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Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the U.S. of destabilizing the Middle East by providing support to extremist groups active in the region. In one of his latest tweets on Monday, the Supreme leader claimed that the “U.S. Read more
Morocco decided, upon directives from King Mohammed VI, to airlift shipments of foodstuffs to Qatar, in a gesture of solidarity and mutual assistance, it was officially announced in Rabat on Monday. The decision was announced one week after Saudi Arabia, Read more
The Libyan armed group Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), opposed to Eastern-based Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of halting peace among Libyans and pointed at its covert plans to dominate the North African country through Read more
Morocco, which has been following with great concern the deterioration in relations between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and other Arab countries on the one hand and Qatar on the other has offered its good offices to Read more
The Saudi football association has expressed apologies to Australia after their team refused to observe a minute of silence in the memory of the two Australians killed in May London attacks. Saudi Arabia drew criticism to itself Thursday after some Read more
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni of the Tobruk-based government has issued “strict instructions” for the security forces to arrest and detain cabinet members of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) who set foot on the territory under their control. The Read more
Following the announcement by Masoud Barzani, President of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq, of plans to hold a referendum on September 25 to decide on their independence, neighboring Turkey released a statement this Friday warning that going ahead as Read more
The Palestinian Hamas movement controlling the Gaza Strip Wednesday lambasted Saudi Arabia’s condition to restore ties with Qatar adding that the current Qatar-Arab fallout will favor Israel, which will exploit the situation against the Palestinian people. The movement is facing Read more
The Turkish parliament, Wednesday, in what looked like Ankara’s support for Doha, approved a draft bill allowing deployment of Turkish forces to a military base in Qatar as the tiny Gulf country faces increasing isolation, Middle East Eye has learned. Read more
Iran’s Intelligence ministry has stated that it has killed all the five assailants who stormed the Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The death toll of the two attacks has risen to Read more