Here’s why Saudi Arabia is loosening its restrictions on women
Why is Saudi Arabia — a highly conservative state where very little changes — suddenly embracing various kinds of reform, including loosening its repressive gender…
In Turkey, dashed hopes and deepening rifts
Just a year ago, Mecbure Demir, the matriarch of large Kurdish family from a restive town in Turkey’s southeast, was celebrating the prospect of peace….
Russia and Turkey – ‘Sorry’ or ‘apology?’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed his “regret and sorrow” to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter addressing the downing of a Russian jet and…
Detainees Committee: All prisoners in Israeli jails subjected to torture
As many as 71 Palestinian prisoners have died in Israeli jails as a result of torture since 1967, Abdel Nasser Farwana, head of the documentation…
Erdogan apologizes to Putin over death of Russian pilot, calls Russia ‘friend & strategic partner’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has apologized over the downing of the Russian jet in November last year, expressing his regret over the incident in a…
Sheikh Mohammed and leaders of Abu Dhabi discuss national issues
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin…
Turkey: Pope’s genocide remarks won’t help peace efforts
Ankara has criticized Pope Francis’ description of the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians in 1915 as genocide, saying it shows his “unconditional commitment to the…
UN ‘gravely concerned’ over imminent home demolitions in Palestinian refugee camp
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has condemned Israel’s policy of punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes. UNRWA…
Russian, regime raids kill 58 civilians in Syria
At least 82 people including 58 civilians were killed in Russian and regime air strikes on an Islamic State group-held area of eastern Syria, a…
Suicide bombers strike Lebanese village, kill five
At least five people killed and more than a dozen wounded in suicide bombing attack in village near the Syrian border. At least five people…