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Unconfirmed reports say Saudi foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir was sacked and replaced by Khaled bin Salman, the crown prince’s younger brother, Al Masdar news said. The Middle East Eye also learnt from a diplomatic source, who wished not to be Read more
Saudi Arabia has warned Iran that the firing of a ballistic missile by Shia Houthi militias targeting Riyadh airport “may amount to an act of war.” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir warned Tehran, tweeting that his country would not tolerate Read more
As the deadline for the 13-list demand expired on Tuesday, Qatar rejected the conditions to end the siege and blockade imposed on it by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, as “unrealistic” and “unenforceable”. The boycotting countries, Read more
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt announced Tuesday that they received Doha’s response to the 13-demand list they had asked their neighbor to fulfill before they lift the blockade imposed on it, demands Qatar deem unrealistic 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
Saudi-led bloc is mulling new sanctions against already isolated Qatar with trading partners to be asked to choose between the coalition and the tiny emirate, United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador to Moscow told The Guardian in London Wednesday. Omar Ghobash 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
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates has rebuked Europe for providing shelter for terrorists, saying that European countries including UK, Germany and Italy are doing less in the fight against terrorism than Saudi Arabia. Read more
Saudi Arabia has been chosen as permanent seat of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the time the kingdom strives to polish its image on human rights. The IPHRC is a Read more
Abdelfettah al-Sisi of Egypt arrived in Riyadh on Sunday in honor of King Salman’s invitation and they would be discussing “regional and international issues of common interest.” The invitation was made in March on the sidelines of the Arab Summit Read more