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Live from the Arab Spring

The Panama Papers’ Middle East connection

The King of Saudi Arabia and the former director general of then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel’s Sharon’s office both appear on the lengthy list of figures exposed by the leak from Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm hitherto known for the efficient creation of shell companies that often serve to conceal ownership of assets.

Lights on! Planned Palestinian city welcomes first ‘Rawabians’

Hanadi Abu Zahra turns on the tap in her kitchen and is elated to see the water flowing – something most new residents would take for granted even if they had not just moved into a brand new state-of-the-art apartment in a luxury building located in a development that has been the recipient of massive world-wide attention.

Turkey steps up assault on PKK

urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to intensify its crackdown on PKK Kurdish troops in Turkey “until not one terrorist is left,” after a series of attacks that targeted security forces and a US consulate left at least six people dead.

Hushed Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation continues

In the aftermath of back-to-back terrorist attacks – one perpetrated by Jewish terrorists against a Palestinian family, killing an 18-month toddler; and one carried out by a Palestinian terrorist on a mother of three young children – Israeli and Palestinian security officials are seeking signs that the joint security cooperation itself not become a casualty of the growing tension.

Kurdish fighters seen as primary target of Turkey’s Erdogan

Following a devastating Islamic State (ISIS) linked attack on a Turkish town near the Syrian border, the Erdogan government has launched a campaign primarily targeting the Kurdish fighters who are ISIS’s most effective opponents, essentially terminating the peace process with Turkey’s Kurds.

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