Saudi Arabia is reportedly searching for a resolution to the three-year long Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] crisis as a way to enhance relations with the incoming Biden presidency, according to a report published in the Financial Times. [ More … ]
The chairman of EgyptAir, Ahmed Adel, announced on Monday “heavy losses” following the country’s participation in the Gulf blockade, which has been imposed on Qatar for the second year in a row. “The cessation of [ More … ]
Qatari government says UAE has violated an international discrimination convention while Emirati minister says its another of Doha’s ‘lies’ The government of Qatar took the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations’ International Court of [ More … ]
Since 5 June last year, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have cut all relations with Qatar Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries that a year [ More … ]
Palestinian protests on the Gaza-Israel border have dropped off over the past two days, amid reports that Egyptian officials intervened to restore calm after dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire. Gaza’s dominant Islamist [ More … ]
Analysts say Saudi foreign minister’s comments are purely political and an attempt to ‘throw the hot potato on Doha’s lap’ The US government will stop protecting Qatar if the country doesn’t fund the American military [ More … ]
Agreement covers wide range of cooperation sectors, including production and export of food products from sultanate to Qatar Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding with Oman on the development of bilateral investment and trade on [ More … ]
A Saudi-led coalition blockading Qatar added 11 more individuals and two other entities including a prominent group of Islamic scholars to their “terrorist” blacklists of the Gulf state. A Saudi-led coalition blockading Qatar added 11 [ More … ]
The head of the Palestinian police said on Wednesday that Hamas must disarm to allow a landmark reconciliation deal signed last month with rivals Fatah to succeed. The head of the Palestinian Authority police said [ More … ]
Nearly six months into the blockade, Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani remains defiant yet open to dialogue with the blockading Gulf states. Demands imposed on Qatar by the four blockading Gulf states are not [ More … ]
Kuwait’s al-Sabah prevented a formal split in the GCC Council during a visit to Saudi Arabia last week, sources revealed to The New Arab. Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Jaber al-Sabah reportedly stopped the official division [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities have prevented an Algerian humanitarian aid convoy from entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing, a Palestinian NGO revealed on Friday. The NGO said the Egyptian decision to prevent the entry of [ More … ]
Qatar on Monday denied it had banned flights from Saudi Arabia landing in the emirate to transport Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, after an accusation by authorities in Riyadh. Qatar denied it had banned flights from [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday after an exceptional four-day opening made for the passage of Palestinian pilgrims traveling to perform the Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. [ More … ]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights office (OHCHR) expressed “deep concern” on Friday over the ever-deteriorating situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, three months after the electricity supply was severely cut by Israel [ More … ]
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