December 2019

Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade. Here are highlights from celebrations in New York, Dubai, Rio de Janiero, Paris, and London. New York Fireworks burst and…

Birzeit University students are challenging the school's administration over what it says is the "militarization" of their activities on campus. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Birzeit bans ‘military’ events, sparking…

Cappadocia offers intrepid tourists and art lovers alike plenty to do and see during the winter months. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Cappadocia's fairy chimneys, pristine snow beckons winter tourists

Turkey could be seriously sidelined by a highly effective operation undertaken recently by Syrian forces. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Turkish troops in Syria threatened at Idlib outposts

Palestinians living in Jerusalem are concerned about their future and ways to protect themselves and their properties amid calls to have their Jordanian citizenship restored. Source: Al Monitor Full Article:…

Iran on Sunday blasted France for its “interference” in the arrest of the jailed academic Fariba Adelkhah, two days after the French foreign ministry said it had summoned the Iranian…

At least nine people were killed and several others were injured in a blast that hit a military graduation parade in the Yemeni southern town of al-Dhalea on Sunday, the…

Turkey’s top military advisor has suggested that the government should establish a private military company to train mercenaries, according to the Independent’s Turkey edition. His remarks Source: Al Arabiya Full…

Turkey is recruiting Syrian-based militia to fight in Libya under the command of Turkish and Syrian officers, the Syrian Observatory reported. Recruitment centers in the Afrin region to the north…

The security operation carried out in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam last week, which resulted in the death of two wanted criminals, prevented a planned terrorist attack, the Presidency of State Security…