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Qatar Thursday lambasted Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt for neglecting international calls to end their “reckless” boycott of the tiny gas-rich country. “We still see them (Saudis and Emiratis) continuing with the same behavior, continuing not Read more
The Yemeni Houthi rebels fighting forces of President Mansour Hadi and the Saudi-led military intervention in the poorest Arab country have announced the suspension of missile attacks on the Saudi Arabia after the coalition also halted its assault on the Read more
Kuwait has expressed hope that next month summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to be held in Riyadh would help put an end to the ongoing diplomatic crisis that has plagued the grouping since June 2017. Kuwait’s deputy foreign Read more
The US State Department Thursday denied that the White House has asked several federal agencies to find legal means to extradite the leader of Gulenist Terror Group (FETO) to Turkey as a way to ease Ankara’s pressure on Saudi Arabia Read more
The White House Tuesday said President Donald Trump has nominated former army general John Abizaid as US envoy to Saudi Arabia. The appointment needs to be confirmed by the senate. The White House descried Abizaid as a four-star army general Read more
The information minister of the Yemeni rival government led by Houthi rebels has defected the rebel camp and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni internationally recognized government has told Associated Press. Moammer al-Iryani, information minister in exiled President Mansour Hadi’s Read more
German shipbuilder Luerssen has put on ice operations at its Peene shipyard after the German government put a ban on arm sales to Saudi Arabia in relation to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Luerssen, a Germany-based private shipbuilding Read more
Saudi Arabia’s crude oil shipper, Bahri, known as the world’s largest carrier of crude, is planning acquisition of a number of companies in the maritime sector in the Middle East and Asia as it seeks to expand its reach. “We Read more
Kuwait will begin receiving its ordered Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets as of the fourth quarter of 2020 with delivery completion expected in 2023. Air vice-marshal Adnan Al-Fadhli Sunday told state-run news agency KUNA that a team from Kuwait’s armed forced Read more
The embassy of the Philippines in Saudi Arabia has warned its expatriates to stay away from unsanctioned parties and avoid throwing Halloween and Christmas parties after 17 Filipinos were arrested early this week for taking part in a Halloween party Read more