Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will not attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, due to open in Riyadh today. Instead, he assigned his Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al [ More … ]
Erdogan: Turkey-Qatar military base serves regional ‘stability’ President Erdogan says base in Qatar with 5,000 Turkish troops is now complete, calling it a ‘symbol of brotherhood’. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday the construction of a [ More … ]
The September 14 attack on Aramco has forced Saudi Arabia to revise its policies towards the region and the GCC. by Ibrahim Fraihat, ALJAZEERA NEWS Signs of de-escalation have recently started to appear in the [ 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 … ]
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced it has formed a new economic and partnership group with Saudi Arabia, separate from the Gulf Cooperation Council — a move that could undermine the council amid a [ 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 … ]
Iraqi Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, where the two discussed regional issues. Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visited Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed on [ More … ]
Qatar denied claims it made calls to internationalise Hajj but did criticise how the pilgrimage was being ‘politicised’ by Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has described criticisms by Qatar of restrictions on access of its citizens [ More … ]
In a series of tweets, Abdul Aziz, son of former Saudi king Fahd, showed his support for deposed crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef In a series of tweets, a member of the Saudi royal family [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and its anti-Qatar allies have said they received the response to their demands from Qatar ahead of a meeting in Egypt on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies said early Wednesday they [ More … ]
UAE ambassador to Russia, Omar Gobash, said the expulsion of Qatar from the GCC was ‘not the only sanction available’ Gulf Arab states are considering fresh sanctions on Qatar and could ask their trading partners [ More … ]
The United States said it hopes a reported list of demands prepared by an anti-Qatar alliance would be “reasonable and actionable”, amid an ongoing blockade of the small emirate. The United States said it hopes [ More … ]
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