Qatar said Saturday a list of demands by Saudi Arabia and its allies to end their blockade was not “reasonable” and “actionable”. Sheikh Yusuf Bin Ahmed, the director of the government’s Communication Office, said the [ More … ]
A Saudi-led alliance against Qatar is planning to slap economic sanctions on Turkey for its support for Doha during the ongoing diplomatic crisis, diplomatic sources have said. A Saudi-led alliance against Qatar is planning to [ More … ]
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Thursday discussed with the new crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, bilateral relations and regional developments. Last Monday, al-Bashir arrived in Jeddah to meet with King Salam over the [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and allies boycotting Qatar have issued a list of demands that includes shutting down the Doha-based al Jazeera channel and cutting diplomatic ties to Iran. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands [ More … ]
The United States said it hopes a reported list of demands prepared by an anti-Qatar alliance would be “reasonable and actionable”, amid an ongoing blockade of the small emirate. The United States said it hopes [ More … ]
Agreement reached on increasing efforts to end tension between Gulf states and Qatar, sources from Erdogan’s office say. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and its new crown prince [ More … ]
Iraq and Saudi Arabia have agreed to a prisoner exchange involving Islamic State group fighters and Iraqi militiamen during bilateral talks this week that followed years of strained ties. Iraq and Saudi Arabia have agreed [ More … ]
In response to recent Saudi and Emirati media provocations, the Qatari channel Al Jazeera has issued a report defending Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The report criticizes a short documentary broadcasted by Saudi-owned channel [ More … ]
The US on Tuesday bluntly announced it was ‘mystified’ that Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies have failed to justify their blockade of Qatar, urging for a resolution to the crisis. The United States on Tuesday [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has replaced Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with his favored son Mohammed bin Salman, overturning the established succession order to ease his son’s path to the throne. Mohammed bin Nayef was [ More … ]
Sudan President Omer al-Bashir has arrived in Saudi Arabia Monday on his first visit to the Kingdom since the eruption of the Gulf crisis. He was received at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah by [ More … ]
The state-run Qatar News Agency (QNA) has assigned the London-based law firm Carter-Ruck to file an official complaint with Ofcom, UK’s broadcasting and communications regulator, against the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya news channel and Sky News [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign minister says, after holding talks in Qatar and Kuwait, ‘problem can’t be solved with embargoes and sanctions’. As the rift between Qatar and the Saudi-led bloc enters its second week, Turkey’s Foreign Minister [ More … ]
At least 25 people were killed in Yemen when Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck a market in the northern Saada province, a local health official said on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and Israel are in talks to establish economic ties, a dramatic move that would put the Jewish state on a path to normal relations with the bastion of Sunni Islam and guardian of [ More … ]
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