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Middle East

  • Detained since 2018, now Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is handed a 5-year sentence
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists, has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison by the kingdom’s special court for terrorism offenses, according to her family.

  • Iran unveils underground missile base on Gulf coast, state media says
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Iran has unveiled an underground base for “strategic missiles” on its Gulf coastline, according to state media.

  • Top Palestinian DJ detained as party at Muslim holy site sparks angry scenes and scapegoating claims
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    A leading female Palestinian DJ has been remanded in custody for 15 days after she was arrested by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for performing at a party at a Muslim holy site, leading to claims of official over-reaction to an event that sparked furious scenes over the weekend.

  • The snowboard-making giant based in the desert
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Dubai is not a place you’d think of as a hotbed for winter sports innovation, but SWS is one of the world’s biggest snowboard manufacturers.

  • 12 climbers killed after blizzards trigger avalanche in Iran
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    The bodies of 12 mountain climbers have been recovered following an avalanche caused by blizzards north of the Iranian capital, Tehran, according to a Red Crescent official and Iran’s state-run Iran News Agency (IRNA).

  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Fast Facts
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Read Fast Facts from CNN about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

  • Arab countries agree to end years-long feud with Qatar that divided Gulf
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Gulf Arab countries signed a declaration aimed at resolving a long-running dispute with Qatar on Tuesday, in a public reconciliation between Doha and its neighbors that paves the way for the end of an embargo on the tiny gas-rich nation.

  • Survivors of Blackwater massacre in Iraq slam Trump’s pardons for US guards behind killing
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    An Iraqi man who survived an infamous massacre of unarmed civilians by American security guards in Baghdad has condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon the men as “unjust.”

  • Jonathan Pollard, spy who passed US secrets to Israel, arrives in Jewish state
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard arrived in Israel from the United States on Wednesday, more than three decades after he was jailed for passing secrets to the state.

  • At least 22 killed in attack on Yemen’s Aden airport after new government arrives
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Several explosions hit Yemen’s Aden airport as the newly formed power-sharing government arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

  • Iranian conservative cleric dies, according to state-run media
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi was seen as a hardliner and anti-West in general, including holding anti-US positions. An outspoken critic of a liberal press, he was known to have ratified crackdowns on domestic opposition, feminism and gender equality.

  • Israeli soldier shoots and paralyzes Palestinian man in dispute over power generator
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    An Israeli soldier shot a Palestinian man, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down, after an altercation over a portable electric generator, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

  • Iran ramps up uranium enrichment and seizes tanker as tensions rise with US
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Iran announced Monday that it had resumed enriching uranium to 20% purity, far beyond the limits laid out in the 2015 nuclear deal, in a move likely to further escalate tensions with the United States.

  • Presidential results
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm
  • Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Read CNN’s Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts and learn more about the Palestinian president.

  • Israel isn’t a democracy, it’s an ‘apartheid regime,’ rights group says
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Israel is no longer a democracy but an “apartheid regime” devoted to cementing the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians, the country’s best-known human rights group said in a report published Tuesday.

  • Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities Fast Facts
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Read CNN’s Fast Facts on Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

  • Afghanistan foils ISIS plan to assassinate the top US envoy to Kabul
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Afghanistan’s intelligence agency have said they foiled an attempt by an ISIS cell of four members to assassinate a US diplomat in Kabul.

  • Vaccination rates highlight stark differences between Israelis and Palestinians — amid row over responsibility
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Two young men work side-by-side in a butcher’s shop. They live in the same teeming and densely packed town. One is fortunate — he’s eligible to get an Israeli Covid-19 vaccination. The other isn’t.

  • Iran’s Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era nuclear deal as he dubs Trump a ‘tyrant’
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump’s administration.

  • on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Described as Dubai’s first net zero-energy development, the Sustainable City is designed to foster a community around social and environmental sustainability.

  • This man is eating only what’s grown at Dubai’s Sustainable City
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    For one year, landscape architect Phil Dunn is basing his diet on food grown in his local community, at Dubai’s Sustainable City.

  • on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm
  • At least 32 killed as first suicide bombing in nearly 2 years rocks Baghdad
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Twin suicide bombs rocked a busy market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 32 people and injuring 110 others, according to officials and state media.

  • Election fact check
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm
  • Latest election news
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm
  • Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister calls Beirut port explosion ‘suspicious’
    on January 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    A probe into hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate left at Beirut’s port began just hours before a massive blast rocked the site, leaving more than 200 dead and devastating the Lebanese capital, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab told CNN on Tuesday.

  • A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypt’s Field of Broken Dreams
    by Declan Walsh on January 23, 2021 at 10:00 am

    In 2011, Tahrir Square was at the vanguard of popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring. But hopes for a democratic Egypt were crushed and the historic square given a sterile new look.

  • Suicide Bombings in Crowded Baghdad Market Kill at Least 32
    by Jane Arraf on January 21, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    Such attacks, once common in the Iraqi capital, have become rarer in recent years as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have largely defeated the Islamic State.

  • Inauguration Day highlights
    on January 21, 2021 at 7:35 am

    President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday looked a bit different from past ceremonies ushering in a new administration.

  • Iraq Flouts Coronavirus Precautions Amid Herd Immunity Belief
    by Jane Arraf on January 21, 2021 at 12:02 am

    Even some Iraqi health officials are promoting the false idea that Iraq has acquired herd immunity. Scientists say that Iraq could be in for a major new outbreak.

