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  • New book reveals Ottoman origins of refugee resettlement in Middle East

    The book, which started as an award-winning doctoral dissertation at Stanford, examines how the Ottoman government resettled Circassian, Chechen, Dagestani and other refugees and how the resettlement led to more than 1,000 new villages. Most of these villages still exist today, including Amman — the largest city in the Levant — established in 1878 by Circassian refugees.

  • U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia and Oman

    U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is traveling to Saudi Arabia and Oman this week to meet with partners to discuss the need for an immediate cessation of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which are undermining progress on the Yemen peace process and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Yemen and other countries in need.
    The United States remains firmly committed to supporting a durable peace in Yemen and alleviating the complex humanitarian and economic crises harming the Yemeni people. The United States supports a return to UN-led peace efforts once the Houthis halt their indiscriminate attacks.
    Special Envoy Lenderking will meet with regional counterparts to discuss the steps to de-escalate the current situation and renew focus on securing a durable peace for the Yemeni people.

  • Saudi golfer Faisal Salhab has impressive opening round at $2m International Series Oman

    On a tricky Al-Mouj Golf Club course in the opening round of the $2 million International Series Oman, Saudi Arabia’s Faisal Salhab got off the mark with a solid 1-under par 71 round.

  • ‘I want to be the best’: Hattan Alsaif, the Saudi woman making MMA history

    In late January, Hattan Alsaif became the first female fighter from Saudi Arabia to sign up with a major global mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Alsaif, 22, won gold at the 2023 International Federation of Muaythai Associations World Championships, where she was awarded Breakthrough Female Athlete. Last year she also took first place at the World Combat Games and the Saudi Games.

  • Inside Johnny Depp’s Epic Bromance With Saudi Crown Prince MBS

    Over the past year, Depp has spent more than seven weeks in Saudi Arabia, staying in royal palaces and camps, traversing the country by yacht and helicopter, and even flying to London and back on MBS’s personal 747 for a quick trip to attend the Jeff Beck Memorial Concert at the Royal Albert Hall. In that time, Depp and MBS have become real friends. “They made a genuine connection,” says a friend of Depp’s. “It’s a shock to many of the people who know [Depp], but it’s what happened.” Insiders say Depp is now weighing a seven-figure annual contract to promote Saudi Arabia’s cultural renaissance.

  • Saudi businesswoman buys signed Ronaldo Al-Nassr jersey for $125,000

    The sale took place during a dinner party on the sidelines of an event in the run-up to the Diriyah ePrix, which will take place on Jan. 26 and 27. In a 65-second video of the auction posted on X, the auctioneer can be heard saying the bidding for the Portuguese star’s shirt has reached $77,500, and he notes his surprise that it is increasing so quickly.

  • Off-road racer Sara Price celebrates becoming first American woman to win stage in Dakar Rally

    Sara Price slid out of her off-road vehicle at the Dakar Rally, after a rigorous ride through the diabolical dust and dunes in Saudi Arabia, and checked for certain she made history in the endurance event. “I don’t think an American female’s ever won a stage, right,” she asked. Price was right, the 31-year-old Californian this week became the first female American driver and third woman ever to win a Dakar stage.

  • Saudi Arabia leave it late to beat Oman in Asian Cup

    Saudi Arabia came from behind to beat Oman 2-1 in their Asian Cup Group F opener on Tuesday at a packed Khalifa International Stadium with Ali Al-Bulayhi's winner arriving in the sixth minute of stoppage time after a VAR intervention. With the score tied at 1-1, Al-Bulayhi scored with a close-range header from a set piece and although the linesman's flag immediately went up for offside, VAR awarded Roberto Mancini's side the goal.

  • Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman, raising Middle East tensions

    The Iranian navy seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, according to state-run media, raising tensions in the already-fraught Middle East. The seizure was executed under a court order as the tanker had confiscated Iranian oil that was then handed over to the United States, the Public Relations Department of the Iranian Navy said, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

  • Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute in Gulf of Oman – state media

    Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the United States, Iranian state media reported, a move likely to stoke regional tensions.

    The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militias targeting Red Sea shipping routes.