Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity

:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism

:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’

:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »

 

Tag Archives: GULF

Erdogan plans Gulf visit to discuss Qatar dispute

:: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan hopes to visit the Gulf soon to discuss efforts to resolve the crisis, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar on

UAE: Qatar has two options

:: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed stated on Thursday, that Doha should make more efforts to regain the lost confidence as it has signed two agreements with the GCC countries and has not adhered to them. The UAE official

Britain to the rescue in the Gulf?

Anthony Harris

By : Anthony Harris :: Boris Johnson, the British foreign secretary, called for unity in the Gulf during a trip to the region, which began on Friday and included stops in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He will by now

Bedfellows: Qatar and Iran

Dr. Majid Rafizadeh

By : Dr. Majid Rafizadeh :: Saudi Ambassador to the UN Abdallah Al-Mouallimi recently highlighted Qatar’s cooperation with Iran. Highlighting their alliance is critical because any policy that solely focuses on countering one player may let the other off the

UAE official: Qatar ‘victimhood’ act will not obscure its support for terror

:: UAE Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs Anwar Gargash tweeted on Friday that Qatar’s acting as a victim will not obscure its support for terrorism, reported Al Arabiya. The solution for Qatar crisis is not in New

Coalition destroys weapons shipment to militias on Yemen Island

:: Sources of the Yemeni military confirmed that the Arab coalition destroyed weapons shipment for the militants through several raids on Thursday on the island of Kamran off the port of Salifi Hodeidah in western Yemen. The sources mentioned that

Saudi Arabia receives Qatar’s response to the list of demands

:: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir received in Jeddah, Qatar’s response to the 13 demands listed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in order to stop Doha’s support and finance of terrorism, reported Al Arabiya. Saudi

UAE minister: Arab states still awaiting Qatar response to demands

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan

:: United Arab Emirates foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan said on Tuesday that Arab countries boycotting Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism were still awaiting a response to their demands via mediator Kuwait. “I think it is

Qatar’s failure and bankruptcy

Fahad Suleiman Shoqiran

By : Fahad Shoqiran :: The crisis with Qatar exposed several networks and relations and solved many mysteries. For two decades, cells worked day and night as part of a Qatari project that revealed its magnitude when the four countries,

Qatar dismisses Gulf demands but says ready to discuss ‘legitimate issues’

:: Qatar is ready to discuss “legitimate issues” with Arab states to end a regional crisis, but it said a list presented by them last week contained some demands that were impossible to be met because they were not true.

Prominent US anchor accuses Qatar of using Al Jazeera to spread chaos

:: The American broadcaster Joe Scarborough attacked Al Jazeera channel accusing Qatar of using it to support terrorism and spread chaos. Scarborough spoke on an episode of the “Morning Joe,” talk show airing on MSNBC, about Qatar’s propaganda, spreading false

Russia’s Lavrov, US Sec of State Tillerson discuss Syrian conflict

:: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed by telephone on Monday the need to cement the ceasefire regime in Syria, in particular on the basis of peace talks conducted in the Kazakh capital

Weeks after the boycott, no positive signs from Qatar

:: There are no positive signs from Qatar, weeks after the Gulf boycott. The Qatari attempts aim to put some pressure on its neighbors to end the boycott at times, and to push for a decision to re-open the Qatari

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the Gulf crisis

Sinem Cengiz

By : Sinem Cengiz :: On Wednesday, Saudi King Salman designated Mohammed bin Salman crown prince. Now Prince Mohammed is the second man in the Kingdom and first in line to the throne. For those who follow Saudi Arabia, the

Official: Qatar can stay under ‘blockade forever’

:: CEO of the state-owned Qatar Petroleum said on Tuesday in an interview that Doha can continue to sustain itself under “blockade forever,” in a statement showing recalcitrance defiance. “We can stay under blockade forever and our situation in terms

The situation in Qatar is getting difficult

Abdulrahman al-Rashed

By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed :: Last week, the Qatari government signed a deal to buy 36 F-15 fighter planes which are one of the best fighter jets in the world. Doha will thus possess a large air force in its

Turkish FM says he will travel to Qatar, hopes crisis to end soon

:: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Al Arabiya News Channel that he will be traveling to Qatar on Wednesday and later to Saudi Arabia if possible in hopes to end crisis between Doha and Arab powers. Saudi Arabia and

Germany urges Iran to avoid any moves to exacerbate tensions in Gulf

:: A German government spokesman on Friday urged Iran to avoid any actions that could further exacerbate tensions in the Gulf after key Arab states cut off ties with Qatar, and underscored Germany’s opposition to any state funding of militant

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