Middle East Experience

Russia is cooperating with Egypt on developing the Egyptian Railway Authority, which has suffered heavy financial losses.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt turns to Russia to save decaying railway authority

All the information you need to know about Stage One.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel is opening up: Stage one exit strategy

Saleh al-Arouri, a prominent leader of Hamas, reportedly said the organisation had declined a US request for dialogue on The Abraham Accords..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Hamas says it declined US request to join 'Abraham Accords' talks

Mohammad Reza Shajarian’s politics were almost never explicit, but the Iranian people knew he stood with them..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Opinion | A Musician Revered by Iranians, But Banned by the State

Russia has resumed evacuations of Russian children from the Al-Hol displacement camp after operations were halted due to Covid-19..
Source: Your Middle East
Full Article: 27 Russian children evacuated from Syria's infamous Al-Hol camp

Coptic and Islamic art have long shared space in Egypt, where the decoration and architecture of mosques are vibrant examples of their mutual influence.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Coptic art adorns Cairo’s historic mosques

Amid the success of the Serapium Forest, a massive plantation in Egypt, the country is now looking to plant more desert lands with trees as part of plans to fight climate change.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: How Egypt is growing forests in middle of the desert

A high-level delegation of officials from Israel and the US arrived in Bahrain on Sunday, marking the first commercial flight from Israel to Bahrain.Read more: Bahrain, Israel normalize ties: Seven events that led to the dealUS Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin is leading the group, which will engage in bilateral talks with Bahraini officials before signing memorandum of understandings (MoUs) at around 7:30pm local time to establish full diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel.Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lior Haiat told Al Arabiya English that the historic day is the “start of a new era of peace, prosperity, and stability in the region.”“We are really grateful for our American friends for helping us,” he added.Read more: After Israel deal, Bahrain’s Jews seek to revive community with new rabbi, synagogueThe El Al flight was named 973, the area code of Bahrain.After their arrival, Mnuchin and Israeli National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat met with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani.The trip comes two days before a delegation from the United Arab Emirates is expected to travel to Israel.Bahrain, along with the UAE, officially normalized relations with Israel at a signing ceremony at the White House last month, as part of the Abraham Accords agreement.The two Gulf countries are the third and fourth Arab states to normalize ties with Israel. Israel signed peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994.Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani said at the time that his country’s agreement with Israel is an important first step towards peace.“It is now incumbent on us to work urgently and actively to bring about the lasting peace and security our peoples deserve,” said Al Zayani.“A just, comprehensive, and enduring two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will be the foundation, the bedrock of such peace,” he added.Read more:Israel’s parliament passes UAE agreement, bringing peace deal into full effectOfficial UAE delegation trip to Israel set for October 20: Source‘My friend far away’: UAE, Israel singers unite for song in first music collaboration
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Israel-Bahrain peace: Official delegation lands in Manama for formal ceremony

Dubai will allow weddings and social events to resume on October 22, with required coronavirus preventative measures in place, according to Dubai Media Office.All attendees at the events must wear face masks at all times, except when seated at a table. Only five guests are allowed to be seated at each table, which should be placed at least two meters apart from each other, according to the directive.Read more: High-level US delegation heading to UAE, Bahrain, Israel for historic business summitAttendees should avoid shaking hands, kissing, and hugging, and "only stick to non-physical greetings." They should also avoid being seated face-to-face and maintain a distance of at least 1.5 meters between each other.The maximum length of an event is four hours. A hall is allowed to host a maximum of 200 people, while homes and tents are allowed a maximum of 30 people.The latest guidance comes one day after the UAE reported a record high number of daily coronavirus infections on Saturday, with 1,538 new cases detected.Read more: UAE FM latest official to receive COVID-19 vaccineThe previous record high number of daily cases, recorded Wednesday, was 1,431.Infections in the country have hovered above 1,000 per day since October 5, when the UAE reported 932 new cases.The UAE has conducted over 10 million tests since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the first country in the world where the number of COVID-19 tests performed exceed the total population, according to government spokesman Dr. Omar al-Hammadi.The country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management (NCEMA) announced earlier this month the formation of seven inspection teams - one in each emirate - to monitor the application of precautionary COVID-19 measures.NCEMA also called on the health sector to prepare vaccination campaigns nationwide for a potential flu outbreak.Read more:Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia allows citizens, residents to pray in Grand Mosque in Mecca‘Forever from Mosul’: Iraq Jewish diaspora reflects on roots with scholars, UN repIsrael-Bahrain peace: Official delegation lands in Manama for formal ceremony
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: Dubai to allow weddings, social events to resume

Saudi Arabia detected 348 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the Kingdom to 342,202, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page.Twenty people died due to COVID-19, which raises the virus-related death toll in the country to 5,185.Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom rose to 328,538 after 373 people recovered from the coronavirus. Read more:Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia allows citizens, residents to pray in Grand Mosque in MeccaCoronavirus: Dubai to allow weddings, social events to resume
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia reports under 400 new cases, 20 new deaths in 24 hours