Middle East Experience

Syrian coalition forces have stamped out the Islamic State, but hundreds of fighters are streaming across the border into Iraq, further destabilizing the country’s fragile security with attacks and extortion rackets that threaten to undo Iraq’s “victory” over ISIS in late 2017..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Fleeing Syria defeat, ISIS fighters slip into Iraq

Is the extradition of a Muslim Brotherhood member to Egypt a simple bureaucratic glitch or a sign of Erdogan’s change of heart toward Cairo?
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Young Arab dissidents in Istanbul fear for their lives

The outcome of the Sochi summit suggests that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s prospects of launching a new operation in Syria ahead of the March 31 local elections to win back voters disgruntled over economic woes have greatly diminished.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Erdogan denied Syria opportunity to shore up electoral fortunes

A Hamas delegation recently met with Al-Azhar officials in Egypt, where the movement received support for the Palestinian cause.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas leadership woos Egypt's top imam

Egypt announced the completion of its segment of the Alexandria-Cape Town Road, which it is hoped will boost economies, trade and tourism the length of the African continent.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt’s Pan-African road marks millennial milestone for development

Israel has authorized the sale of medical cannibas in pharmacies and is experimenting with fines and community service in lieu of jail time for recreational users.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel’s cannabis revolution

A redeployment of forces in Yemen’s Hodeidah by the warring parties could start “possibly even today or tomorrow,” United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the UN Security
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Griffiths: Troop withdrawal in Hodeidah could start any time now

Britain has urged Germany to exempt big defense projects from its efforts to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia or face damage to its commercial credibility, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: British FM: German halt in Saudi arms sales hurting UK industry

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a ceremonial welcome from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind at the presidential residence in New Delhi on
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: WATCH: India’s PM Modi welcomes Saudi Crown Prince at presidential residence

Saudi Arabia and India have signed five bilateral agreements and MoUs in the fields of trade, housing and investment. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: WATCH: Saudi Arabia, India sign trade, investment and housing agreements