The US has issued its annual religious freedom report, slamming its allies in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, for what it said was the persecution of their religious minorities. The United States issued its [ More … ]
US official says Mohammed bin Salman told him he wants to end conflict, and that he was okay with Washington engaging with arch-foe Iran, said Middle East Eye in an exclusive report. Mohammed bin Salman, [ More … ]
Iraq’s Interior Minister, Qassim al-Araji revealed on Sunday that he had been assigned by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Iraq’s Interior Minister revealed that he had been assigned [ More … ]
Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to end unjust restrictions imposed of Qataris wishing to perform the Hajj next month. Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to end unjust restrictions imposed on Qataris wishing to [ More … ]
On Wednesday, Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and Acting Minister of Information, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, delivered a letter to Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, [ More … ]
UN officials have said all parties in the war show a ‘disregard for the protection of civilians’ The Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi militias in Yemen has denied targeting a civilian home after a local health [ More … ]
Two US envoys have arrived in the Gulf to begin a five-day tour aimed at ending the now two-month long Saudi-led Qatar blockade. Two US envoys have arrived in Kuwait at the start of a [ More … ]
A “highly classified” press release by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was published by WikiLeaks, reveals the level of rapprochement between Riyadh and Tel Aviv. Saudi Arabia initiated discussions on the issue of [ More … ]
The investment would include expanding the Four Seasons resort in Sharm el-Sheikh in the southern Sinai, transforming it into ‘the biggest resort in the world’. Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is set to [ More … ]
Human-rights activists claim that some of the sentenced men were tortured and forced into making false confessions Saudi Arabia defended its decision to execute more than a dozen Shia activists involved in demonstrations during the [ More … ]
Muqtada al-Sadr says he wants government to dismantle large Shiite militia force, days after his meeting with Saudi royals Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday called on the Baghdad government to dismantle the [ More … ]
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Thursday arrived in Morocco on a private visit that coincides with the presence of where he is expected to meet the Saudi Arabia’s, King Salman. According to the official SUNA, al-Bashir [ More … ]
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Moqtada al-Sadr that the previous administration had ‘made mistakes’ in the past that allowed Iran to control the country. Saudi Arabia has agreed to pay Baghdad an additional $10 [ More … ]
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran have shaken hands at a meeting of the world’s Muslim nations, despite the rival nations being locked in a bitter feud. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia [ More … ]
Qatar denied claims it made calls to internationalise Hajj but did criticise how the pilgrimage was being ‘politicised’ by Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has described criticisms by Qatar of restrictions on access of its citizens [ More … ]
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