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: Qatar-born British boxer praises Emir Tamim after title win

British boxer Abdul Barry Awad aka “Kid Galahad” praised the Qatari ruler and the entire Qatar nation, now isolated by neighbors for alleged funding of terrorism, after his victory over Mexican Jose Cayetano for the IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title over Read more

Gulf Crisis: UAE faces global outrage over arrest of citizen supporting Qatar

Activists have charged Abu Dhabi and called for the release of a young Emirati arrested for expressing sympathy for Qatar amid the diplomatic row between the tiny gas-rich country and the Saudi-led bloc including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain Read more

Palestine: West Bank farmer donates house to al Jazeera

A Palestinian farmer in the West Bank has announced he is offering his house to Doha-based al Jazeera, threatened with shutdown by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Bahrain and Egypt as part of conditions set to normalize ties Read more

Gulf Crisis: Saudi Arabia, allies insist on al Jazeera closure as part of long list of demands

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

Lebanon: Relations with Gulf States Refreshed, President Aoun

At the end of his four-day trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, President Michel Aoun of Lebanon is confident that ties with the Gulf States have been revived. He stated that relations with Gulf Countries particularly with Saudi Arabia are Read more