplomatic strains.

Libya faces a deepening legal and political crisis as conflicting court rulings and institutional disputes threaten the rule of law and national stability.

This visual contrast between the official and the parallel, between the state and what lies outside it, sums up the reality of Tripoli today: a city governed by multiple centers of power, where lines of loyalty intersect between the government, militias, tribes, and even foreign capitals.

As theUAE presents itself to the world as a model of Arab modernity, openness, and innovation, the walls of its ruling palace conceal an intense power struggle between two influential brothers: Thnoun bin Zayed, and Hazza bin Zayed.