  • Roger Mandle, a Prolific Museum Director, Dies at 79
    by Robin Pogrebin on January 20, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    From the Rhode Island School of Design to Doha, Mr. Mandle was a force in art and design for decades.

  • How a US presidential inauguration works
    on January 20, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    The invitations have been scaled back by the pandemic and the security has been heightened by the insurrection, but Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States will still have plenty of pomp.

  • The Times’s 24-Hour Global Relay: New York to Hong Kong and Seoul to London
    by Derek M. Norman on January 20, 2021 at 10:00 am

    From New York to Hong Kong/Seoul to London, journalists can collaborate around the clock to report on a breaking story.

  • In Saudi Arabia, Quiet Changes May Ease Tensions With Biden
    by Ben Hubbard on January 20, 2021 at 7:22 am

    The new president is a Saudi critic, but he takes office as the kingdom scales back beheadings, removes hate speech from text books and limits prison terms for activists.

  • On Arab Spring Anniversary, Tunisia, Its Birthplace, Erupts
    by Vivian Yee on January 19, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    Tunisians are putting their hard-won right to criticize the government to good use. They just wish there were less to protest.

  • مصر أنكرت أن انقطاع الأكسجين تسبب في موت مرضى كوفيد، لكن صحيفة النيو يورك تايمز اكتشفت خلاف ذلك.
    by Mona El-Naggar and Yousur Al-Hlou on January 18, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    رأى كثيرٌ من المصريين في مقطع فيديو مشهدا نادرًا وغير مألوف للخسائر الفعلية التي خلّفها فيروس كورونا في ذروة الموجة الثانية من الجائحة في مصر.

  • Egypt Denied an Oxygen Failure Killed Covid Patients. We Found That It Did.
    by Mona El-Naggar and Yousur Al-Hlou on January 18, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    For many Egyptians, a video offered a rare and uncensored view of the coronavirus’s real toll at the peak of Egypt’s second wave of the pandemic.

  • Egypt Overturns Jail Sentences for 2 Women Who Gained Fame on TikTok
    by Vivian Yee on January 18, 2021 at 2:37 pm

    Convicted of inciting debauchery and violating family values, the women were caught up in a conservative backlash as the authorities tried to enforce strict social norms.

  • How to Pretend You’re in Tunis Tonight
    by Sebastian Modak on January 17, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    The Tunisian capital beckons with white-sand beaches, the medina, cafe districts and Roman ruins that speak to its place in history. Luckily, there are ways to capture its spirit at home.

  • Abbas Announces Palestinian Elections After Years of Paralysis
    by Isabel Kershner and Adam Rasgon on January 16, 2021 at 1:18 am

    The decree by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority was viewed by analysts as a bid to lift his standing with the Biden administration. Skeptics expressed doubt the vote would happen.

  • U.S. Blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis May Cause ‘Large-Scale Famine,’ U.N. Warns
    by Rick Gladstone on January 14, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    U.N. officials say that the designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization could choke food deliveries to Yemen, where millions face starvation.

  • Sheldon Adelson, Billionaire Donor to G.O.P. and Israel, Is Dead at 87
    by Robert D. McFadden on January 12, 2021 at 9:50 pm

    Mr. Adelson drew a cornucopia of cash from his empire of casinos and resort hotels and poured money into right-wing causes.

  • Pompeo Says Iran Is New Base for Al Qaeda, but Offers Little Proof
    by Lara Jakes, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes on January 12, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statements were tempered by some U.S. officials, who said there was little new intelligence to suggest that Iran was an active headquarters for the terrorist group.

  • Israel isn’t a democracy, it’s an ‘apartheid regime,’ rights group says
    on January 12, 2021 at 3:39 pm

    Israel is no longer a democracy but an “apartheid regime” devoted to cementing the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians, the country’s best-known human rights group said in a report published Tuesday.

  • U.S. Rush to Declare Houthis Terrorists Threatens to Halt Aid to Yemen
    by Lara Jakes and Ben Hubbard on January 12, 2021 at 4:40 am

    The Trump administration did not wait to put in place legal protections for aid workers, a lapse that officials said could halt shipments of food, medicine, gasoline and other assistance.

  • U.S. to Declare Yemen’s Houthis a Terrorist Group, Raising Fears of Fueling a Famine
    by Lara Jakes on January 11, 2021 at 1:54 am

    The State Department’s terrorist designation may be more symbolic than searing for the rebel movement, but it could aggravate Yemen’s human catastrophe.

  • Strong Views and ‘Close to the Boss’: How U.S. Envoy Reshaped a Conflict
    by David M. Halbfinger on January 10, 2021 at 8:00 am

    David Friedman, President Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer-turned-ambassador, leaves his post having radically overhauled policy toward Israel and the Palestinians.

  • One 18-Hour Flight, Four Coronavirus Infections
    by Benedict Carey on January 8, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    An outbreak aboard a September flight from Dubai to New Zealand offers researchers, and airlines, an opportunity to study in-transit contagion.

  • After Quick Vaccine Success, Israel Faces New Virus Woes
    by Isabel Kershner and Adam Rasgon on January 7, 2021 at 10:52 am

    Israel imposed a tighter lockdown as coronavirus infections soared, the variant spread, vaccines were running out and a debate erupted over the country’s responsibility to the Palestinians.

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