GCC: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to send back ambassadors to Qatar

The diplomatic spat between Qatar and some members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has come to an end after a meeting in Riyadh. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have voiced willingness to end their diplomatic tussle Read more

Kafr Qassem was a “despicable crime,” Israel President

“A terrible crime was committed here… The brutal killings in Kafr Qassem are an anomalous and sorrowful chapter in the history of the relations between Arabs and Jews living here,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told the victims of the families who Read more

Kuwait hosts World’s biggest and largest military exercise, Eagle Resolve 2015

Kuwait has announced that it will be hosting the World’s biggest and largest military exercise next year under the codename Eagle Resolve 2015. Lt Col Mohammad Al-Kandari, chief of Kuwait’s joint military operations and head of the committee tasked with Read more

Qatar expels the Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey welcomes them

Leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood have been asked to leave Qatar as the state begins the implementation of the Riyadh agreement signed in 2013. The decision is seen as a sign of the balance of power in the Gulf because Read more

Syria : 180,000 dead, France arms rebels

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that the ongoing war in Syria which has forced around half of the country’s population to flee has claimed more than 180,000 lives. The three year old war started as an anti-government Read more