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  • Engaging the Houthis in Yemen: A Repeat of China’s Afghanistan Mediation Strategy?

    This commentary provides an overview of China’s engagement with the Houthi movement over the past few years. It compares Beijing’s relationship with the Houthis to that of another armed non-state actor, the Taliban, with an eye towards identifying the trajectory this engagement might take. The commentary also considers how this relationship, in addition to the developments taking place in Sino-Saudi relations, are shaping Chinese mediation efforts in Yemen since 2015.

  • Turkish mayors accuse government of coronavirus cover-up

    Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, and Mansur Yavas, mayor of Ankara, said there was a mismatch between the statistics being published by the health ministry and the data they were receiving on a local level.

  • Syria has confirmed only 109 COVID deaths. It may be killing that many people every day in Damascus alone.

    Syrian President Bashar Assad reshuffled his cabinet Sunday, bringing in some new names to try to fix an economy ravaged by almost a decade of civil war and the coronavirus pandemic, but key political and security posts remained unchanged. Getting a grip on the COVID-19 epidemic in Syria — even grasping the scale of it — will be a big challenge for the reshaped government as it tries to wind down the war that has claimed more than 500,000 lives and rebuild the economy.

  • Brent at five-month high as supply continues to tighten

    Brent crude rose to a five-month high as supply in the oil market continues to tighten, with Opec producer the UAE set to cut crude allocations by 30 per cent. The benchmark for two-thirds of the world’s crude was up 1.16 per cent at $46.34 per barrel at 4.00pm UAE time, while West Texas Intermediate, which tracks US crude, was up 1.07 per cent at $43.43 per barrel. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which produces most of the UAE’s oil, told customers it was cutting crude supply for oil by 30 per cent for October, from a 5 per cent reduction in September, a spokesman confirmed to The National on Monday.

  • US to Reduce Troop Levels in Iraq

    The United States is planning to reduce its troop levels in Iraq, President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials said. Trump tweeted Saturday that the U.S. is “planning to cut” its military presence in Iraq, without giving further details.

  • Israeli, U.S. officials land in UAE, Kushner urges Palestinians to negotiate

    Senior U.S. and Israeli officials landed in the United Arab Emirates on Monday on a historic trip to finalize a pact marking open relations between Israel and the Gulf state, and they told Palestinians it was now time for them to negotiate peace.

  • Qatar ‘Dismantles’ Kafala System for Migrant Workers

    New labor rules in the energy-rich nation of Qatar “effectively dismantles” the country’s long-criticized “kafala” employment system, a U.N. labor body said Sunday. The International Labor Organization said as of now, migrant workers can change jobs before the end of their contracts without obtaining the permission of their current employers.

  • Urgent solution needed to address fuel woes in war-torn Yemen

    “Life in Yemen is unforgiving enough without forcing Yemenis to struggle even harder for their everyday needs that are connected to fuel such as clean water, electricity and transportation”, he said. “The flow of essential commercial imports, including of food, fuel and medical supplies, and their distribution to the civilian population across the country must be ensured,” he added.

  • Lebanon Names New Prime Minister After Weeks of Political Uncertainty

    Lebanon named its ambassador to Germany as the country’s next prime minister, an appointment that is unlikely to sate the anger of protesters who have sought a complete overhaul of the nation’s leadership following the deadly Beirut explosion. President Michel Aoun designated Mustapha Adib to form a new government, the state-run National News Agency reported Monday, citing the president’s office. Mr. Adib was backed by several former prime ministers, including Saad Hariri and Najib Mikati, to whom he served as an adviser.

  • Arabian Centres Company launches new cinemas in Saudi

    Saudi shopping mall operator Arabian Centres Company (ACC) has revealed a raft of new cinema complex openings in the kingdom, with plans to add a further 13 to its portfolio in the next year.