A rare glimmer of hope emerged in Geneva on Friday when Libya’s two main warring factions signed a historic nation-wide ceasefire agreement thus paving the way for reconciliation that could end more than nine years of civil war.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi is facing a pressing challenge that threatens to push Iraq once more into a sectarian furnace. He needs the political will and the means to isolate and neutralise tens of renegade pro-Iran militias.

Lebanon’s political impasse, triggered by the August 4 Beirut Port explosion that forced Prime Minister Hassan Diab to resign, is not ending soon despite the fact that France has kept its initiative on the table until now.

With the latest intervention in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is extending his country’s foreign adventures from the north Africa to Caucuses, raising questions about Ankara’s controversial role as a major regional disrupter.

Libya watchers believe there is a glimmer of hope as the two main rivals hold a series of talks in Egypt and Morocco ahead of a major summit in Geneva next month.

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib’s pursuit to form a non-partisan government of experts is about to falter.

President Donald Trump’s quest for a second term this November is proving to be difficult but not impossible. The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 190,000 Americans so far and it is now the single main factor that threatens his comeback.

Amid shifting geopolitical sands three, Arab countries are reacting by closing ranks and seeking to coordinate their positions.

Tensions between Turkey and Greece over maritime borders and off-shore energy reserves in the Aegean and East Mediterranean seas are reaching a critical tipping point. Moreover, the crisis has further polarized NATO, of which the two nations are members, and the European Union.