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2020 – when masks hid our smile

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Did Qatar Airways help spread coronavirus?

Qatar Airways is in the middle of a marketing binge touting itself, amongst other things, as the biggest operator during...
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The shooting down of PS752

  Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 took off at 6.12am on Wednesday 8 January, after nearly an hour’s delay...
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Uncharted territory – the USA pursues regime change in Iran

The new year drone strike that killed Iran’s most prominent commander, Qassem Suleimani, will have profound consequences for the...
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FZ 981 – final report

The final report on the 2016 crash of flydubai flight 981, a Boeing 737-800 at Rostov-on-Don, Russia, was issued...
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The blockade derby- Qataris not welcome

Tonight is the blockade derby. UAE at home to Qatar in the Asia Cup semi final. The winners will...
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A call for the release of Ahmed Mansoor

I support this letter and plea for the UAE government to release Ahmed Mansoor. “We, the undersigned, call on...
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No more defending the UAE

This website has in the past defended the UAE; praised some of the initiatives there and the willingness to...
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The Saudi admission of Khashoggi’s murder insults our intelligence

Overnight the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs put out this statement in English arguing, preposterously, that Jamal Khashoggi was...
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Khashoggi’s last Washington Post column – his honesty cost him his life

I have re-published this op-ed from today’s Washington Post unedited and in full. Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen...
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