Up to 300000 Syrian refugees could get Turkish citizenship
Up to 300,000 Syrian refugees living in Turkey could be given citizenship under a plan to keep wealthy and educated Syrians in the country, a…
Yemen’s hospitals in crisis as doctors flee country
Since Yemen’s civil war began, 1,200 foreign health practitioners have left Yemen, jeopardising its healthcare system As 28-year-old Rayan al-Azazi drove a bus with 12…
Philippine president blames US for Middle East violence
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has blamed conflicts in Middle Eastern countries on foreign intervention, insisting that the United States “imported terrorism”. He told Muslim Filipinos…
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…