Reasons for cheer from an often dour year
The Middle East is not known for its good news, and 2018 was no exception. But in between the usual stories of war and political turmoil, The National's journalists found reasons for hope. We shine a ...
25 Dec 201821min
What more can we do to curb global warming?
The GCC has welcomed the rule book laid out as part of a COP24 deal struck in Poland, but scientists say the world is running out of time to avoid the catastrophic events brought about by unmitigated ...
19 Dec 201821min
Yemenis continue to suffer as warring sides negotiate
Millions are on the brink of famine in Yemen. But for the first time in two years, the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels are negotiating a resolution. Last week, the UN Envoy to Yemen, Martin G...
12 Dec 201823min
How Kuwait and Iraq were shaped by George H.W. Bush
In August 1990 the Iraqi military invaded neighbouring Kuwait, bombing its capital city and sparking a war that would last six months and result in thousands of deaths. Not long after the invasion, la...
6 Dec 201816min
Land as a weapon against Palestinians
Palestinian Adeeb Joudeh is a member of one of two families safeguarding the keys to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is a respected figure among all factions of the city. But recently, h...
28 Nov 201816min
How UNICEF is helping children in the Middle East and North Africa
Children in the Middle East face more challenges than almost anywhere else in the world. One in four children in the region are affected by poverty, and in 2017, more than 1,823 children were killed, ...
21 Nov 201822min
What shape will US-Middle East affairs take post-midterm elections?
US President Donald Trump’s Republican party can no longer claim complete control of a two-branch Congress, after his rival Democratic party last week won control of the House of Representatives. The ...
14 Nov 201820min
A tale of two prime ministers in Sri Lanka
There's been political trouble in Sri Lanka over the past two weeks after President Maithripala Sirisena dismissed prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed former president Mahinda Rajapaksa ...
7 Nov 201822min
