Middle East Experience

The best way to prevent children from getting hurt in and around automobiles is for their caretakers to keep their minds engaged.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How do you best child-proof your car?

Descendants of Holocaust survivors walked together with the descendants of Nazi perpetrators.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Christians march through Berlin: 'For peace, against antisemitism'

Ilhan Omar went on an apparently unofficial trip to Pakistan where she met with a number of officials including ousted PM Imran Khan.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Ilhan Omar's trip to Islamabad may boost Pakistan's far-right - analysis

Russian olim were given the same benefits as Ukrainian olim who are considered refugees even though the Russians are not considered refugees.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: One-third of Russian olim left Israel after 1 month with new passport, cash

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have seized a foreign vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 200,000 liters of fuel, a senior Guards commander told the semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“[The ship’s] eight crew have been handed over to legal authorities in the southern port city of Bushehr,” Gholamhossein Hosseini told Fars, without elaborating on the nationalities of the crew members.He added that the ship was seized in the northern part of the Gulf.Iran, which has some of the world’s cheapest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the plunge in value of its national currency, has been fighting rampant fuel smuggling by land to neighboring countries and by sea to Gulf Arab states.The Guards have detained several ships in the past weeks for smuggling fuel in the Gulf.Read more: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say ship smuggling fuel seized in Gulf, seven arrestedIran-backed Houthis reject UN request to release seized UAE-flagged vesselIran will harshly confront Israel “wherever it feels necessary:” Iranian commander
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran says seized foreign ship carrying fuel in Gulf waters

The first commercial flight due to take off from Yemen’s capital in six years was canceled on Sunday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Moammar al-Iryani, the information minister of the country’s internationally-recognized government, said flight was canceled as some passengers had been issued passports by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.While 104 passengers bore government-approved passports, 60 had “unreliable” passports issued by the Houthis, al-Iryani said in a tweet.The Yemeni government announced in March 2017 that it doesn't recognize documents issued by the Houthis.As part of a truce between the warring sides that began at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in early April, the two parties agreed to operate two commercial flights a week to and from Sanaa to Jordan and Egypt.Sunday’s flight was destined to land in Jordan’s capital Amman.Hans Grundberg, the UN special envoy for Yemen, urged both sides to “work constructively” with the UN to address the challenges that delayed the flight.“The Truce is meant to benefit civilians including through reducing violence, making fuel available, and improving their freedom of movement to, from and within their country,” he said on Twitter. He did not elaborate.Along with the flights, the truce also included allowing 18 vessels carrying fuel into the port of Hodeida, which is controlled by the Houthis.The sides have also yet to convene on a reopening of roads around Taiz and other provinces as part of the truce. The government accused the Houthis of delaying the meeting as they did not send their delegation’s members to the UN envoy's office where the meeting was to be held.The truce has resulted in a subsiding of ground and air fighting and the Houthis have stopped their cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, another pillar of the anti-Houthi coalition.Both sides, however, have reported almost daily violations of the cease-fire, especially around the government-held central city of Marib, which the Houthis have attempted to seize for over a year.With The Associated PressRead more:UAE welcomes two-month truce in YemenThe New Yemeni RuleYemen’s Houthis suspend strikes on Saudi Arabia for three days: Political office head
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: First Sanaa flight in six years canceled over Houthi-issued passports: Yemen govt

Afghanistan’s women’s football team has played its first match since its evacuation from the Taliban-led country last year, helped by A-League team the Melbourne Victory.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The Melbourne Victory Afghan Women’s Team played a 0-0 draw in its opening game Sunday in Victoria’s senior women’s competition, only months after 30 players and coaches were rescued as part of an evacuation operation by the Australian government as the Taliban took back control of the country after 20 years and again placed women’s sports in jeopardy.The Victory are providing their support to the members of the team who relocated to Melbourne. The team held its first training session in February and will play under Victory’s banner this year.But instead of sporting Victory’s traditional navy blue with a white ‘V’, the team will wear a kit which pays homage to their homeland, a red home shirt and white away shirt with the Afghanistan flag on the back.The shirts do not have the player’s family names on the back which the players say is to protect family members still in Afghanistan and potentially under threat from the Taliban. Instead the players have their first names or nicknames on their shirts.The Afghan team was created in 2007, played its first official international in 2010 against Nepal and won its first match 2-0 over Qatar in 2012.The rise of the Taliban and the subsequent escape of the players also led to the team withdrawing from qualifying matches for Women’s Asian Cup in India in February, which doubled as a qualifier for next year’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.Read more: Afghanistan’s Taliban blocks unaccompanied women from flights: ReportAfghan women football players flown to UK with Kim Kardashian helpNo trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative, Taliban issue guidance
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Afghan women’s football team plays first game in Australia

Dubai’s government will invest $1.72 billion (6.3 billion dirhams) for housing and land for 4,610 Emirati citizens, the emirate’s ruler announced in a tweet on Sunday.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.A new residential housing complex in the northeastern suburb of al-Khawaneej consisting of 1,100 villas was also approved, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said.Emirati citizens are eligible for generous state-subsidized housing grants and loans.The UAE government provides free land, housing, loans, and home maintenance to “deserving” Emiratis, according to the government’s website.The country set up the Sheikh Zayed Housing Program (SZHP), named after its founding father, in 1999 to provide interest-free home loans repayable over 25 years for lower income citizens.It gives priority to orphans, widows, the elderly, and people with special needs, and provided homes to 14,500 Emiratis between 2000 and 2012, according to the government website.Read more: Dubai housing a buyer’s market despite price rise: PollKuwaiti govt owes public entities 2.35 bln dinars: Finance ministryCrisis in China’s property industry deepens with no end in sight
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Dubai ruler announces .72 billion investment in housing for citizens

The country's hospitality sector is expected to witness a significant boom by the end of the year thanks to the upcoming World Cup..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Qatar sees more than 50% rise in property occupancy

In the black and white footage, dozens of troops are seen gathered on top of armored personnel carriers and tanks as they head into Lebanon.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Unseen footage from First Lebanon War released for first time