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Saudi passengers arrive to King Khaled International airport in the capital Riyadh on May 17, 2021, as Saudi authorities lift travel restrictions for citizens immunised against COVID-19. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

M.E. Airports Take Off on Pandemic Safety

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, passengers started to have concerns about safety on board. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that “because of how…

Menna A. Farouk 29 May 2021

The Great Khan in Damascus – a painting by Spears

From the Archive: Man Who Possesses Middle East Art Treasures!

Many believe that thousands of Europeanswho traveledto the Middle East between the16thand20th centuries were merchants, soldiers, and diplomats. However,there was also a large number ofartists who…

Dr. Philip Mansel 02 March 2021

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi (R), in Tehran on February 21, 2021. (Getty)

The White House Offers Tehran an Olive Branch

Over the past, the Biden administration unveiled what will likely be the signature Middle East initiative of its first year in office: a bold attempt to revive the Iran nuclear deal. So far, Biden’s…

Joseph Braude 26 February 2021

People wearing a protective mask in Cairo, Egypt, on March 8, 2020. Egyptians who wants to travel gathering front of egyptian health ministry to do corona-virus analysis before travel as a condition to enter the other countries. (Getty)

Middle Eastern Governments Implement Travel Restrictions in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak

In the Middle East, there have been over 7,600 confirmed cases, with the vast majority in hard-hit Iran. The country's health ministry said Monday the new virus killed another 43 people, pushing…

AP 09 March 2020

China Pivots to Middle East as Trump Downsizes US Role

As President Donald Trump eyes the exit in the Middle East, his critics have excoriated him for abdicating a strong U.S. role in the region and clearing a path for Russia’s dominance. Yet in their…

Alice Su and Nabih Bulos 19 December 2019

An Iraqi man walks on dry, cracked earth in the Chibayish marshes near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. (Getty)

Deluge and Drought: Water Challenges in the Middle East

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), climate change is an especially urgent issue, particularly as it has already triggered devastating weather events, including prolonged droughts, flash…

Yasmine El Geressi 01 November 2019

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran in this handout released by SANA on February 25, 2019. (Reuters)

How Iran Exploited Wars in the Middle East to Spread its Influence

Iran is ascendant in the Middle East, having exploited opportunities arising from the wars in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen by actively supporting proxies to spread its influence in a…

Yasmine El Geressi 14 June 2019

US President Donald Trump holds up a map detailing territory losses by the Islamic State in Syria as he speaks following a tour of the Lima Army Tank Plant at Joint Systems Manufacturing in Lima, Ohio, March 20, 2019. (Getty)

Getting Real About Iran

U.S.Secretary of StateMike Pompeohas singled outIranas a uniquely dangerous regional actor that must be confronted for the sake of peace and stability in theMiddle East. In the last year alone, the…

Kian Tajbakhsh 29 March 2019

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