Advisory Council Rejects Labour Reform As Qatar Stiffens Its Back
Revived controversy over the integrity of Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup and persistent criticism of the conditions of migrant labour in the Gulf state appear to…
Study in Contrasts: Militaries in Political Transitions in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
The Economist recently highlighted the contrast between post-revolt Asian societies and Middle Eastern and North African societies in the woes of a prolonged, messy and bloody transition that is pockmarked…
The Kurds – Key to Success Against “The Islamic State?”
The so-called Islamic State, more commonly called the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has suffered few military setbacks. The one that the Iraqi and American governments like to…
The Middle East and North Africa: Adapting to a New Paradigm
The US and Arab military strategies across the Middle East and North Africa have failed to reverse the rise of often retrograde rebel forces in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya.…
This Is How a Hero Looks Like in the Most Dangerous Place on Earth (video)
“When the bombs rain down, the Syrian Civil Defence rushes in. In a place where public services no longer function these unarmed volunteers risk their lives to help anyone in…
Syrian Medical Student Tries to Keep up With What Is Happening in the World
While under siege in a very sad place in the world, a Syrian medical student volunteers to do some good and keep up with the world. Here is the 24-year-old…
Blatter Enables AFC to Keep Its Skeletons Under Lock and Key
Embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter has spun the world soccer body’s crisis as a public relations and reputation management issue and a problem caused by individuals rather than a crisis…
The Reshaping of the Middle East
Battle and bloodshed in a dozen places across the region, a breakdown of law, order and normal existence in large areas, hordes of terrified refugees fleeing from conflict and from…
Syrian Painter Keeps Going Despite Pain
Despite the atrocities of war in Syria, Abu Malek, aged 21, continues to paint on walls in destroyed neighbourhoods to express the suffering and conditions Syrians live. Here is Abu…