Category Archives: News

Kuwaiti army allows women in combat roles – but without guns

Originally posted to The Guardian website, 17 February 2022 Defence ministry says women joining military [...]

18
Feb
Women apply in their thousands to drive trains in Saudi Arabia

Originally posted to The Guardian website, 17 February 2022 Rail company advertised 30 positions and [...]

18
Feb
A picture taken on June 18, 2017 shows a general view of the Palace of Justice in Kuwait City [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images]
Kuwait court overturns law banning ‘imitation of opposite sex’

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 16 February 2022  Kuwait’s Constitutional Court today [...]

16
Feb
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second right, arrive at Qasr Al-Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Erdogan traveled Monday to the United Arab Emirates, a trip signaling a further thaw in relations strained over the two nations' approaches to Islamists in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Turkish president in UAE as relations thaw after icy decade

Originally posted to the Associated Press website, 14 February 2022. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates [...]

15
Feb
This image provided by Cyprus Press and Informations Office, shows Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, left and Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides speaking to the media, during a press conference after their meeting, at the foreign ministry house in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. The Saudi foreign minister says his country views Cyprus as a "bridge" between the Middle East and the European Union, helping the 27-nation bloc "understand what's going on" in the region. (Stavros Ioannides PIO via AP)
Saudi sees Cyprus as bridge between Europe, Middle East

Originally posted to the Associate Press website, 14 February 2022. NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Saudi [...]

14
Feb
As Iran talks stall, Israeli PM makes snap trip to Bahrain
February 14, 2022

Originally posted to the Associated Press website, 14 February 2022. JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime [...]