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Expatriates engage in conversation in Riyadh. (AFP) 
Saudi government approves permanent residency system for first time
May 18, 2019
Sacred Ritual. Muslim worshippers gather at the Grand Mosque in Mecca to perform umrah during Ramadan. (AFP)
Saudi Arabia welcomes growing number of pilgrims for umrah
May 11, 2019
Christian worshippers attend the Good Friday epitaphios procession outside the 10th century Greek Orthodox Church of St George in the Old Cairo district of the Egyptian capital on April 26, 2019. (AFP)
Persecution of Christians seen on the rise in Middle East
May 07, 2019
Arab Youth Survey 2019 announcement of findings. Photo supplied
Young Arabs call for religious reform, expect governments to deliver on economy
May 02, 2019
This October 2015 file photo shows Qatar-based Al-Jazeera English's acting managing director, Giles Trendle (Right), and Al-Jazeera Media Network's acting director general, Mostefa Souag (Left), at the English-language channel's newsroom in Doha. (AFP)
Qatar orders closure of Doha Centre for Media Freedom
May 01, 2019
Members of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, get ready before heading out of Benghazi to reinforce the troops advancing to Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya April 13, 2019. (Reuters)
Tripoli militias said to be receiving help from foreign mercenaries
April 26, 2019
Foreign nationals working as domestics workers take part in a parade to mark May Day and to highlight their plight on May 1, 2016, in the Lebanese capital Beirut. (AFP)
Amnesty International urges Lebanon to help end domestic worker abuse
April 24, 2019
Post-election blues. Ekrem Imamoglu, the new mayor from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, is cheered by the crowd in Istanbul, April 17. (AFP)
Diversionary move? Turkey accuses two Palestinians of ‘spying’ for UAE
April 20, 2019
A Houthi militant gestures as he secures the site of a protest by staffers of the Houthi-run Yemen's state oil company, in Sana'a, Yemen, on April 15, 2019. (Reuters)
UN calls for Stockholm agreement to be implemented in Yemen
April 18, 2019
United Nations envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, gestures as he arrives to a meeting with Houthi-appointed local officials in Hodeidah, Yemen January 29, 2019. (Reuters)
Initial Hodeidah withdrawals agreed to in Yemen
April 15, 2019
Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt April 14, 2019. (Reuters)
In meeting with Haftar, Sisi underlines support for 'efforts to combat terrorism'
April 15, 2019
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi attends the Yemeni parliament's first meeting since the Yemeni crisis erupted more than four years ago. (SPA)
Yemeni president opens parliament in the south, as rebels hold by-elections
April 15, 2019
Members of the UAE Red Crescent walk along the docks near the container cranes in Aden Port, last August. (AFP)
UAE works to safeguard UN peace efforts in Yemen
April 13, 2019
Korean and UAE officials touring the exhibition held on the sidelines of the symposium titled Korea and the UAE Cultural Heritage and Prospects for Encounter Foto courtesy of ADMAF.
Abu Dhabi initiative building bridges through cultural exchange
April 11, 2019
A picture taken on June 19, 2018 shows debris of Iranian-made Ababil drones, which the Emirati armed forces say were used by Houthi rebels in Yemen in battles against Saudi-led coalition forces. (AFP)
Saudi-led coalition targets Houthis drone-making infrastructure in Sana’a
April 11, 2019
US President Donald Trump welcomes visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP)
Sisi and Trump hail strong relations at White House meeting
April 09, 2019
UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame speaks during a news conference in Tripoli, Libya April 6, 2019. (Reuters)
UN envoy postpones Libya conference, admits 'fracturing' of international positions
April 09, 2019
In this September 24, 2017 file photo, surface-to-surface missiles and a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are displayed by the Revolutionary Guards in an exhibition at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran. (AP)
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain welcome blacklisting of Iran's Guards
April 09, 2019
A man walks by a US Department of Defense exhibit showing a drone that the Pentagon says was recovered in Yemen on display at a military base in Washington, US, November 29, 2018. (Reuters)
Saudis intercept Houthi drone, as rebels increase frequency of attacks
April 08, 2019
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi waves to his supporters during the launch of his party Nidaa Tounes' congress in the coastal city of Monastir. (AFP)
Tunisian president says he does not want to run for second term
April 06, 2019