PKK terrorists carry out bomb attack in Mardin
Kurdish militants carried out a car bomb attack on a military outpost in southeast Turkey and then opened fire on the facility on Saturday, wounding…
UAE expats sent $1.4 bln back home during Eid
Expatriate workers in the United Arab Emirates – who make up over 80 percent of the country’s population of 8.5 million – sent around $1.36…
Jordan Seeks Nuclear Deal with the U.S.
Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Khaled Toukan, announced Amman’s renewed intent to reach a nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. in an interview…
Saudi Arabia: Authorities Arrest Two Men for Hosting Dog Beauty pageant
Two men were reportedly arrested by law enforcement in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah for organizing a dog beauty contest. According to The Foreign…
Can Bahrain count on Moscow to fill Washington’s shoes?
Since 2011, much analysis on Bahrain has focused on its crackdown on Arab Spring activism, the US military presence in the kingdom and Manama’s role in…
Rethinking Turkish citizenship
The announcement that Turkish citizenship will be offered to Syrian refugees came at almost the same time as the release of the Chilcot report –…
Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel
The deputy commender of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said the country has over 100,000 missiles in Lebanon alone readied for the “annihilation” of Israel. Speaking…
Report: The U.S. Has More Oil Than Saudi Arabia or Russia
Global oil prices recently edged upward but still hover around $45 a barrel. Some observers blame the two-year slump on a conspiracy by Saudi Arabia,…
Germany says forces in Iran trying to torpedo nuclear deal
Responding to German intelligence agency reports that Iran has been trying to acquire nuclear technology in Germany, Berlin said on Friday that certain forces in…
Demanding Order, El-Sissi Turns to Military to Rebuild Egypt
During two years in office, Egypt’s general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sought to impose a military-style discipline to end years of turmoil and has turned to…