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 … ]
Human Rights Watch says Emirates sending high-profile prisoners to Eritrea, and accuses their Yemen militia allies of torture The United Arab Emirates runs at least two secret prisons in Yemen and “disappears” high-profile inmates abroad [ 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 … ]
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 United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are locked in a war of words as the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Sunni Arab neighbors enters its third week. “Emiratis, not Qataris, were among the [ More … ]
The Abraaj Capital Limited (ACLD) – a member of The UAE Abraaj Group that is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) – has been gradually expanding its influence on health institutions [ 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 … ]
The Saudi-funded Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath TV has considered Morocco an ‘occupation state’ for the Sahara, which indicated a silent diplomatic crisis between Rabat and Riyadh against the backdrop of the Gulf-Qatar crisis. This coincided with a similar [ More … ]
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) has called on the UK government to stop exporting arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of its role in fuelling armed conflicts in the [ More … ]
Qatar on Friday denounced a terrorism blacklist published by Saudi Arabia and its allies which linked individuals and organisations in Doha to support for militant groups, describing it as ‘baseless’. Qatar on Friday denounced a [ More … ]
Following Turkey’s decision to deploy troops in Qatar, Pakistan took a similar step, by deciding to send twenty thousand soldiers to the region After the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) decided to deploy troops [ More … ]
A number of Arab nations cut off relations with Qatar on Monday morning, accusing it of ‘sponsoring terrorism’. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Libya all cut off [ More … ]
The Muslim Brotherhood has issued a statement condemning the UAE’s “blatant interference in the affairs of several Arab countries and coordination with the Zionist lobby for spreading chaos, killing, and coups in the region,” according to [ More … ]
Hackers have released the first series of emails taken from the inbox of the UAE’s ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba. The Intercept reported on Saturday that the emails, released by a group called [ More … ]
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