The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. Last month, the [ More … ]
A Bahrain government delegation led by its foreign minister has landed in Tel Aviv on its first official visit from the Gulf kingdom, which normalized relations with Israel in September. Abdullatif Al Zayani was welcomed [ More … ]
The European Union (EU) on Thursday called on Israel to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied territories EU Spokesperson Peter Santo announced in a statement: “This week, Israeli forces demolished more than 70 [ More … ]
The Sudanese Umma Party, led by Sadiq Al-Mahdi, on Thursday threatened the transitional government of his country over the normalization of ties with Israel, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Umma Party threatened to [ More … ]
Mission conducted diplomacy with Bahrain via front company listed as commercial consulting firm, Axios reports The Manama-based facility conducted diplomacy with Bahrain via a front company listed as a commercial consulting firm. Negotiations to establish [ More … ]
Lebanon and Israel have started talks to settle a maritime border dispute between them Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, began unprecedented talks sponsored by the United Nations and the United States on Wednesday [ More … ]
Thousands of Israelis have protested across the country for the 15th week in a row, flouting a new law meant to curb anti-government demonstrations during a coronavirus lockdown. The street protests on Saturday and into [ More … ]
United States, which has welcomed the framework agreement, will act as facilitator during the discussions Lebanon and Israel have agreed to hold UN-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running maritime and land borders dispute, Speaker [ More … ]
US Senator Ted Cruz rejects criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, saying Riyadh played ‘major role’ in brokering Arab peace with Israel The ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia in [ More … ]
US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said that America is considering replacing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with Fatah’s dismissed leader, Mohammed Dahlan. Friedman made the comments yesterday in an interview with ‘Israel Today’ newspaper, which [ More … ]
Israeli prime minister’s deal has been met with Palestinian anger, and mistrust across Israel’s political spectrum for its lack of transparency. Meanwhile, the Palestinian prime minister said on Monday that the signing of normalization accords [ More … ]
Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalize relations with Israel, with a leading Shi’ite cleric on Sunday calling on the region’s people to resist, Reuters reports. Cleric [ More … ]
The flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi was the first direct commercial flight between the two countries The first official direct flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates landed on Monday, ahead of [ More … ]
An airliner carrying Israeli and US delegations to the UAE on Monday flew over Saudi Arabia as the first publicly acknowledged entry of an Israeli plane into Saudi air space, reported Reuters. Israel’s flag carrier El [ More … ]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Sudan today, Tuesday, as part of a regional tour to urge Arab states to normalize ties with Israel despite widespread opposition. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Sudan on [ More … ]
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