The coronavirus: Unnecessary panic or grave concern?
On December 31st, 2019 China reported 27 cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause in the city of Wuhan, in central China. The majority of people affected were workers from a local seafood and live ani...
6 Feb 20209min
The Middle East peace plan. Explained
Two and a half years after US administration began drafting a plan for a lasting peace between Israel and Palestinians, it is finally here. Long delayed and often described as dead on arrival, the p...
30 Jan 202017min
Tear gas, fireworks and a new government in Lebanon
After more than three months of protests, Lebanon's politicians agreed on a new government. But this has done little to ease anger on the streets after three months of mass uprisings. Hassan Diab anno...
23 Jan 202015min
Sultan Qaboos: what comes next for Oman?
The first signs that something big was happening came a little after noon on Friday when the army and police deployed across Oman. The tensions between the United States and Iran lead many to assume t...
13 Jan 202017min
Will Iran and America go to war?
The United States has killed Iran’s Qassim Suleimani sparking the most serious situation in the Middle East since ISIS took over huge areas of Iraq in 2014. The late head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard...
9 Jan 202025min
A decade in the Middle East, stories that changed the region
The Arab uprisings, the brutal Syrian war, the rise of ISIS, the slide into chaos in Libya and Yemen, the counter revolutions, the crackdowns on protesters in Iraq and Iran, the displacement of millio...
26 Dec 201928min
Stranded seafarers to return home after years
In March 2017 the ship Tamim Aldar found itself, along with its crew, abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles off the coast of the UAE. It was one of seven ships owned by Elite Way Marine Services, a compa...
19 Dec 201913min
Journey through the ISIS badlands
ISIS has dominated headlines for nearly a decade. Even as the groups power has waned the fear it instils has remained. In 2019 ISIS saw its last pocket of territory wiped from the map, ripped from its...
10 Dec 201915min
