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Turkey's Expanding Military Ties with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nations: A Complex Geopolitical Landscape

Turkey's Expanding Military Ties with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nations: A Complex Geopolitical Landscape

Introduction: In recent years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, which include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, have been forging increasingly robust military…
Turkey's Expanding Military Ties with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nations: A Complex Geopolitical Landscape

Turkey's Expanding Military Ties with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nations: A Complex Geopolitical Landscape

Introduction: In recent years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, which include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, have been forging increasingly robust military…
EU’s Human Rights Diplomacy and Saudi Arabia: Seeking Real Change
EU’s Human Rights Diplomacy and Saudi Arabia: Seeking Real Change
Unveiling the Mirage: Whitewashing and the Gulf’s Quest for Global Acceptance
Unveiling the Mirage: Whitewashing and the Gulf’s Quest for Global Acceptance
Investigating Sovereign Wealth Funds: Upholding Human Rights Principles
Investigating Sovereign Wealth Funds: Upholding Human Rights Principles
Urgent Action Needed: Securing Education Funding for Lebanon’s Children
Urgent Action Needed: Securing Education Funding for Lebanon’s Children
Mass Atrocities Unfolding in Sudan: Urgent International Action Required
Mass Atrocities Unfolding in Sudan: Urgent International Action Required
EU's Human Rights Diplomacy and Saudi Arabia: Seeking Real Change

EU's Human Rights Diplomacy and Saudi Arabia: Seeking Real Change

Introduction Saudi Arabia, a nation known for its rich culture and heritage, has come under the global spotlight in recent…
Unveiling the Mirage: Whitewashing and the Gulf's Quest for Global Acceptance

Unveiling the Mirage: Whitewashing and the Gulf's Quest for Global Acceptance

In an era marked by heightened awareness of human rights and global scrutiny, governments often resort to elaborate strategies to…
Investigating Sovereign Wealth Funds: Upholding Human Rights Principles

Investigating Sovereign Wealth Funds: Upholding Human Rights Principles

Human Rights Watch’s recent call for the investigation and regulation of sovereign wealth funds linked to human rights abuses, with…
Urgent Action Needed: Securing Education Funding for Lebanon's Children

Urgent Action Needed: Securing Education Funding for Lebanon's Children

As the world prepares for the upcoming school year, Lebanon is facing a severe educational crisis that threatens to deprive…
Mass Atrocities Unfolding in Sudan: Urgent International Action Required

Mass Atrocities Unfolding in Sudan: Urgent International Action Required

The ongoing crisis in Sudan is a harrowing testament to the horrors of mass atrocities, where countless civilians are enduring…

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Archive articles

UAE foreign policy diversification

UAE foreign policy diversification

The United Arab Emirates ordered 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 military helicopters last week, deepening economic and political ties…
The life of al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

The life of al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al Qaeda, was killed by a drone strike, according to President Joe Biden, who spoke…
Report warns of UAE-China cybersecurity cooperation and the implications to the UK/Europe

Report warns of UAE-China cybersecurity cooperation and the implications to the UK/Europe

London based think Tank, Tactics Institute For Security and Counter-Terrorism has published a key report titled “Analysing the UAE-Chinese Cybersecurity…
Why the F-35 deal between the US and UAE was suspended

Why the F-35 deal between the US and UAE was suspended

In December 2021, the UAE informed the US that it would suspend talks to acquire F-35 fighter jets as part…
The war in Yemen rumbles on

The war in Yemen rumbles on

Fighting between the Saudi-led coalition and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen continues to harm civilians, drive displacement in the region…
Who are Yemen's Houthis?

Who are Yemen's Houthis?

The Houthis, who champion Yemen’s Zaidi Shia Muslim minority, are an armed Islamist militia and tribe from north Yemen’s poor,…
Rifaat al-Assad’s return to Syria

Rifaat al-Assad’s return to Syria

Rifaat Al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, who left Syria after an alleged coup attempt in 1984, was…
Middle East Hydropolitics: Conflict and Scarcity

Middle East Hydropolitics: Conflict and Scarcity

In 1920, a committee was established by France and Britain (then the region’s mandated powers) to coordinate efforts toward the…
War crimes in Libya: the urgent need for justice

War crimes in Libya: the urgent need for justice

The discovery this month of yet another mass grave in Tarhouna, Libya, sheds light on the scale of the atrocities…

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