Middle East Experience

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that the criminal indictments against him shouldn't disqualify him from being eligible to form a government, but he was singing a different tune when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert merely faced the prospect of indictment.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Will Supreme Court force Netanyahu to 'go do other things'?

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 student protests

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: Stateless Jerusalemites call on Jordan to restore their citizenship

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
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran blasts France for ‘interference’ over jailed academic

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 Yemeni army said, according to
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Nine killed in blast on military graduation parade in Yemen’s al-Dhalea

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 Article: Turkey’s top military advisor proposes mercenary force

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 of
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Syrian fighters being recruited by Turkey to fight in Libya

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
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Security operation in Saudi Arabia’s Dammam prevented terrorist attack