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For the second time in little more than four months the Saudi-led coalition has bombed a funeral gathering in Yemen.
An airstrike yesterday hit a house where women had…
Investigations by Amnesty International have uncovered an elaborate "phishing" campaign which targeted dozens of activists, trade unionists and journalists working on the issue of migrant labourers' rights in Qatar.
Amnesty's revelations come just two weeks after the exposure of a separate phishing…
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Amid escalating tensions within Yemen's "liberated" zone, two rival militias tussled for control of Aden airport at the weekend.
Forces commanded by Saleh al-…
Robert Spencer, the notorious American Islamophobe who runs the Jihad Watch website, is jubilant at reports that Kuwait has stopped issuing visas to citizens of five Muslim countries – which he sees as vindication of Donald Trump's visa ban on seven Muslim countries.
"The US is not allowed to…
At a bizarre press conference yesterday, the Trump regime's chief spokesman falsely blamed Iran for an attack on an American warship – an attack that never happened.
The story behind this fictitious incident provides an object lesson in how anonymous sources, a gullible reporter, a news…
While the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House has been greeted with horror in many parts of the world, his fellow autocrats in the Arab Gulf states have been giving him a much friendlier reception.
Trump spent an hour on the phone talking to the Saudi king last Sunday. The views of the two…
On Monday Houthi fighters struck a Saudi warship off the coast of Yemen, killing two of its crew and wounding three others. On Tuesday, under a banner saying "EXCLUSIVE", Fox News came up with a startling and hard-to-believe claim. Citing unnamed officials at the Pentagon, it said the "…
When Donald Trump issued his now-notorious travel ban on Friday it was couched mainly in terms of protecting the US from terrorism. Framing it in this way gave its racist undertones an aura of respectability, though thankfully there were millions of people who refused to be fooled. Many opponents…
Donald Trump, America's new ruler, had an hour-long phone conversation yesterday with his Saudi counterpart, King Salman, and allegedly they agreed on just about everything. The Saudi government news agency reported:
"The views of the two leaders were identical on the files that were…
Donald Trump ended his first week as president by signing an executive order that means citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen will not be allowed to enter the United States.
Although the travel ban is one of a series of measures aimed – according to Trump – at "protecting…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
