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 … ]
Qatar Airways weighs up flight route options amid conflicting reports about whether Doha’s Gulf rivals have re-opened their airspace to Qatar-licensed aircraft. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority has denied reports that [ 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 … ]
The Saudi-led blockade will not impact Qatar’s preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a Qatari official responsible for the tournament said in an interview published Monday. “For every challenge that we face, there are [ More … ]
Qatar has attacked as “politically motivated” a decision by Saudi Arabia to add restrictions on Qatari citizens travelling to the kingdom for Hajj. The state-backed National Human Rights Council (NHRC) said on Saturday that Qataris [ More … ]
Qatar’s Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah said no country has the right to call for the closure of the Turkish base in Doha. Al-Attiyah said everyone knew about the Turkish base in Qatar a [ More … ]
US secretary of state, while visiting Doha, says Qatar’s views in Gulf crisis have been clear and ‘very reasonable’. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters in Doha that the Qatari government had “reasonable” [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt push back by 48 hours deadline on 13 demands made to Doha The Saudi-led axis of powers has extended by 48 hours a deadline on 13 demands issued to [ More … ]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has canceled a meeting with American partners to concentrate on fixing relations between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors, following a blockade on Doha. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson [ More … ]
Turkey has reiterated its aim of solving the rift between the Gulf states through diplomatic channels, urging Saudi Arabia to lead the dialogue efforts and solve the Qatar issue peacefully PresIdentIal spokesman İbrahim Kalın said [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK* The Iranian expansionists, who are trying to cause trouble between Sunni Arab countries, are the predominant actors behind the decision to isolate Doha. Turkey has been warning friends and foes that Iranian expansionism [ More … ]
Qatar’s tankers and LNG vessels still have access to Iranian and Omani waters, says Brookings Doha Center visiting fellow Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil exports will not be affected unless the crisis between [ More … ]
A number of nations, including Turkey, have been engaged in intense diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the escalating crisis between Qatar and a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt. [ More … ]
By: Ayşe Sözen* Turning the members of the Islamic world against each other with “threats of national security” will be the deepest destruction and longest-lasting harm that the West has inflicted on this region since the [ More … ]
Iran’s Mohammad Javad Zarif and Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed “regional developments” during the foreign ministers’ first visit to Doha since 2015. Iran’s foreign minister held talks with the emir of Qatar, [ More … ]
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