The Slow-Motion Crisis in Saudi Arabia
Long-stewing problems in one region don’t go away just because another region is at center stage. While Brexit has raged, 3,000 miles away in Riyadh…
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‘Trapped by all the sides’ in Yemen’s largely ignored war
The streets are eerily silent in this front-line enclave near Freedom Square, where thousands of protesters rose up against the government five years ago. The…
‘Quartet’ draft report: Israeli settlements eroding viability of 2 state solution
Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East…
Yemen counter-terrorism mission shows UAE military ambition
The United Arab Emirates, one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East, is deploying its military against al Qaeda in Yemen, and in the…
Germany has to decide whether to export guns to Saudi Arabia
A German court on Thursday ordered the government to decide whether to allow gunmaker Heckler & Koch to export parts to Saudi Arabia, handing a…
Yemen government demands rebel withdrawal before any transition
The Yemeni government on Thursday insisted that Houthi rebels withdraw from all territory seized since 2014 and hand back control of state institutions ahead of…
Fugitive ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s desert mansion complete with a swimming pool and a ZOO is seized by Iraqi forces
The sprawling desert mansion belonging to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been found abandoned amid claims he is still alive and on the run….
Jordan soldiers killed in Syria border bomb attack
A car laden with explosives killed a number of Jordanian border guards outside a camp for Syrian refugees near the boundary between the two countries…
Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes Trigger Humanitarian Disaster, Violations of the Laws of War
The following statement was presented by Arabian Rights Watch Association to the UNHRC [UN Human Rights Commission] during their 32nd session. In this statement US-Yemeni lawyer, Mohammed…
A Saudi Imam, 2 Hijackers and Lingering 9/11 Mystery
Inside an opulent palace in Riyadh late one evening in February 2004, two American investigators interrogated a man they believed might hold answers to one…