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King Mohammed VI have played a key role in bringing Gulf countries closer following the rift that pitted Qatar against its Gulf Cooperation Council neighbors, Kuwaiti FM Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah said. The Moroccan monarch’s efforts were instrumental in supporting Kuwait’s quest to restore ties between the Gulf neighbors, Al Sabah said in […]
Mauritania and Qatar Sunday contemplated ways to resume diplomatic ties nearly four years after the African country cut off relations in support of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt that had severed ties with the Gulf country. Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held talks Sunday in Doha with his Mauritanian counterpart Ismail […]
The US has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end the three-year old diplomatic feud with Qatar on grounds that the crisis generates revenues for embargo-hit Iran. The Trump administration is taking a new tack in trying to resolve a three-year-old Gulf crisis by pressing Saudi Arabia and the […]
Egypt has refused to welcome its citizens stranded in Qatar amid global battle against covid-19 and diplomatic tension between the two countries. A source at Qatar’s foreign ministry told Doha-based news network Al Jazeera that the Gulf country has charted a plane to bring home Egyptian nationals but Egypt has refused to let the Spanish […]
The Emir of Kuwait has called for the settlement of the Gulf dispute that he described as “unacceptable” and “damaging”. Addressing the opening session of parliament’s new term on tuesday, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said the damaging 30-month-old dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors “is no longer acceptable” and must be resolved. The Gulf […]
The fallout of the war in Yemen and the humanitarian crisis the war-torn country is facing vindicate the Moroccan position to backdown from supporting militarily the Saudi-led military intervention in favor of seeking political solutions. When Morocco expressed its voice against the continuation of strikes on the conflict-stricken country while advocating an approach that focuses […]
Chinese President Xi Ping Thursday urged Gulf Cooperation Council members to cultivate unity and harmony as he welcomed Qatar’s ruler whose country has been embroiled in a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, since June 2017. President Xi, welcoming the Qatari leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Great Hall […]
UAE’s Sport Chief Tuesday said the Gulf country, currently embroiled in a diplomatic spat with regional neighbor Qatar, is “open to co-host” the FIFA 2022 world to take place in the tiny gas-rich country if the rift is solved. FIFA boss late last year said members of the football governing body are ready to back […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Sunday in Qatar urged America’s feuding allies; Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other, to end regional diplomatic row has been going on over 18 months after the Saudi-led side accused Doha of supporting terrorism. Pompeo who is on regional tour in […]
Saudi Arabia has requested Tunisia to close the Tunis office of the Qatar-created Union of Muslim Scholars, which has been added to the anti-Doha quartet’s terror list. Riyadh instructed a visiting delegation of Tunisian officials, led by interior minister Lotfi Brahem, to close the office, Tunisia media Al Soutour reported. The Syndicate founded in […]