Dubai’s gold souk is open again – but where are the people?

Evening dresses made of gold mesh, gilded sunglasses and glittering crowns are sparkling again from the windows of Dubai’s historic gold souk which was...

Qatar imposes world’s toughest penalties for failing to wear masks

Qatar on Sunday began enforcing the world's toughest penalties of up to three years' in prison for failing to wear masks in public, in...

Somali Intelligence Chief accuses Qatar of links with Al-Shahbaab: Saudi Influence?

Abdullahi Mohamed Ali (Sanbalolshe), former director of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), according to Somali Affairs, has accused Qatar of maintaining...

Key developments since the Trump Mideast peace plan of 2020

Key developments since US President Donald Trump in January unveiled his controversial plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, granting numerous concessions to his ally Israel. Realistic solution Trump's...

US military aid cut carries risk of heightened arms race in Middle East, but how?

The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw Patriot anti-missile defense batteries from Saudi Arabia is likely to fuel an already brewing arms race. The kingdom...

Air travel will not normalise easily: Emirates warns stakeholders

Middle East's biggest airline, Emirates’ passenger operations are suspended since March 25 and it predicts that the air travel is not going to resume soon.

Ensuring security of Gulf in post-pandemic world

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the Gulf security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East....

Emirates & Etihad in serious trouble: Revival may take 5 years

GCC airlines hit hard by corona pandemic

Arab League says annexation of West bank is ”war crime”,urges US to withdraw support

The Arab League said Thursday Israel's controversial proposal to annex much of the West Bank constituted a "new war crime" against the Palestinians, during...

Israel’s annexation of West Bank: What tensions it might inflame in the region?

Arab foreign ministers are to hold talks on Thursday on Israel's US-backed plans to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank. Concern has mounted...

History’s largest shipbuilding order: from Qatar to a Chinese Company

Qatar awards history's largest shipbuilding order to a Chinese company, looking towards a stragegic relationship with China, but may upset Washington in the process.

Saudi Arabia’s MBS struggles as geopolitics gets out of hand

Oil Price War: Saudi US Rift Combatting the coronavirus and coping with the pandemic’s economic fallout may be Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s...