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The Dutch government Friday announced that Dutch lawmakers have opposed a visit by Turkish deputy Prime Minister to attend commemoration by Turkish expatriates of last year failed coup as diplomatic tension between the two countries continues. Tuğrul Türkeş and other Read more
Southern separatists in Yemen are preparing for a massive mass rally organized by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on July 7 to mark the 23rd anniversary of the country’s reunification. The rally comes after a series of verbal exchanges between Read more
The leader of the Islamist Hamas movement Wednesday told reporters that Egyptian officials are sensitive to the plight of Palestinians in the enclaved Strip of Gaza in reference to recent rapprochement between the movement and Cairo. “Egyptian authorities issued a Read more
Saudi Arabia has offered Egyptian parliamentarians who voted in favor of the transfer of the Red Sea Islands to the Kingdom Mecca visas, London-based Qatari The New Arab reported. The gesture comes one month after the Parliament churned the Administrative Read more
A Palestinian farmer in the West Bank has announced he is offering his house to Doha-based al Jazeera, threatened with shutdown by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Bahrain and Egypt as part of conditions set to normalize ties Read more
President Emmanuel Macron’s office Monday announced a visit by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, by the end of this summer, as the crisis between the tiny Gulf country and its neighbors lingers on. The French leader, according Read more
Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz will not meet up other world leaders in Germany this weekend in the framework of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg. German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert told Germany’s state news agency DPA that the 81-year old Read more
Saudi Arabia and allies who severed ties with Qatar and imposed blockades on the Emirate have extended by two days the deadline of the 13-demand list handed over to Doha to be fulfilled as condition to end the isolation, Saudi Read more
King Salman has ordered the suspension of a journalist for over-praises after he compared the Saudi ruler to God. The 81-years old King Saturday felt uncomfortable after a column in local newspaper al-Jazirah described him as “Haleem”, or forbearing, and Read more
A video showing a Saudi monument in the Qassim region spread with graffiti expressing sympathy to Qatar has gone viral on social media at the time Riyadh has decreed prison and fine sentences for any message showing support for the Read more