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Saudi Arabia’s harsh policies towards Yemen, Lebanon and Qatar received severe criticism from the Trump’s Administration, which urged Riyadh to temper its regional action. “With respect to Saudi Arabia’s engagement with Qatar, how they’re handling the Yemen war that they’re Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has voiced his “deep concern and that of Arab and Muslim countries” over the U.S. administration’s plan to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move its embassy to this city. In a Read more
President Trump bid to broker a new deal between Palestine and Israel is put to a tough test as Palestinian authority threatens to cease ties with US administration if it closes the office of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Washington. Read more
The United States has joined efforts with Morocco, its major ally in North Africa, to combat threats of homegrown terrorists. The two countries announced Thursday in Malta this global initiative placed under the auspices of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) Read more
Iran has warned the USA against enlisting the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group as it threatened to do, saying the move would be a “strategic mistake”. “We hope the US administration would not make such strategic Read more
Tension between the US and Turkey increased again on Sunday as the two countries suspended visa services at their respective diplomatic facilities in either country. The decision was first made by Washington after a Turkish staffer was arrested at the Read more
Saudi Arabia is likely to receive US advanced defense system Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in a deal estimated at $15 billion. The State Department Friday said it approved the deal, which is yet to be green-lighted by the Read more
Washington, seeking to help end the diplomatic spat, which erupted early June between its gulf allies, has announced it will suspend all military drills in the region, reports say. The region has been embroiled in a crisis as a Saudi-led Read more
The ruler of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani Tuesday renewed his country’s readiness to engage in dialogue with its neighbors. “We’ve always said that we’re very open for dialogue, and we’ll always be open for dialogue,” Sheikh Tamim Read more
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani asserted Wednesday that his country shall never breach the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, that he described as an important international accord. President Rouhani made the remarks at a meeting in Tehran Wednesday with Japanese Read more