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Regional and International Relations
Is Saudi Arabia warming up to the Muslim Brotherhood? Ali Al-Arian argues that amid the threats from Iran and the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria, Saudi Arabia needs new allies.
Saudi Arabia's New Sunni Alliance Hussein Ibish writes on Saudi Arabia’s history with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt sign 'Cairo Declaration' Cairo and Riyadh sign an agreement to boost economic and military ties.
Reports and Opinions
Saudi policeman killed in attack in Eastern Province A Saudi policeman died and two were wounded when their patrol car came under attack in Qatif.
UAE arrests: 41 accused of plotting 'caliphate' The United Arab Emirates arrested forty-one people suspected of trying to “seize power and establish a caliphate.”
Repression in Bahrain
Bahrain police officers killed in bomb attack Two police officers die in a car bomb in Bahrain.
Crisis in Yemen
13 million people in Yemen struggling to find enough to eat, Oxfam says Clar Ni Chonghaile reports on the dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
3,000 killed in Yemen in first 100 days of Saudi-led bombing, half civilians A news report on the death toll of the Saudi aggression on Yemen during its first hundred days.
Civilians and hospitals targeted in Yemen air strikes, warns medical charity The president of Medecins Sans Frontiers asserts that the bombing of medical facilities is denying thousands treatment.
A life in the balance A news report on Ali Mohammed al-Tawaari, a six-month-old infant who is struggling for his life in the war-ravaged Sanaa.
Yemen's exiled PM makes symbolic visit to war-torn Aden Khaled Bahah and six officials visit several districts in Aden.
Human Rights
Yemen: Houthi Artillery Kills Dozens in Aden Human Rights Watch condemns the indiscriminate Houthi shelling of populated areas.
Yemen: Coalition Strikes on Residence Apparent War Crime Human Rights Watch says that the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes in Mokha, which killed sixty-five civilians, constitutes a war crime.
Bahrain: Ailing human rights defenders Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and Naji Fateel not receiving medical support in prison The Bahrain Center for Human Rights condemns the treatment of al-Singace and Fateel while imprisoned.
NGOs Strongly Condemn Violence in Bahrain The Bahrain Center for Human Rights deplores the violence that killed two policemen and injured eight others.
Discrimination And Lack of Transparency in the Distribution of Scholarships in Bahrain The Bahraini Center for Human Rights expresses concern over discrimination and a lack of transparency associated with scholarship distribution.
Media
Al-Jazeera trial: Verdict delayed until 29 August An Egyptian court delays a verdict in the re-trial of the three Al-Jazeera journalists.