BY: MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ* On the night of July 15, Gülenists attempted not just an ordinary coup, but a deadly terrorist putsch, mercilessly killing hundreds of civilians Saturday, July 15, 2017 marked the anniversary of Turkey’s [ More … ]
A leaked Qatari diplomatic communique has revealed that the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the UAE supported two Yemeni backers of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State groups. A leaked Qatari diplomatic communique alleges that [ More … ]
‘This committee will receive all claims, whether from the public sector, private sector or individuals’ Qatar on Sunday announced it was establishing a committee to pursue compensation claims potentially worth billions of dollars over the [ More … ]
The attack was one of the deadliest against the military in an insurgency that has killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers in the past four years Egypt held funerals on Saturday for at least 21 [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Exactly four years ago, the bloodiest and most savage military coup of the 21st century was perpetrated against Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president in its 4,000-year history. Morsi was sent directly [ More … ]
UAE transferred Yemen terror suspects to secret Eritrean prison, says Human Rights Watch Two investigations uncovered cases of ‘torture and forced disappearances’ by UAE forces in Yemen, a leading human rights group has said. Former [ More … ]
Egypt today increased gasoline and diesel prices in the second fuel hike since a currency floatation in November last year. Fuel price increases had been widely expected as part of Egypt’s $12 billion International Monetary [ More … ]
The recently deposed crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef, has been barred from leaving the kingdom and confined to his palace in the coastal city of Jeddah, according to four current and former [ More … ]
The US has warned President Bashar al-Assad that the Syrian regime president and his military would ‘pay a heavy price’ if it conducted a ‘planned’ chemical weapons attack. Tags: Assad, Syria, US, Russia, chemical weapons, [ More … ]
Turkey has prepared an aid cargo to ship to Yemen, where thousands of civilians lost their lives due to cholera, and thousands wait for medicine for treatment. Nearly 3 million people who were displaced due [ More … ]
Turkish President Erdoğan has once again harshly criticized the United States for providing arms to the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), declaring the move to be a violation of the NATO treaty. “We will [ More … ]
Egyptian protesters accuse Sisi of trading islands of Tiran and Sanafir for billions in Saudi aid Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has replaced Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with his favored son Mohammed bin Salman, overturning the established succession order to ease his son’s path to the throne. Mohammed bin Nayef was [ More … ]
The Abraaj Capital Limited (ACLD) – a member of The UAE Abraaj Group that is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) – has been gradually expanding its influence on health institutions [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and Israel are in talks to establish economic ties, a dramatic move that would put the Jewish state on a path to normal relations with the bastion of Sunni Islam and guardian of [ More … ]
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