2020 – when masks hid our smile
The abiding memory of 2020 will be masks. Masks everywhere. Masks that help stop the spread of the virus...
Category: Middle East
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...