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‘Only God can save us’: Yemeni children starve as aid is held at border

Iona Craig reports from Yemen where aid agencies cannot get vital shipments into the war-torn [...]

Can the Saudi Crown Prince Transform the Kingdom?

LONDON — A new Saudi Arabia is undergoing a difficult and complicated rebirth. Two weeks [...]

EU under mounting pressure to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Four political groups in European parliament urge EU foreign policy chief to propose arms embargo [...]

Bahrain’s Six Years of Dangerous Decline

Civilians are being tried by military courts again in Bahrain. With depressing symmetry, Bahrain put four [...]

UK’s Middle East Minister Whitewashes Bahrain Human Rights Record In Visit, Contradicting UN and Amnesty Findings

19 October 2017 – Middle East Minister Alistair Burt praised Bahrain in a visit to [...]

Saudi Arabia is executing teenagers for using social media – you call that ‘reform’?

Some juveniles are facing the death penalty for using Whatsapp and Facebook to organise protests. [...]