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The Saudi monarch is expected in Washington early 2018 to meet with US President Donald Trump for talks after the two leaders stepped up ties between the two historical allied countries. The White House Thursday said the two leaders held Read more
Iran, through the voice of its atomic chief, indicated Tuesday that it could increase in five days its uranium enrichment to 20 per cent; enough level to lead to creation of nuclear weapon if the US continues imposing sanctions on Read more
Tehran has called upon the nuclear pact implementation watchdog to address the violation of the historic 2015 nuclear deal by the US after Washington imposed fresh sanctions on Iran despite compliance with terms of the agreement, Speaker of the Iranian Read more
Jordan, in its capacity as the custodian of the Al-Aqsa mosque, has sent its Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi to Brussels to meet with European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Moghreini. State-run Jordanian Petra News Agency reported that Safadi “warned against Read more
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to address the Congress on Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, at the time President Trump admitted that Tehran showed consistency in the compliance, though remaining the major threat to US 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
US ambassador to Qatar Tuesday announced she was leaving her post this month and quitting the State Department, as the crisis between US Gulf allies lingers on and as Washington is sending mixed signals on the crisis. Ambassador Dana Shell 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
President Donald Trump has made what could be considered as his biggest diplomatic retreat since he took office early this year after a message from the White House announced the suspension of the much acclaimed vow to move the American Read more
President Erdogan has questioned Trump’s administration claim of respecting the freedom of religion during an Iftar dinner in Ankara. In a message directed at Washington during his address, the Turkish president raised concerns about Trump administration’s decision to not host Read more