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The Trump administration is contemplating possibility of the shuttering down Afghan rebels Taliban’s Doha office as the US army and the Afghanistan leaders muster efforts to finish with the armed group. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told a Senate hearing Read more
Palestinian internationally recognized Prime Minister answering leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Gaza today to make the turn of Fatah which controls the Palestinian Authority as schism with rival Hamas looks edging towards end. Rami Hamdallah is expected in Gaza Read more
Oman authorities have asked an Indian Muslim scholar to leave the kingdom after criticizing Saudi Arabia for isolating a Muslim country in reference to Qatar and siding with Jewish and Christians, reports say. The foreign ministry said Salman al-Husaini had Read more
Snap, following complaints by Saudi authorities, has removed the Doha-based Al Jazeera from its application Snapchat in the Saudi Kingdom, at a time Riyadh is at war with pro-Qatar sentiments. The move, the company noted on Sunday is in line Read more
Qatar is to purchase from the UK 24 British Typhoon fighter jets, under a ‘statement of intent’ signed Sunday between the Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah and his British counterpart Michael Fallon. The delivery date has not Read more
US military officials attending Saudi-led bloc sponsored conference on Qatar, ‘Global Security & Stability Conference’ in London Thursday suggested that US could remove Al-Udeid air base if Doha continues dealing with Iran. “It would be hugely detrimental for Qatar to Read more
Italy Wednesday dispatched a new envoy to Egypt more than a year after it recalled its ambassador to protest Cairo’s slowness in establishing truth about the death of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni. The new envoy, Giampaolo Cantini, landed in Read more
Egypt has begun campaigning for its candidate for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General post, Moushira Khattab. Moushira Khattab is a human rights activist and former Minister of Family & Population and former ambassador. Khattab boasts a Read more
An attack on a security convoy in North Sinai Monday left at least 18 people killed, most of whom were policemen. The interior ministry noted that a group of militants attacked a security convoy between Qantara near the Egyptian port Read more
A high key Hamas delegation arrived Saturday in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials over Rafah crossing and also to express willingness to thaw ties with West Bank ruler Fatah movement. Led by the movement’s Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh Read more