Should Europe be helping killing Yemenis: Europeans ask
AFP | The Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen may have increased public pressure on EU governments to freeze arms sales to the kingdom but for...
Qatar comes to aid of resource deficient Palestinian government
News Analysis | Qatar has announced an aid package worth $480 million for the Palestinians in both The West Bank and the Gaza strip where...
US selling arms to Saudi Arab’s enemies
News Desk | The US State Department has given the nod to a potential $3bn sale of 24 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment to...
Iraqi jails feared to be once again oozing out Jihadists
AFP | As Iraq tries thousands of locals and foreigners accused of joining the Islamic State group, experts warn its jails could once again become...
Why the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan shouldn’t be released
Dov Waxman | Dead on arrival. That’s what almost every expert predicts will be the fate of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace plan to resolve the...
A Ramadan ‘full of mortar shells’ in Yemen
AFP | Mohammad Abkar thought he would be home by the time Ramadan rolled around, but the Yemeni father of three will spend the Muslim...
Blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood could radicalise members: analysts
News Desk | Washington is considering blacklisting the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, but experts warn the move would risk radicalising its members and...
Four more Saudi women activists freed pending trial
AFP | Saudi Arabia on Thursday released at least four more detained women activists pending trial, campaigners said, bringing the total number of women provisionally...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State group’s elusive leader
AFP | Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who purportedly appeared for the first time in five years in an IS propaganda video released...
Since When Did Russia Get The Right To Speak On Syria’s Behalf?
Andrew Korybko | The democratically elected and legitimate government of the Syrian Arab Republic has its own international representatives and doesn't need Russia to put...
Iran sanctions, unrest hit Mideast growth: IMF
AFP | US sanctions on Iran, rising unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and oil price volatility are dragging regional economic growth, the...
Yazidis to accept IS rape survivors, not their children
AFP | Children born to Yazidi women as a result of rape by the militant Islamic State group fighters will not be permitted to join...