News 31 May 2016 65m Tumblr passwords for sale on the dark web Tumblr recently revealed it had been hacked in 2013 as user credentials have now surfaced online Source: ITP.net Full Article: 65m Tumblr passwords for sale on the dark web Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 UN alarmed about Iraqi families used as human shields UN officials have received "credible reports that families are being concentrated into the center of the city by Daesh and they are not allowed to leave these concentration points," said… Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 Is new Gaza war more probable with Liberman? With Avigdor Liberman joining the Netanyahu government, Palestinians feel desperate about a breakthrough in the political stalemate between the PA and Israel and anticipate a military escalation in the Gaza… Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 Bahrain ramps up Sheikh Ali Salman's jail term to 9 years The appeals court increased the sentence for charges of inciting violence to nine years from the original four, a judicial official said.Salman's Al-Wefaq bloc condemned the verdict as "unacceptable and… Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 Turkey faces multiple dilemmas in Syria Ankara’s Kurdish phobia underlies its inability to come up with realistic strategies that will also serve its own long-term security interests. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Turkey faces multiple dilemmas… Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 Saudi Arabia said to hire HSBC banker to manage bond issue Fahad Al Saif has reportedly joined the Ministry of Finance on secondment from HSBC's Saudi British Bank Source: Arabian Business Full Article: Saudi Arabia said to hire HSBC banker to… Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 Erdogan engineers his own conquest of Istanbul The 563rd celebration of Istanbul's conquest was overblown, much like the omnipresent pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's head on giant posters. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Erdogan engineers his… Meet the Middle East
News 31 May 2016 Supreme Court flips murder into manslaughter for man who killed his rapist Yonatan Hillo had been convicted of murdering Yaron Ayalin in 2010 and given a 20-year sentence by the Lod District Court in 2013. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Supreme Court… Meet the Middle East
News 30 May 2016 Iraq Kurds retake nine villages from IS The Kurdistan Region Security Council said the operation launched before dawn on Sunday "had achieved its key objectives".The KRSC statement listed nine villages that had been occupied by IS since… Meet the Middle East
News 30 May 2016 "Nowhere to go": MSF says IS Syria assault traps thousands Pablo Marco, the regional manager of the charity known by its French acronym MSF, said concerns were rising for a large civilian population less than five kilometres (three miles) from… Meet the Middle East