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Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair has requested his Saudi peer Ali al-Naimi to resume work at the offshore Khafji oilfield after production was stopped in October 2014. In a letter addressed to Niami, the Kuwaiti minister pointed out that Riyadh’s Read more
The UAE Central Bank indicated Monday that the government will reduce its spending due to slash in oil prices on the international market and will adopt drastic measures to avoid an acute deficit but announced that the country’s economy would Read more
The agreed peace between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq could have been jeopardized by the Turkish airstrikes which hit the group although the targets where described as “terrorist threats” by the authorities. Turkey and PKK sealed a Read more
Bahrain has accused Iran of meddling into its domestic affairs and has recalled its ambassador for consultations on Saturday, explaining its decision by Iran’s hostile statements and interference in its internal affairs. The move came after the Bahraini interior ministry Read more
Saudi Arabia has clarified that the Hamas delegation’s visit to the kingdom last week and its meeting with authorities do not mean a change in the political differences between the Gaza-based Palestinian group and Riyadh. Speaking on behalf of the Read more
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has released a strongly worded statement denouncing Nuri al-Maliki, former Iraqi Prime Minister, for his recent remarks against Saudi Arabia. In an interview earlier this month with an Iraqi satellite channel Nuri al-Maliki, who Read more
Bahrain seems to be running out of fish as its fishermen continue to cross into territorial waters of neighboring countries to fish especially when they have low catches. President Jassim Al Jeran of the Professional Fishermen’s Society said that the Read more
As the ongoing fight against the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shown its limits, the United Kingdom’ Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country is partaking in the US-led military campaign against the group, told the Read more
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei stated on Saturday that the nuclear agreement will not change Tehran’s foreign policies as he reiterated that they will continue to support the Palestinians, the governments of Syria and Iraq as well as the “oppressed people” in Read more
Five members of the Al-Qassam and Al-Quds brigades seem to be targeted with bomb explosions on Sunday when their cars blew up in front of their houses. The explosions all took place within 15 minutes according to eye witnesses with Read more