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  • Iran
    More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack

    No U.S. troops were killed or faced immediate bodily injury when Iran fired missiles at the Ain al-Asad base in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at the Baghdad airport on Jan. 3. The missile attacks capped a spiral of violence that had started in late December. Both sides have refrained from further military escalation, but the mounting number of U.S. casualties could increase scrutiny on the Trump administration’s approach to Iran.

  • GCC
    Maybank Islamic to arrange Gulf sukuk, opens Dubai branch

    Maybank Islamic aims to arrange six dollar sukuk deals in the Gulf in 2020, including at least one sovereign issuance, its CEO said on Monday, as the bank opened a branch in Dubai, its first outside of Malaysia. The lender, which the CEO said is the largest Islamic bank by assets in the ASEAN group of Southeast Asian countries, is the Islamic banking arm of Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) , Malaysia’s largest lender by assets.

  • Saudi Film
    Official poster for Red Sea Int’l Film Festival revealed

    The Red Sea International Film Festival on Monday unveiled the official poster of its inaugural edition featuring an image shot by Syrian-born artist Osama Esid of Saudi ballerina Samira Alkhamis emerging from the sea, indicative of the wave of change in the region, and the opportunities for a new generation of filmmakers in Saudi Arabia.

  • Israel
    Israeli Voters: Data of All 6.5 Million Voters Leaked

    Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority said it was looking into what it called a “grave” security lapse by the maker of an app promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party that led to the exposure of personal data of all 6.5 million eligible voters in Israel, including full names and identity card numbers.

  • Cyber
    The U.S. Is Vulnerable to an Iranian Cyberattack. Here’s How.

    Cybersecurity expert John Hultquist and WSJ's Dustin Volz discuss what new tactics hackers have at their disposal and whether the U.S. is prepared to defend itself.

  • Cyber Attack
    Powerful Cyber Attack Takes Down 25% Of Iranian Internet

    Hot on the heels of a "serious" cyber-attack that compromised United Nations servers, and in the same week that the head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, warned of the global financial implications of cyber-attacks, Iran has seemingly come under cyber-attack. Indeed, so powerful was the impact of this alleged attack that the internet was disrupted across the country.

  • Iran
    Iran Again Fails to Put Satellite into Orbit amid US Worries

    The launch had been planned amid celebrations ahead of the February anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran routinely unveils technological achievements for its armed forces, its space program and its nuclear efforts during this time.

  • Turkey in the Region
    Commentary: The Middle East Conflict You Haven’t Heard About

    Egypt recently made a series of offshore natural-gas discoveries, and exporting resources will help the deeply indebted country. Last year Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority established the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum. The point is to rationalize infrastructure costs, offer competitive prices, improve trade relations and develop energy markets.

  • Israel
    U.S. ambassador to Israel warns against West Bank annexation

    The U.S. ambassador to Israel has cautioned Israel against “unilateral action” in annexing West Bank settlements, warning that such a move could endanger the Trump administration’s recently unveiled Mideast plan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had initially sought to move quickly to annex large swathes of the West Bank containing Jewish settlements, following the U.S. plan’s announcement on Jan. 28. Netanyahu called for his Cabinet to vote on such a measure, only to call it off a day later. The move would have risked provoking a harsh backlash from the Palestinians and the international community. Advertisement

  • Yemen Civil War
    Killing of Terrorist Leader in Yemen Is Latest Blow to Qaeda Affiliate

    The death of Qassim al-Rimi is part of a string of setbacks that have damaged the group’s ability to carry out operations against the West.