Middle East Experience

Saudi Arabia has opened bookings for 1446 Hajj with priority for first time pilgrims
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Saudi Arabia opens Hajj registration

The jailed founder of a Kurdish nationalist group has called for the movement to lay down its arms, but Kurdish forces seem unwilling to as long as Turkish strikes continue.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: After 45 year, will the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in Iraq come to an end?

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday announced a new transitional government dominated by close allies and including one woman, replacing caretaker authorities in place since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.The announcement, initially scheduled for earlier this month, comes amid international calls for an inclusive Syrian transition following recent sectarian bloodshed, as the country's new leaders seek to reunite and rebuild Syria and its institutions after Assad's December 8 overthrow brought an end to 14 years of civil war.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Syria interim president names new government dominated by allies

Israel Katz issued a threat to Hezbollah, as he has done many times before. This time, however, the threat was not empty.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel recalibrating rules of war after Hezbollah rockets, strike in Beirut

US government lawyers pushed Friday for the case of a pro-Palestinian protest leader slated for deportation to be moved to a Louisiana court thought to be sympathetic to President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown.Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil -- a prominent face of the protest movement that erupted in response to Israel's war in Gaza -- was arrested and taken to Louisiana earlier this month, sparking protests. Several other foreign student protesters have been similarly targeted.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Trump lawyers try to shift Palestinian activist's case to Louisiana

Yale Law fired Helyeh Doutaghi for refusing an inquiry into her alleged PFLP ties; she denied the claims and accused Yale of suppressing pro-Palestinian speech.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Yale fires scholar for refusal to comply with inquiry into her ties to PFLP-linked group

The danger of changing Israel’s character has increased. The country is still a vibrant democracy, but will it remain so?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel's not a dictatorship, but it's headed toward becoming one

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement called on its Islamist rivals Hamas on Saturday to relinquish power in order to safeguard the "existence" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."Hamas must show compassion for Gaza, its children, women and men," Fatah spokesman Monther al-Hayek said in a message sent to AFP from Gaza.He called on Hamas to "step aside from governing and fully recognise that the battle ahead will lead to the end of Palestinians' existence" if it remains in power in Gaza.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Fatah urges Hamas to cede power to safeguard 'Palestinians' existence'

The Istanbul Mayor was temporarily suspended from his duties after his formal arrest by an Istanbul court on Sunday.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey suspends Imamoglu’s mayoral duties, keeps him under arrest as more protests expected

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry will roll up their sleeves and fight—not with polite condemnation, but with moral clarity and unapologetic force.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: The war on Jews has returned, and the West is complicit