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Back to SearchTear gas, fireworks and a new government in Lebanon
After more than three months of protests, Lebanon's politicians agreed on a new government. But this has done little to ease anger on the streets aft…
6 years, 8 months ago
Sultan Qaboos: what comes next for Oman?
The first signs that something big was happening came a little after noon on Friday when the army and police deployed across Oman. The tensions betwe…
6 years, 8 months ago
Will Iran and America go to war?
The United States has killed Iran’s Qassim Suleimani sparking the most serious situation in the Middle East since ISIS took over huge areas of Iraq…
6 years, 9 months ago
A decade in the Middle East, stories that changed the region
The Arab uprisings, the brutal Syrian war, the rise of ISIS, the slide into chaos in Libya and Yemen, the counter revolutions, the crackdowns on prot…
6 years, 9 months ago
Stranded seafarers to return home after years
In March 2017 the ship Tamim Aldar found itself, along with its crew, abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles off the coast of the UAE. It was one of seve…
6 years, 9 months ago
Journey through the ISIS badlands
ISIS has dominated headlines for nearly a decade. Even as the groups power has waned the fear it instils has remained. In 2019 ISIS saw its last pock…
6 years, 10 months ago
Is overpopulation our biggest climate challenge?
In the last century, the global population has exploded. Today, there are 7.7 billion people on the planet and that number is rising at the pace of a…
6 years, 10 months ago
A look at national service on National Day
Every year on December 2nd, millions across the seven emirates mark the day the UAE became a country. This week, we are doing something a bit differe…
6 years, 10 months ago
Who’s really running Iraq?
The true extent of Iranian infiltration of Iraq has been revealed. 700 pages from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security were released to weste…
6 years, 10 months ago
India's fight against death by breath
For the past two weeks, air pollution in the Indian capital of Delhi has been off the scale. A toxic mix of dust, soot from farmers burning paddy fie…
6 years, 10 months ago