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US President Joe Biden has called on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf producers to increase their oil output to help stabilise prices, which have surged as a result of...
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Talks to boost trade by approximately $2 billion a year between members of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and the UK are underway today in Riyadh but...
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June 8, 2022
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
Starting on 31 May, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov embarked on a tour of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, where he visited Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
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The US and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-led Terrorist Financing Targeting Centre (TFTC) yesterday designated 13 people and three entities on its terrorist financing list. The TFTC includes the US...
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A number of officials revealed to NBC News that US President Joe Biden had postponed his planned trip to a number of countries in the Middle East. Biden had...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will not join the West in imposing sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said yesterday. "Aspects of...
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Western governments are attempting to mobilise countries to protect the status quo using the Ukraine war as a pretext, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said yesterday during a visit...
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Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Saudi state media said, on a visit that Gulf officials said would feature a meeting with foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
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Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, yesterday welcomed the European Union's adoption of a Joint Communication on a Strategic Partnership with the Gulf. "The Gulf countries...
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The Head of a political and economic union of Gulf countries held talks on Monday with the UN envoy to Yemen on efforts to end the eight-year conflict in...
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Intra-Yemeni talks started on Wednesday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Anadolu News Agency reports. "Today's talks are closely followed up...
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Former Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani, warned Gulf states of the West's exploitation of their wealth without taking into consideration the region's interests. "The West...
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The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said yesterday that it is exercising "restraint" to make the intra-Yemen peace talks hosted by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
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Houthi officials have welcomed calls for dialogue with the Saudi-led Arab Coalition in Yemen, on the condition that the talks are held in a neutral country, Anadolu News Agency...
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A Commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Tehrani Moghaddam has warned Gulf Arab rulers not to allow Israel to use their countries as launch pads for...
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A Houthi official in Yemen has responded to media reports which claim that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) may invite the group for dialogue in Saudi Arabia. The move...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, on the political consultation mechanism between...
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Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, said his country will not accept compromising the security of the Gulf States, Anadolu News Agency reports. Tebboune met with members of the Algerian community...
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Jordanian soldiers killed at least 27 armed smugglers yesterday and wounded others as they crossed the border from Syria during a dawn snowstorm with a large quantity of amphetamines,...
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday that there is no "power vacuum" Middle East and is no need of a "foreign patriarch." Wang made the comments following a...
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China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are moving towards establishing a strategic partnership, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and reported by Anadolu News Agency. "Both sides agreed...
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Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, yesterday met with Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), Lieutenant-General Charles Cooper, to discuss ways of strengthening...
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The 42nd Gulf summit is set to ick off on Tuesday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, following a "prosperous" year of reconciliation between most of the countries of the...
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Egypt's Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, yesterday headed to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to inaugurate a so-called "political consultation mechanism" between Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The...
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The first-ever dating app and website for Jews in Gulf countries have been launched, following the first Jewish wedding in over 50 years held in the Gulf island of Bahrain...
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Our coverage of the Pandora Papers, in association with ARIJ
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September 28, 2021
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Muhammad Hussein
Lebanon has had a rough ride over the past year: the failure to secure a viable government; the catastrophic Beirut blast; then the economic crash which caused its currency...
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Pakistan will pursue individual trade deals with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman, a Pakistani official said on Sunday, as talks with the Gulf Cooperation Council remain...
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The Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak yesterday called on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states to hold an emergency conference to provide economic support to Yemen,...
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After days of speculation over his whereabouts, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani resurfaced in the UAE amidst allegation and bitter condemnation that the 72-year-old fled with some $169 million and...
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Saudi Arabia has announced an amendment to rules governing imports from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, in what is being seen as a bid to challenge the UAE's status...
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British MPs are calling on the government to suspend a "secretive" multi-million-pound funding programme to Gulf countries over concerns that Saudi Arabia and Bahrain may have channelled taxpayers' money...
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