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...
Category: Middle East
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...
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...
No more defending the UAE
This website has in the past defended the UAE; praised some of the initiatives there and the willingness to...
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...
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...
The fall of Abraaj
I should not gloat over the demise of Abraaj Capital but karma is a wonderful thing! The Dubai-based private...
Trump just made the world far less safe
After three years denouncing the Iran nuclear deal as “horrible,” “disastrous,” and “insane,” Donald Trump yesterday formally announced that...
Is another war coming to the Middle East?
How close are we to a major war in the Middle East – that could drag in allies from...
Dodgy statistics from DWC
Here is the trouble with simply rehashing a press release and calling it news. The press release is marketing...