Middle East Experience

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed two people in the south on Friday, with Israel announcing attacks in the same areas targeting Hezbollah militants.Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon.An Israeli attack on "a car on the Sidon-Ghaziyeh road resulted in one dead", a Lebanese health ministry statement said on the fourth straight day of Israeli attacks in the south.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon says two killed in Israeli strikes in south

Dubai Police have apprehended suspected members of an international car sale fraud gang
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai Police arrest car sale fraud gang suspects

Projected first-round pick Ben Saraf of Israel announced Friday he is entering the 2025 NBA Draft.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israeli PG Ben Saraf declares for NBA draft

Sources claim that half the weapons left behind by the US have been lost, sold or smuggled.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: US rushed Afghan pullout allowed Taliban to traffic US weapons to Houthis

This cast of characters and their stories offer an authentic mosaic of the people who make up Israeli society, portraying the tensions, the long history, and the unresolved traumas.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'Songs for the Brokenhearted': A mosaic of Israeli society

The deaths of three Tunisian sixth-formers in a school wall collapse in the small inland town of Mezzouna has fuelled anger over underinvestment and neglect in the nation's hinterland.Since Monday's accident, angry residents have blocked roads leading to the town's National Guard post with burning tyres, as young men clashed repeatedly with security forces."We're asking for the most basic things: healthcare and education," said Najet Messaadi. "Instead, they sent us 112 police cars. What are we? Terrorists?"
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Deadly Tunisia school wall collapse sparks outcry in nation's hinterland

The Art of the Music Critic is an incisive and illuminating compendium of an expansive stretch of our musical timeline, presented in an invitingly user-friendly form.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'The Art of the Music Critic': Music through a former ‘Jerusalem Post’ critic's eyes

If Saudi Arabia does join the Abraham Accords, it would signal a brave new Middle East, where peace and prosperity between Jews and Arabs can become the new norm.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Saudi Arabia and Abraham Accords: Normalization with Israel is in Riyadh's best interests

The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday.Washington has had troops in Syria for years as part of international efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group, which rose out of the chaos of the country's civil war to seize swaths of territory there and in neighboring Iraq over a decade ago.The brutal jihadists have since suffered major defeats in both countries, but still remain a threat.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: US to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria

UAE tax rules, Dubai storm infrastructure, AI to create laws, real estate buying tips and more top news stories this week
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: New UAE tax rule; Dubai announces stormwater infrastructure; UAE approves AI law plan; Mall of the Emirates set for .3bn upgrade – 10 things you missed this week