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  • June 21, 2017

    ‘We cannot bear the repeated Nakba anymore’

    Abou Omar looks skinnier than the last time I saw him in Damascus. His trembling voice is filled with sadness as he tells me about the harsh and emotional...

  • June 21, 2017

    Tunisia elected as member of UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances

    Tunisia was elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances for a period of four years yesterday. Elections were held in New York within the...

    News
  • June 21, 2017

    $2.9bn increase in Qatar’s trade surplus

    Official Qatari data revealed that the country’s trade surplus had increased by 18.4 per cent in May, compared to the same month last year, Rassd.com reported yesterday. The official...

    News
  • June 21, 2017

    Egypt court rules against transferring islands to Saudi Arabia

    Egypt’s high administrative court yesterday ruled to halt all previous judicial decisions in favour of transferring the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia. Lawyer...

    Videos & Photo Stories
  • June 21, 2017

    The Maghreb and the Gulf controversy

    Developments in the Gulf have cast a shadow over the political landscape in the entire Arab world. As is the case with all significant political events, positions and judgments...

    Article
  • June 21, 2017

    UN envoy to Yemen to move from US to Jordan

    The government of Jordan officially accepted the transfer of the United Nations envoy to Yemen’s office from the United States, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The transfer comes...

    News
  • June 21, 2017

    Calls for protests as another university teacher killed in Algeria

    Algerian academics and university lecturers have called for a demonstration tomorrow in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to express their “indignation”...

    News
  • June 21, 2017

    Somalia: 15 killed in militant attack

    An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber killed 15 people and injured nine others in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Al Jazeera reported. The Al-Shabaab suicide attack was disguised as a milk delivery...

    News
  • June 21, 2017

    Morocco: Syrian refugees’ situation to be resolved

    Morocco has announced that it will find a solution for issue of the Syrian refugees stranded on its border with Algeria. According to a statement from the royal cabinet...

    News
  • June 21, 2017

    HRW: 1,750 complaints from Gulf nationals harmed by Arab rift

    Human Rights Watch said it had received more than 1,750 complaints from Gulf citizens who had been affected by the severing of diplomatic ties and blockade on Qatar. During...

    News