Yemen activist once held by rebels slams UN peace drive as ‘naive’
AFP | A Yemeni activist who was held and allegedly tortured for months by Huthi rebels this week criticised the UN-backed peace process for his...
Global watchdog takes Saudi Arabia to task for lax anti-terrorism finance measures – James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on the...
Does the UN’s Syria peace process still have a purpose?
AFP | When your job has been labelled "mission impossible," failure may be the most likely outcome. There is no doubt that the United Nations...
Coalition says to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen’s Hodeida
AFP | A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds the Red Sea city...
Middle Eastern black swans dot China’s Belt and Road – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | If any one part of the world has forced China to throw its long-standing foreign and defense policy principles out the...
Turkey desperately trying to prevent the fallout from Idlib
News Analysis | Turkey has increased its efforts to divert or at least de-escalate the upcoming belligerence of Syrian Army, coupled with the Russian air...
Turkey expected to hike rates in new test for central bank
AFP | The Turkish central bank is expected to lift interest rates on Thursday to combat the plunge in value of the lira and rampant...
Re-opened Iraqi railway a sign of progress
AFP | The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and...
Qatar says Saudi blocking hajj access to its citizens
AFP | Qatar on Sunday said its citizens were unable to take part in the annual hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia as the two countries...
Iraqi girls take up swimming in IS-free Mosul
AFP | Her father and grandfather gained fame in the pool. Now, 12-year-old Rama Omar hopes to do the same -- a bold move in...
Eid-ul-Adha 2017: Glimpses from around the world
Eid-ul-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, is the second most revered festival in the Muslim world, which is celebrated to mark the end of...
Yemen: Around 10,000 dead and a humanitarian crisis
AFP | The war in Yemen has since March 2015 left around 10,000 people dead, the vast majority civilians, and caused the world's worst humanitarian...