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 … ]
Known as a peacemaker, Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died. Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. “With great sadness and [ More … ]
In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the U.S. Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in the Gulf to stay 100 meters (yards) away from U.S. warships or risk being “interpreted [ More … ]
The incident in the Gulf comes amid escalating tensions between the United States and Tehran. Eleven vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came close to United States Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia halted entry and exit into Jeddah governorate on Sunday, expanding lockdown rules as it reported four new deaths from a coronavirus outbreak that continues to spread in the region despite drastic measures to [ More … ]
Qatar prospering under Blockade by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain. A sea, air and land blockade the four Arab states imposed on independent-minded Qatar more than two and half years ago appears to have [ More … ]
As Iranian officials begin probe into the seized tanker, London tells UK ships to avoid Strait of Hormuz. US to launch plan for ‘free passage’ of ships in Iran’s waterway. The United Kingdom has told all British [ More … ]
Pentagon says deployment of US military personnel to Saudi to face ’emergent, credible threats’. The United States has authorized the deployment of military personnel and resources to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon has said, as tensions [ More … ]
An Israeli research centre says Russia joined the supporters for the military council in Sudan Russia has emerged Saudi Arabia’s and United Arab Emirates’s silent partner in assisting the Sudanese military’ According to it, Russians [ More … ]
Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a [ More … ]
Gulf rulers would have Arabs believe Iran – and not Israel – is their enemy. Palestinians are being asked to pay the price to preserve the thrones of the oil families. Who is the main [ More … ]
Gulf states are asserting themselves more than ever, and that’s a problem for the U.S. Three years ago, then Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter attributed Iran’s growing dominance to its being “in the game, on [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül An earthquake… The US has spiraled out of control. For whom will doomsday strike? The Great Gulf War plan… U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly signals a dire future [ More … ]
As the Gulf crisis marks its one year anniversary, settlement seems as distant as ever. Both sides seem to have come to terms with the new reality. While the crisis had certainly been brewing for [ More … ]
The new US secretary of state said that there was ‘overlap’ between Saudi Arabia and the US on how to deal with the Gulf crisis Washington’s new chief diplomat lashed out at Iran on Sunday [ More … ]
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