Summary: a string of lawsuits in the UK and USA allege the global law firm Dechert LLP and former top lawyers were involved in serious criminal activity in the United Arab Emirates.
Summary: a landmark decision by a French court confirms the charge of complicity of the world’s largest cement manufacturer in crimes against humanity over its dealings with the Islamic State in Syria.
Summary: while scientists around the world rush to assess the impact of the emerging Omicron variant, much of the Middle East is at a worrying threat threshold.
Summary: while scientists around the world rush to assess the impact of the emerging Omicron variant, much of the Middle East is at a worrying threat threshold.
Summary: the UAE is a key hub for gold trading linked to money laundering, organised crime and terrorist financing. The authorities have promised to clean up their act but a court case in India suggests there is still a long way to go.
Summary: UN peace talks welcome, but Yemen’s multiple conflicts likely too much for them.
Summary: fighting continues on many fronts. A truce and peace talks next week unlikely to end it.
Summary: while fighting continues in Syria the US/Russian talks, about to enter a third day, deal with two related problems. The first is Syria’s chemical weapons; the second is “Geneva II”.
Summary: America is both loved and hated in the Arab world and Iran.
