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Kuwait Latest News

Kuwait Emir ‘stopped GCC split’ amid Qatar blockade

October 24, 2017 MEO Staff

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 Latest News

UAE denies allowing Qatari aircraft into its airspace as Gulf crisis continues

August 10, 2017 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Kuwait Latest News

US envoys arrive in Kuwait for Gulf crisis talks

August 8, 2017 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Qatar Latest News

Qatar: 2022 World Cup is ‘a do-or-die project’

August 1, 2017 MEO Staff

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 Latest News

Qatar accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘politicising’ Hajj over pilgrim restrictions

July 30, 2017 MEO Staff

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 Latest News

No one has right to ask for closing Turkish base in Qatar

July 18, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

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 … ]

Qatar Latest News

Rex Tillerson: Qatari position in Gulf row ‘reasonable’

July 12, 2017 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Bahrain latest news

Gulf crisis: Saudi axis extends deadline as Qatar rejects demands

July 3, 2017 rafik

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 … ]

Qatar Latest News

US attempts to smooth over Qatar relations

June 20, 2017 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Qatar Latest News

Gulf needs Saudi Arabia’s leadership, says Ankara

June 15, 2017 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Column

Column: Trump, Saudis playing into Iran’s hands

June 7, 2017 MEO Staff

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 Latest News

‘Gulf crisis not to affect Qatar’s LNG and oil exports’

June 7, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

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 … ]

Qatar Latest News

Turkey part of diplomacy for Qatar crisis

June 7, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

 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 … ]

Column

Column: What is going on behind the Qatar crisis?

June 6, 2017 MEO Staff

 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 Latest News

Iran’s Foreign Minister in a rare visit to Qatar

March 9, 2017 MEO Staff

  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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