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  • Saudi Education Ministry weighs distance learning with return to classroom

    The school year in the Kingdom began on Aug. 30. Due to the pandemic, classes are being held online to ensure social distancing and curb the spread of the virus. The wait is keeping parents on their toes as many have already adjusted to home schooling their children and are now afraid of what to expect next especially given the rise in cases after the resumption of schools in the UK, US and other countries.

  • The Middle East’s 50 Most-Funded Startups 2020

    The U.A.E. has the most active startup ecosystem, with 33 of the 50 startups headquartered in the emirates. Saudi Arabia comes in second with seven startups headquartered there. Egypt is home to four, Jordan to three, Lebanon to two, and Kuwait to one. U.A.E.-based startup Pure Harvest Smart Farms tops the list after it secured $135.8 million to fuel its ambitious expansion plan. Nana, an e-grocery marketplace platform, is the highest funded Saudi startup in our list after it raised a total of $28.9 million from investors.

  • Arab Youth Survey 2020: United States’ standing rises as young people view Iran as greatest enemy

    The survey of 4,000 Arabs was conducted in largely face-to-face interviews in 17 countries between January and March.The findings would not account for or include any views on the US-brokered Abraham Accord, which marked the normalising of diplomatic and economic relations between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain in September.

  • House bill would reinforce Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’

    Schneider was joined in submitting the House bill on Friday by two Republicans and 13 Democrats, which seeks to reaffirm the role of congressional consultation regarding Israel's qualitative military edge, a practice employed since the 1960s, in U.S. sale of arms, they said.

  • Kuwait’s Precarious Mediation Role May Be Imperiled by the Emir’s Passing

    Like Sheikh Zayed of the United Arab Emirates and Sultan Qaboos of Oman, he will go down in regional history as a singular figure who shepherded his country into modern times. He was instrumental in creating the GCC in 1981 and used his version of shuttle diplomacy to keep the six member states broadly in sync.

  • Commentary: Biden win could fray US-Saudi ties, bring new oil market rifts

    Goldwyn said the US-Saudi relationship need not be antagonistic, even with these shifts by a Biden White House. He said both countries have an interest in decarbonizing the Saudi economy and moving away from burning oil for electricity.

  • Criminal complaint submitted to German court over sarin gas attacks in Syria

    A group of NGOs has submitted a criminal complaint to the German courts over sarin gas attacks in Syria, a legal milestone which marks the first step on the long road to holding Bashar al-Assad’s regime accountable for its use of chemical weapons. The Justice Initiative, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and the Syrian Archive submitted the filing and dossier of evidence to the German federal public prosecutor in Karlsruhe on behalf of victims on Monday.

  • Saudi Arabia launches campaign bid to host 2030 Asian Games in Riyadh

    Officials are due to decide on which city will host the games (known as the Asiad) when they meet for their 39th OCA General Assembly in Muscat, Oman on Dec. 16. The other city still in contention is the Qatari capital Doha.

  • Without Defanging Hezbollah, Lebanon Can Have Little Hope for the Future

    Here in crisis-stricken Beirut, echoes of Lebanon’s past are keenly felt, whether in simmering sectarian tensions or in a political class that is dominated year after year by the same forces. The militias that fought in the country’s 15-year civil war have only renamed themselves as political parties; they continue to rule and ruin the country. This for-profit elite operates under a system that abuses every resource available, even the most basic. Scheduled electricity blackouts have given rise to a gang of private, unregulated power suppliers that charge exorbitant prices, popularly known as the “generator mafia.” The only reliably clean water is bottled and sold at a premium. Rubbish piles up in streets, posing a public health risk, as waste removal companies get fat on overpriced contracts. The list goes on.

  • 42% of young Arabs consider leaving their country as economies stall

    Nearly half of the 200 million young Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have considered leaving their country, as the Covid-19 pandemic cripples economies and fuels unrest across the region, according to a new survey. Frustrated with struggling economies and government corruption, 42% of young Arabs have considered emigrating to another country — a worrying trend for a region where 60% of the population are under the age of 30.