Gulf Crisis: ‘Crisis will be solved sooner or later,’ Bahraini Minister

A Bahraini senior official Tuesday said the Gulf diplomatic crisis opposing Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other will not be permanent, indicating therefore a likely settlement of the worst crisis Read more

Gulf Crisis: White House former senior advisor pins diplomatic spat on Trump’s visit

One of US President Donald Trump’s former close advisors, Steve Bannon Monday underlined that the five month-old diplomatic crisis shaking the Gulf region was provoked by President Trump’s visit to the region in May, adding that the political shake-up in Read more

Iraq: Tillerson tells Iran-backed militia to head back home

Top US diplomat Sunday in Riyadh invited Iran-backed militia, which have been fighting the Islamic State group (IS) alongside the Iraqi army, to go back home now that the terror group is almost defeated. Tillerson at a joint press conference Read more

US delegation expected in Turkey to defuse diplomatic crisis

Washington will send next week a delegation to Ankara to meet Turkish authorities in a bid to end the diplomatic row, which birthed this week following suspension by the US embassy of non-migrant visas. In retaliation, Turkey suspended at its Read more

Gulf Crisis: Anti-Qatar bloc adds 9 individuals, 9 entities to black list

Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have severed ties with Qatar, have added nine individuals from Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait and Libya as well as nine other organizations from Yemen and Libya to their list of terror entities and individuals with Read more

Qatar: Emir amends counterterrorism laws

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

Gulf Crisis: Anti-Qatar quartet drops 13-demand list, sets six principles

Saudi Arabia and its allies, which are boycotting Qatar, have presented Doha with six principles to be fulfilled in what appears an abandonment of the 13 demands issued last month as conditions to be fulfilled by Qatar for the normalization Read more

Iran: Tillerson to make announcement on Teheran’s compliance with nuclear deal

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

Gulf Crisis: Saudi-led bloc to maintain blockades despite US-Qatar MoU on terrorism financing

The four countries boycotting Qatar said they will maintain isolation of the gas-rich tiny Gulf state notwithstanding the agreement between Doha and Washington to fight terrorism funding. The US and Qatar Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to dry Read more