Category Archives: Articles
‘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 [...]
Nov
Can the Saudi Crown Prince Transform the Kingdom?
LONDON — A new Saudi Arabia is undergoing a difficult and complicated rebirth. Two weeks [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Oct
Bahrain’s Six Years of Dangerous Decline
Civilians are being tried by military courts again in Bahrain. With depressing symmetry, Bahrain put four [...]
Oct
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 [...]
Oct
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. [...]
Oct