By Emran Feroz and Murtaza Hussain – Drop Site News

A private intelligence firm working for the United Arab Emirates compiled a database of thousands of Facebook users living inside the country—using their social media activity, including likes of news outlets critical of the UAE—to identify what the firm described as “hostile” individuals during a broader crackdown on political expression in the country. Continue reading “UAE Paid Swiss Intelligence Firm to Compile Database of “Hostile” Facebook Users”

By Wyatt Reed – The Grayzone

The occupying Israeli army targeted a prominent Lebanese journalist when they pillaged and demolished his painstakingly-constructed family home located outside Israel’s so-called “buffer zone” in southern Lebanon. Was it retaliation for his widely-viewed documentary on Israel’s notorious pager attacks?

Continue reading “Israel demolishes home of Lebanese journalist whose viral film exposed pager attack”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The US and the UAE have both launched airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab in northern Somalia’s Puntland region in recent days amid clashes in the area between al-Shabaab and local Puntland forces. Continue reading “US and UAE Launch Airstrikes Against al-Shabaab in Northern Somalia”