Algerians eager for change but wary of new Arab Spring

AFP | Massive protests that have gripped Algeria might resemble another Arab Spring but those seeking democratic change are mindful of history and want to...

French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain killed in Syria: wife

AFP | Prominent French jihadist Jean-Michel Clain was killed last month, his wife told AFP Tuesday after fleeing the last redoubt of the Islamic State...

IS-backed Boko Haram faction may have new chief: sources

AFP | The leader of an Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram may have been replaced, sources say, against a backdrop of speculation as to...

Yemen, Saudis, UAE accuse Huthis of breaking pullback deal

AFP | Yemen's government and its Saudi and Emirati backers are accusing Huthi rebels of refusing to abide by a deal agreed two weeks ago...

Qatar says arms purchases ‘none of Saudi’s business’

AFP | Qatar on Monday told rival Saudi Arabia not to meddle in its potential arms purchases from Russia, as the Gulf state weighs the...

Saudi says Hamza bin Laden stripped of his citizenship

AFP | Hamza Bin Laden, a son of late al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden seen as a rising jihadist leader, has been stripped of his...

Saudi Arabia to put detained women activists on trial

AFP | Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday. "The public...

Chlorine used in attack on Syria’s Douma: watchdog

AFP | The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Friday that chlorine was used against the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma in 2018, in a long-awaited...

Once the backbone of Middle Eastern protests, ultras are down but not out – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Ali Issa Ahmad, a British football fan, who was lingering earlier this year in jail in the United Arab Emirates for...

Guns and milk: what they carried from the ‘caliphate’

AFP | Guns, laptops, gold coins and baby formula: when Syrian fighters search women emerging from the ruins of the jihadist "caliphate", what they find...

Saudi gas export plans shine new light on efforts to isolate Iran

Dr. James M Dorsey | Saudi plans to become a major gas exporter within a decade raise questions about what the real goal of the...

Hundreds flee Syria jihadist enclave before final assault

AFP | Hundreds of people boarded trucks leaving the last scrap of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" in eastern Syria on Wednesday as US-backed forces...
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