King Salman said to have been angered by recent moves by Prince Mohammed against him There are growing signs of a potentially destabilizing rift between the king of Saudi Arabia and his heir, according to [ More … ]
Investment guru Rogers: US rift with Turkey ‘madness,’ time to invest in Turkish assets The United State’s rift with its NATO ally Turkey is “madness” and smart people are currently investing in Turkish assets, Jim [ More … ]
The U.S. and NATO alliance are getting mixed signals from Turkey at a time when Russia is increasingly warming to Ankara. Turkey’s relationship with the U.S. is considered the worst it’s been in more than [ More … ]
Abu Dhabi is last stop on tour of four Gulf nations that also took Le Drian to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Sunday for a “de-escalation” of [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch said it had received more than 1,750 complaints from Gulf citizens who had been affected by the severing of diplomatic ties and blockade on Qatar. During a meeting with the Qatari National [ More … ]
Agreement reached on increasing efforts to end tension between Gulf states and Qatar, sources from Erdogan’s office say. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and its new crown prince [ More … ]
“Are differences of opinion solved by taking measures before or after first exhausting all mechanisms of diplomacy and dialogue?” asked al-Thani in a televised news conference Qatari Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed Abdurrahman al-Thani said Qatar [ More … ]
Days after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing the Gulf state of supporting “terrorism,” the Hamas movement — named as one of the groups allegedly receiving [ More … ]
‘Qatar, you are not alone’, group chants in Taksim square amid ongoing diplomatic rift in Arab world A group of Turkish citizens on Wednesday took to Istanbul’s Taksim Square to protest Qatar’s isolation in the [ More … ]
Israel’s defence minister says his country is ‘really open to cooperation’ with Arabs, in what seems to be an attempt to latch on to sides in the ongoing diplomatic crisis. Israel Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman [ 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: ÇETİNER ÇETİN * The exacerbating problems between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and between the UAE and Bahrain can be put in a nutshell by referring to Iran and the growing rapprochement with it. Moreover, [ More … ]
A serious diplomatic crisis is unfolding between some European countries and Turkey after the Netherlands banned Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, from entering the country to speak in Rotterdam for Turkish émigré voters ahead of [ More … ]
Rival powers in Libya have agreed to form a committee to explore amending a UN-backed deal to end the country’s political turmoil, Egypt announced on Wednesday after hosting talks. The head of Libya’s unity government, [ More … ]
Heated debate in media as lawmaker refers to expatriates as ‘settlers’ Deep rifts within Kuwaiti society between those who support a quick and dramatic reduction of the numbers of expatriates in the country and those [ More … ]
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