Middle East Experience

An unexpected message from Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence for treason, urged Kurds to stay “neutral” and could tilt the outcome in a bitter campaign for control of Turkey’s biggest city.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Jailed militant leader enters Istanbul election fray

President Donald Trump “really wants to avoid a war,” former Trump National Security Council official Fred Fleitz said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: War-averse Trump looks for off ramp with Iran

Despite Israeli claims that it strictly controls the distribution of Qatari financial assistance transferred to Gaza, some of the funds appear to be ending up in the hands of Hamas operatives through "commissions," deceit and "protection money."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Is Qatari money to Gaza falling into Hamas operatives' hands?

Egypt is willing take another shot at unifying Palestinian factions, but no one seems to be getting their hopes up about the outcome.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt to launch another round of Palestinian negotiations

The United States envoy on Iran, Brian Hook, said on Friday that if Iran was not countered in Yemen, the risk of a regional conflict in the Middle East will increase. “Iran’s efforts to
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Brian Hook: If Iran is not countered in Yemen, conflict risk will increase

Egypt announced that construction of the largest medical city in the Middle East has begun, which is expected to boost the economy and medical tourism.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt turns to medical tourism

Iran refrained from shooting down a US plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying the downed drone in the Gulf, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday. Amirali Hajizadeh, head of
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran says it refrained from shooting down US plane with 35 on board: Iran media

Some observers think Egypt's decision to take part in the Bahrain economic workshop could deal a blow to the Palestinian cause.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Arabs deeply divided on Egypt attending US peace meeting

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the US was “cocked and loaded” to retaliate against Iran for downing an American drone, but canceled the strikes 10 minutes before they were to
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: President Trump says in ‘no hurry’ for Iran strikes

52% of organizations experience better security in the cloud than on-premise IT environments.
Source: ITP.net
Full Article: New McAfee report finds 87% of Companies experience business acceleration from cloud services