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The Hedayah centre for countering Islamic extremism in Abu Dhabi.
UAE announces CVE-based curriculum to curb threat of violent extremism
July 19, 2019
Emirati soldiers stand guard out the rear gate of a Chinook military helicopter traveling from Saudi Arabia to Yemen. (AP)
Drawdown of UAE troops opens new stage in Yemen
July 16, 2019
A vendor reads a newspaper as he sells melons and watermelons in a market in Riyadh. (Reuters)
Distribution of print newspapers halted in Saudi Arabia
July 13, 2019
Muslim pilgrims arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport prior to the annual haj in the holy city of Mecca, July 7. (AFP)
Thousands of pilgrims start arriving in Saudi Arabia for haj
July 13, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at the Israeli Air Force pilots’ graduation ceremony at Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel, June 27. (Reuters)
Israel, Iran exchange threats of war and destruction
July 13, 2019
Close coordination. Syrian President Bashar Assad (R) receives Russian President’s Special Envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev (2nd L) in Damascus, June 20. (SANA)
Security reshuffle consolidates Assad’s posture as Syria’s strongman
July 13, 2019
Amin Sherri, a Lebanese lawmaker of the Hezbollah bloc, attends the weekly meeting of his parliamentary bloc, in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP)
US sanctions Hezbollah MPs over Iran support
July 11, 2019
In the crosshairs of fake news. A Saudi soldier guards a plane at an air base in Marib, Yemen. (AP)
With help from Qatar, Muscat cells mount media campaign against Arab coalition
July 06, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-R), US national security adviser John Bolton (C-L), Russian Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev (R) and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat (L) take part in a trilateral summit in Jerusalem, June 25. (AFP)
No consensus in Israel-US-Russia summit over Iran role in Syria
June 29, 2019
Muslim men perform the Eid al-Fitr prayer at Muscat's Al-Zawawi Mosque in the heart of the Omani capital on the first day of the holiday marking the end of the fasting holy month of Ramadan on June 5, 2019. (AFP)
Poll describes Arabs as moving away from religion, Islamism
June 28, 2019
United in opposition. Palestinians demonstrate on June 20 against the US-led Israeli-Palestinian peace conference in Bahrain. (AFP)
Palestinians unanimous in objections to Bahrain conference
June 22, 2019
Common worries. Iraqi President Barham Salih (R) and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (L) meet with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah in Baghdad, June 19. (Office of the Iraqi Presidency)
Iraq, Kuwait wary of effects of US-Iran tensions
June 22, 2019
Ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini talks to the media before leaving the Central Office for Combating Corruption and Financial and Tax Crimes, in Nanterre, west of Paris. (AFP)
Former UEFA president’s questioning deepens Qatar-World Cup scandal
June 19, 2019
A familiar history repeated? A banner on East German Trabant car promotes the Sebastian Wippel of Alternative for Germany election campaign on the Marienplatz in Goerlitz, June 11.(Reuters)
Migration issue helping far right in East Germany
June 15, 2019
Mission impossible? A Yemeni man carries a box containing bottles of cooking oil in the northern province of Hajjah. (AFP)
Houthis blocking humanitarian, denounced by WFP
June 08, 2019
Palestinian children attend an event organised ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in Rafah. (AFP)
Eid al-Fitr spirit unbeatable despite economic strains in the region
June 01, 2019
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