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The US State Department Tuesday challenged Saudi Arabia and its league of countries to forward motives behind the air, land and sea blockades they have imposed on Qatar, throwing the bloc’s accusation of Qatar’s support for terrorism into question. Spokeswoman 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
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Monday told reporters that his country will not be bullied into negotiations with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Egypt and allies if they do not lift the air, sea and land blockades they have imposed 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
An Emirati vessel has come under attack in the Red Sea from a missile fired by Houthi rebels who fight Saudi Arabia-led international coalition supporting President Mansour Hadi in exile from capital Sana’a. The attack injured one crew member but Read more
The Egyptian parliament has approved the transfer of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia after its endorsement by the legislative and constitutional affairs committee on Tuesday and by the national security and defense committee on Wednesday. The Read more
US ambassador to Qatar Tuesday announced she was leaving her post this month and quitting the State Department, as the crisis between US Gulf allies lingers on and as Washington is sending mixed signals on the crisis. Ambassador Dana Shell Read more
Russian ambassador to Israel has slammed the classification by the West, Israel and the Saudi Arabia-led bloc of Gaza ruler Hamas and Lebanon-based Shia movement Hezbollah as terror groups. As long as they have not attacked Russian interests, Moscow cannot Read more
Saudi authorities have extended bans on Qatar connections as they have criminalized donning of Spanish football giant club FC Barcelona’s kit. A new decree issued by authorities bans the club’s kit, which displays Qatar airways Logo. The Qatari national carrier Read more
Governor of Qatar’s Central Bank Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al-Thani has released a statement underlining that the ongoing diplomatic rift between Doha and its neighboring Gulf States has not affected its usual operations. “The banking transactions and procedures in the Read more