Egypt’s el-Sissi can rule until 2034
‘Arab Spring in reverse!’, tweets an exiled leader as parliament, controlled by intelligence agencies, changes the constitution
Saudis host music festival
They try to lure tourists
SDF launches ‘final battle’ against IS
The US-backed SDF began an assault against final IS enclave on Saturday to wipe out its “caliphate”
Tens of thousands join first papal mass on Arabian peninsula
Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims in Abu Dhabi join the public celebration by Pope Francis
Muezzin fired for bodybuilder outfit
Photos posted online of him in a revealing outfit at a bodybuilding contest costs him the job
Building collapse in Syria kills 11
A child was the only survivor in the collapse
West Bank violence surges, Israel silent on attacks
Israel’s government has been reluctant to condemn attacks by Jewish settlers, wary of alienating the movement’s supporters in an election year
Egypt uncovers tomb containing 50 mummies
Ancient burial site dates back to the Ptolemaic era
One killed, five hurt in Iran attack
Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni militant group, has claimed responsibility for the attack
Mixed-faith marriage as a way of life in Dubai
Mina Liccione chooses not to follow standard practice by converting to Islam
Saudi women’s rights activist still imprisoned
The US should pressure Saudis to respect the human rights of outspoken women
Turkey ready to take over Manbij
Suicide bombing in Manbij was a provocative act aimed at affecting Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, Erdogan told Trump
15 killed in Iran plane crash
One survivor, a flight engineer, has been taken to the hospital, the army told the Fars news agency
Male guardianship on Saudi women opposed
Dramatic events renewed focus on Saudi women's legal status
Egypt security forces kill 40 militants after tourist bus blast
They have been killed in three separate raids in North Sinai and Giza, the ministry of interior said
Human rights advocate under fire over 'abduction'
Mary Robinson, a former United Nations human rights commissioner, has been accused of covering for Dubai’s mistreatment of a daughter of the ruling sheikh
Suicide bombers kill several in Libya
Three suicide bombers attacked Libya’s foreign ministry killing two other and themselves
In this Arab nation, ‘Jesus isn’t only for the Christians’
Christmas is by no means a universal part of the holiday calendar of observant Muslims, especially conservative ones, some of whom consider Christmas decorations forbidde...
Iraq police deny arrest of Santa Clause
The Iraqi police said that a widely shared photo had been taken not in Iraq but in Syria, and that the officers in the picture with the Santa were helping distribute pres...
‘US withdrawal from Syria will spur IS revival’
Kurdish-led SDF says revival of Islamic State likely if US forces back out of Syria
Trump will look at extraditing Turkish cleric
Trump said Washington "would take a look at" the possibility of extraditing a US-based Muslim cleric who Ankara suspects of being behind a 2016 coup attempt
