Russia never sought a sharp oil price fall or an end to cooperation with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the Gulf nations are to blame for...

The Institute of International Finance has said that the debts of the Gulf States increased from $30 billion in 2014 to $220 billion in December 2019, the New Khaleej...

Credit rating agency Fitch said yesterday that the collapse of oil prices will put pressure on the financial revenues of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Fitch senior sovereign...

Talks on ending a nearly-three-year-old diplomatic dispute in the Gulf have produced “no breakthrough”, Qatar foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Saturday, Reuters reports. He told Al...

As part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Kuwait will temporarily not allow Gulf citizens to enter the country using their national identity cards, Kuwait’s Interior...

A non-aggression agreement will be signed between Israel the Gulf countries in the near future, former Qatar prime minister said in tweets yesterday. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim wrote: “Today,...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday Gulf Arab states — some of the world’s richest countries — could see their financial wealth depleted in the next 15...

Nationalism and national identity are two key concepts in the shaping of the contemporary world since the 19th century. Nationalism aims to create group loyalty, through a single national...

Kuwaiti and Saudi stocks led Gulf stocks sharply lower in late afternoon trade on Sunday, reports Reuters, in the wake of a US drone strike in Baghdad that killed...

Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa has appointed the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdul Latif Al-Zayani, as the kingdom’s new minister of foreign affairs replacing...

Middle East Monitor takes a look at some of the biggest stories from the Middle East and North Africa in 2019

Qatar’s foreign minister said that there has been small progress to resolve the dispute between the Gulf state and its neighbours, Reuters reports. Asked whether there was progress at...

The absence of half of the Gulf leaders from the 40th summit hosted by Riyadh was confirmed on Tuesday, reported the official media of the six-member states of the Gulf...

Qatar’s premier attended an annual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, its highest representation since 2017, but there was no public mention of the two...

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani will not attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, due to open in Riyadh today, Anadolu Agency reports. Sheikh Tamim assigned...

In principle, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia this week should end with a return to normal relations between its six-member states. That’s why the invitation extended by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman...

Arab journalists and bloggers from the Gulf and Iraq took part in a series of meetings and events in Israel, following an invitation from the Foreign Ministry. Members of...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will never advocate a regime change in Iran, the Bahraini Foreign Minister said yesterday, as reported by Anadolu Agency.  “We in the GCC,...

Jordan Interior Minister Salameh Hammad announced that visas to Jordan can be obtained through Jordanian diplomatic missions abroad or border posts upon arrival for “restricted” Arab and foreign nationalities....

Political scientists define war as “intensive policy”; this is something that applies to sport in the Arab world. It reveals deep crises, both between states and in their foreign...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said yesterday that his country has received positive reactions to the peace initiative known as Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE) from regional players....

Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said that he had asked the American Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to help Israel normalise ties with Gulf states. Taking to Twitter, Katz...

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz yesterday confirmed that he has been working on a normalisation deal with Arab countries, mainly the Gulf state, he wrote in a tweet. Katz...

Qatar’s envoy yesterday joined the Chiefs of Staff of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held an emergency joint meeting to discuss security cooperation and counter terrorism. According to a...

Iraq has signed a landmark deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for a power line to import 500 megawatts of electricity by 2020, local reports said on Sunday....

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Saturday, knocking out more than half the Kingdom’s output, Reuters reports....

Iran yesterday declared its willingness to sign a non-aggression agreement with regional countries, Anadolu reported. Iranian news agency IRNA said the announcement came during a meeting between Iranian Ambassador...

The US creation called the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) — dubbed widely as “Arab NATO” — has made no progress in the two years since it was announced....

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared yesterday that “promoting Israel’s rapprochement with the Arab world is his top priority”, reported the Times of Israel, “adding that it was realistic...

There are 188,888 millionaires in Kuwait, Money Control website reported yesterday. A publication by Capgemini entitled “The World Wealth Report 2019” ranked Kuwait as the country with the second...

It has been two years since the four countries, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, imposed their siege on Qatar. Two years later, the besieged came out stronger...

Saudi Arabia hosted three summits side-by-side this week. Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud hosted the 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday.  Saudi Arabia exploited...