In favoring Middle East ally, U.S. glossed over human rights record
As the United States negotiated this year's nuclear pact with Iran, the State Department quietly agreed to spare the Gulf sultanate of Oman from...
Idlib torn between Syrian government and Turkey
The intensifying campaign to retake the country's last rebel holdout Idlib has triggered a deepening humanitarian crisis and intensifying clashes with Ankara.
The World Health...
Saudi Arabia is emerging as the new Arab superpower
Faced with Iranian meddling in Yemen and elsewhere, the kingdom has no choice but to deploy unprecedented force in the name of stability
It has...
Bahraini activist leaves prison
A prominent Bahraini activist, Hajer Mansoor, 51, her son and nephew were sentenced to prison in October 2017 after being accused of planting a...
Afghanistan and the US: A historic deal
Washington and the insurgents are expected to sign a deal in Doha on Saturday that would see thousands of US troops leave Afghanistan after...
Around 200 staff laid off in Qatar Airways as Coronavirus cuts air travel
As Coronavirus outbreak forces the Middle East carrier slashes flights this week, Qatar Airways laid off around 200 employees; all Filipino nationals based in...
Amid Coronavirus outbreak, France shuts dozens of schools
120 schools were closed in areas that have reported the largest numbers of Coronavirus infections, French officials stated.
Both primary and secondary schools have been...
Gulf states plan military retaliation to Putin's bombing of rebel positions in Syria
Analysts say Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are now likely to increase military aid to the anti-Assad groups they support. This comes as a...
Western Addiction to Bombing Doesn't Absolve Islamic World of Own Mistakes
Egyptian journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Dessouki believes that so long as the West and the Muslim world continue to focus all their energy on blaming...
Solar plane's arrival highlights UAE's clean-energy push
The United Arab Emirates might not seem like an obvious spot to begin and end a globe-spanning flight promoting renewable energy.
It is OPEC's fourth...
