Turkish forces take part in drills in Qatar
Turkish troops have taken part in long-planned joint military exercises in Qatar, military sources and al Jazeera television reported on Monday, following a diplomatic rift…
Dubai: Chinese tourist’s body found in sand dune
A Chinese tourist who had been missing for four days in Dubai was found dead on a sand dune, Chinese media reported. The Chinese embassy…
Bahrain: Bomb blast kills policeman
Bahrain says a bomb explosion has claimed the life of a police officer and injured two others in a northwestern village on the Persian Gulf island….
3rd week of Qatar crises – Video
Gulf Research Center Director of Research John Sfakianakis weighs in on Qatar’s diplomatic crises. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Middle East.” See video here. Source:…
Start-up gives income to Syrian refugees
Several times a week, Syrian refugee Noor Al Kasseer uses Skype to teach conversational Arabic to students scattered across the world. The income is helping…
Iran strikes Isis in Syria to avenge Tehran attacks
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday (18 June) that it killed “a large number” of Isis militants in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province…
London mosque: 2 feared dead and 1 stabbed
Two people are feared dead and at least one person was stabbed by the knife-wielding driver of the van that drove into a crowd of…
German forces will leave Turkey’s Incirlik base in July
Germany’s defense minister has said German troops in Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base will continue fighting in the international coalition against the Daesh terrorist group till…
Abu Dhabi: Eight-year-old girl can bend it all
Nima Thajudheen is the butterfly girl. At the age of three, when most children would be gleefully engrossed in cartoons, this Abu Dhabi girl was…
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death could see jihadis’ resistance crumble
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed in a Russian air strike in Raqqa which took place following intelligence reports that the Isis chief was…