Unity of Islamic world is crucial in solving the Muslim communities’ problems and the quadripartite summit with Malaysia, Qatar and Iran shows the intention to achieve that end, Erdogan said Turkey will continue its cooperation [ More … ]
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 … ]
For many Muslims, Hajj is the opportunity of a lifetime Saudi controls access to the Muslim holy places. Access to #Hajj should be open to all Muslims and non-politicized. #Saudi started blockade against neighbouring #Qatar [ More … ]
Egypt has so far managed to keep its economic interests away from its foreign political disputes. The head of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu, visited Cairo March 5 for [ More … ]
Qatar to face Japan in the final after beating hosts in front of a hostile crowd in Abu Dhabi. The win, coming in front of a hostile Abu Dhabi crowd, sealed Qatar’s progress to the [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
The Turkish lira is rebounding after Qatar pledged US$15 billion in investments to help Turkey’s economy The currency strengthened some 3 percent against the dollar on Aug. 16, trading at around 5.75 per dollar, hours [ More … ]
The defection of an Emirati prince to Qatar has provided a rare glimpse into tensions among the rulers of the United Arab Emirates and added an awkward complication to its feud with Qatar, its regional [ More … ]
Qatar on Wednesday asked the International Court of Justice to order the United Arab Emirates to reverse measures put in place as part of its boycott against Qatar, saying they violate an international treaty against [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We had previously stated that the image of Turkey reflected on the screens of Saudi Arabia and the image of Saudi Arabia reflected on Turkey’s screens are not pleasant at all nowadays. [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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