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Saudi Arabia Monday green-lighted the creation of a joint trade commission with Iraq, heralding thus a new diplomatic era between the two countries, 27 years after closure of land borders. “The Cabinet has decided to approve the establishment of the Read more
Leaked emails published by Middle East Eye have revealed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman wants to withdraw his forces from the war in Yemen. Martin Indyk, the former US ambassador to Israel, in an email exchange with Youssef Read more
A criminal Court in Jeddah found a man guilty of attack against the state and of endorsement of Lebanon-based Shia group Hezbollah, blacklisted as a terrorist group by Saudi Arabia and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Read more
Lawyers hired by Saudi Arabia have requested that the 25 lawsuits filed against the oil-rich kingdom for its alleged role in the September 11 attacks in the US be dismissed. The lawyers told the US district court in Manhattan that Read more
Saudi and Iranian Foreign Ministers shook hands in Istanbul at the OIC meeting over the situation in Jerusalem, at a time rivalry between the two countries spreads over the region. Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran last year in January Read more
Explosion of a bomb device near a security patrol in flashpoint of Al-Musawara district in Awamiyah, in the restive Qatif province killed Sunday a security officer, wounding six others, reports say. Sergeant Mahdi bin Saeed Bin Dhafer Al-Yami died in Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, nicknamed “MBS”, has been handed over temporarily the kingdom’s affairs as his father and Monarch goes on vacation in Morocco. A royal decree signed by King Salman Monday relayed by the official news Read more
The Qatari ruler Thursday issued decrees amending the country’s counterterrorism laws, few days after the isolated Gulf state signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the US on the fight against terrorism funding. The new decrees by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Read more
Reports culled from the New York Times have claimed that the former crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef, was summoned to King Salman’s palace in Mecca in June, at night, around the end of the Holy month of Read more
London’s High Court has dismissed the claim that Saudi Arabia, as the leader of the Arab Coalition in Yemen, is using weapons bought from Britain to wreak havoc on the Yemeni population in its military campaign to reinstate Hadi as Read more