Lexis Nexis Academic has an extensive list of newspapers in English published in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as wire services. See the list below. Use the link below to open the database then follow the instructions here for searching within particular papers.

Find the box in the lower left entitled "Search the News." Click on the down arrow to open the options box. In the box labeled "by Source Title" enter one of the news sources listed below. As you type, titles appear in a window below the box. Click on the title you want to select it.
Enter a search term in the top search window labeled "search for." to identify your topic. The results will be organized by relevance, which means the frequency with which the term appears in the article. To sort by date find the widow labeled Sort near the top of the screen, click on the dropdown arrow, and click on Publication Date.

7 Days (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Bawaba (Jordan)
Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Dar Al Hayat (Lebanon)
Emirates News Agency (WAM)
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Report
Jordan News Agency (Petra)
Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
The Kurdish Globe
Mideast Mirror (London; digest of Mideastern press)
Palestine Chronicle
Qatar News Agency
Saudi Gazette
Saudi Press Agency
Times of Oman
TradeArabia (Bahrain)
Turkish Daily News
The Week (Oman)
Yemen News Agency

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Full-text sources on current events, business, law, and medicine.
Formerly Lexis Nexis Academic Universe.
It includes regional, national, and international newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports, tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical information). Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present, with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s.