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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was reportedly behind the incendiary statements attributed to Qatar’s ruler, which ignited the diplomatic row between tiny gas-rich gulf country and its neighbors, Washington Post reports citing unidentified US intelligence officials. Qatar came in the Read more
The Syrian government could not hide its disappointment for the failure to establish four de-escalation zones during the Astana talks between Russia, Turkey and Iran. The head of Syria’s negotiation team, Bashar Ja’afari, held Ankara responsible as he stated that Read more
The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, has been confirmed by Ali Shirazi. The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei’s to the Revolutionary Guards – Quds Force was speaking to online news site Asr-e 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
Bahraini foreign minister Monday stopped short of naming Turkey as he assaulted Qatar for military escalation in the crisis – an indirect reference to Turkey’s current military capacity building in Qatar. “The foundation of the dispute with Qatar is diplomatic Read more
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani widely opened Iran’s hands for Qatar, calling for stronger economic ties between the two countries, following the harsh conditions set by Saudi Arabia and its allies to lift the blockades they imposed on their neighbor. The Read more
Kuwait has handed Qatar a list of demands including the closure of the Doha-based al Jazeera news network as conditions for lifting blockades imposed by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in the diplomatic row with the tiny Read more
Riyadh announced Monday it captured three Iranians, member of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards, on a boat laden with weapons heading towards an oil platform, in the Arabian Gulf. The three men, according to Saudi state-run news agency SPA, were Read more
Tehran has retaliated to the twin attacks claimed by the Islamic State earlier this month targeting their positions in Syria with missile strikes. Six medium-range ballistic missiles were launched on the extremist group’s bases in Dayr al-Zawr and according to Read more
A Bahrain court Thursday sentenced twenty people to life in prison and handed 15-year prison sentences to sixteen others on terrorism charges. The Supreme Court of the kingdom found the 26 defendants guilty of forming a “terrorist group” between 2011 Read more