US-Iraq relations since 2003
Here are key dates in the relations between the United States and Iraq, after Washington carried out retaliatory airstrikes against a pro-Iran group sparking...
Qatar Chamber: A brief overview of its efforts and policies in 2019
At the end of 2019, Qatar is a completely different country from what it was in the first three months. The tiny gas-rich country...
Saudi dilemma: how to police the public amidst a modernisation drive
Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 200 people for violating "public decency" -- including by wearing immodest clothing -- and "harassment", police said, in...
Qatar Airways: Qatar’s dark horse against the crippling blockade
According to latest reports, Qatar Airways will be expanding its A350-1000 service in the U.S. to include flights to and from Los Angeles International...
Winter-hit Syrians turn to pistachio shells for heat
Abu Walid emptied a container of pistachio shells into the top of a heater in his living room in violence-plagued northwest Syria, where millions...
Israel’s Netanyahu faces party leadership challenge
Israel's embattled premier Benjamin Netanyahu faces off against longtime rival Gideon Saar in a Likud party leadership contest Thursday that could threaten his grip...
Saudi Arabia willing to engage Qatar, UAE still resists
The unilateral blockade imposed on Qatar by GCC countries is seemingly eroding the existing Saudi Arabia-led alliance. Saudi Arabia, on one hand, is giving...
Khashoggi murder: What we know about Saudi investigation
Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder by a 15-man hit squad at the kingdom's consulate in...
UAE revokes citizenship of dissidents’ families: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates of taking punitive measures against relatives of dissidents, including revoking their citizenships and banning...
Iraqis step up protests as deadline for new PM looms
Thousands took to the streets in Iraq's capital and across the south Sunday to protest against Iran's kingmaking influence, as the latest deadline for...
Twitter blocks 88,000 accounts linked to ‘Saudi manipulation’
Twitter said Friday it had suspended thousands of accounts linked to a manipulation effort stemming from Saudi Arabia, in the latest social media crackdown...
GCC: Not yet ready to remove blockade from Qatar?
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the position of the Saudi-led bloc on relations with Qatar remains unchanged. "I affirm that nothing has changed,"...