"The government of Bahrain has made some meaningful progress on human rights reform and reconciliation." With this flexible formulation, the US justified the decision to lift the hold on arms transfers to the Bahrain Defence Force and National Guard, which had been in a place in an effort to pressure the Bahraini regime to reform its violent tactics towards protesters. As part of this process, Bahrain was supposed to accept reforms proposed by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), Read more [...]

Turkish Airlines continues to launch new flights from Istanbul’s second airport; Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW). Already having the world's 4th largest flight network and flying to 276 destinations in 110 countries, Turkish Airlines continues to grow by adding 2 flight destinations operated from/to SAW. Beginning July 20th, roundtrip flights between Istanbul and Erbil have been operated 4 times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On the Read more [...]