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Gulf Crisis: GCC summit cuts short to end same day

December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 KanelkaTagba

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Kuwait city Tuesday was cut short and ended the same day it opened after most influential members chose to snub the meeting because of the presence of Qatar ruler who is facing boycott Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesBahrain, GCC, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Saudi Arabia, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia Donates $100 mln to G5-Sahel Counterterrorism Force

December 5, 2017December 6, 2017 Jaber Ali

Saudi Arabia said it will donate $100 million to the special counter-terrorism force deployed by five African countries- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, known as G5-Sahel. The G5 force launched its first military campaign in October amid growing Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World News$100 million, G5-Sahel, KSA

Yemen: Hadi woos Saleh’s loyalists for alliance against Houthis

December 5, 2017 KanelkaTagba

President Mansour Hadi Monday called on forces aligned with former President Ali Abdallah Saleh to join his troops to forge alliance in order to ouster Houthi rebels, who killed Saleh. “Yemen is passing through a decisive turning point that needs Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAhmed Ali Saleh, Ali Abdallah Saleh, Arif Al-Zouka, Houthis, Mansour Hadi, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

KSA: Senior official fired for attending fashion show in Riyadh

December 5, 2017 KanelkaTagba

King Salman has sacked an official from the ministry of commerce who attended in capital Riyadh a fashion show, decried by the kingdom’s top clerics. The royal decree issued on Sunday targeted Ghassan al-Sulaiman, a senior advisor in the Ministry Read more

Gulf News, Headlinesfashion show, Ghassan al-Sulaiman, King Salman, KSA, Mohamed bin Salman, Riyadh

Former Yemeni President Saleh Killed By Houthis

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Peter Mulvany

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced that they have killed former President Ali Abdallah Saleh. Al Masirah TV cited a statement of the interior ministry saying that Saleh was killed, while Iranian news agencies say that Saleh was killed on his Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsAli Abdallah Saleh, Houthis, Yemen

Would Attendance of Emir of Qatar of GCC Summit in Kuwait End Gulf Row?

December 4, 2017February 12, 2021 Peter Mulvany

Qatari foreign minister has confirmed that the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani is expected to attend the annual summit of Gulf Arab heads of state in Kuwait on December 5 and 6, despite an ongoing dispute between Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesGCC, Gulf crisis, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Summit

Houthis said they fired Missile targeting Abu Dhabi Nuclear Plant, UAE Denies

December 3, 2017 Jaber Ali

Bruised by the disentanglement of their alliance with former President Abdellah Saleh, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed that they fired a missile targeting Abu Dhabi’s nuclear power reactor. The UAE responded by denying such a show of force never happened. Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsHouthis, reactor, UAE

Saleh-Houthi Alliance Crumbles as they vie to take control of Sanaa

December 3, 2017 Jaber Ali

This weekend, Sanaa was the theatre of fierce fighting pitting forces loyal to Abdellah Saleh against the Houthi militias, which appear to have taken control of key streets and buildings in the capital. Dozens of people were killed on both Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World NewsAbdellah Saleh, coalition, Houthis, Yemen

Shift in Yemen Crisis as Saleh Makes Overture to Saudis

December 3, 2017 Jaber Ali

Yemen’s former President vowed to “turn the page” with the Saudi-led coalition he has been fighting if it lifts a crippling blockade on Yemen. The overture to the Saudis comes after media reports spoke of deadly clashes between forces loyal Read more

Gulf News, Headlines, World Newscoalition, KSA, Saleh, shift in war, Yemen

Gulf Crisis: Qatar invited to GCC summit despite Saudi opposition

December 1, 2017 KanelkaTagba

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani has been invit-ed by Emir Sabah Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah of Kuwait to at-tend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, taking place in Kuwait on December 5-6 with Saudi Arabia expected Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesGCC, Qatar, Summit

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