Middle East Experience

Britain, France, Germany and Singapore among the nations who banned new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircrafts from their air-spaces.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Following Ethiopian crash, Boeing planes banned in France, Germany

So far ATCA has only impacted NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza. Experts say it could have a much wider reach..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Aid groups worry new US anti-terror law could leave them liable

Unidentified gunmen abducted a Lebanese construction engineer in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Tuesday, in an attack that left one dead, police and witnesses said..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Gunmen abduct Lebanese worker in Nigeria

British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on lawmakers to back her EU exit agreement, telling them that “if this deal is not passed then Brexit could be lost.” May – her voice
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: May calls for UK lawmakers to back Brexit deal

Iran’s foreign ministry warned the UK on Tuesday that giving diplomatic protection to a British-Iranian mother jailed in Tehran would not make the situation “easier”, state news
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran: UK diplomatic protection of jailed mother will not ‘make things easier’

Thousands protested across Algeria on Tuesday, demanding immediate political changes a day after ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika abandoned his bid for a fifth term in power but stopped short of
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Thousands demand quick change in Algeria after Bouteflika concessions

Quoting the founder of a new Republican-aligned group hoping to wrestle Jewish votes away from the Democrats, Trump tweeted that “Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Trump endorses Republican push to wrestle Jewish votes from Democrats

Barzilai took to the stage as the new remixed version of her international hit "Basa Sababa" played.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Netta Barzilai exposed: Israel's newest swimsuit model?

According to her husband, Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 148 lashes as well as 38 years in prison, an extraordinarily long time even by the Islamic Republic’s standards.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iranian human rights lawyer Sotoudeh said to receive 38 years in prison

Moscow criticizes the Europeans for refusing to assume their share of responsibility for their nationals who ended up with the Islamic State, but Russia's own practice is flawed, too.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Russia's plan for IS returnees no better than that of others