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Members of the Arab Peace Initiative are to meet in 5 August to discuss the escalation in violence and Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem, the Anadolu Agency reported. Palestinian...

Qatar has condemned the actions of Israeli police and settlers regarding Al-Aqsa Mosque and has called on Israel to stop its "illegal acts" against the third holiest place for...

Jordanian authorities on Tuesday evening refused entry to around 100 Palestinian teachers from the Gaza Strip who have received employment offers in Qatar under the pretext of no previous...

Turkish airport authorities stopped prominent Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmad Mansour yesterday under an Egyptian arrest warrant. In a Facebook post yesterday, Mansour said: "I was stopped at Ankara International Airport...

The retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists must be discontinued and charges against them dropped unconditionally, says ARTICLE 19, an organisation which campaigns for freedom of expression. The group...

Qatar has rejected media reports claiming a man suspected of killing five US soldiers in Tennessee last week has links to the Gulf State. "We are aware of reports...

It is the end of an era in the Gulf – for the United Kingdom at least. Once an imperialist power that used gunboats and clever diplomacy to push...

Qatar's Sheikh Eid Charitable Association hosted a group Iftar dinner for 20,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Ibrahim Al-Qara, the association's coordinator, said that the iftar, which...

The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have recorded the highest population growth in the world over the past decade, according to a report released on Sunday....

Al Jazeera TV said on Monday that German authorities released its veteran journalist Ahmed Mansour after having detained him for two days upon Egypt's request. The German prosecutor general...

Egypt's Attorney General Hisham Barakat has sent a letter to the German authorities and Interpol demanding the extradition of Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour who was arrested on Saturday in...

Al-Jazeera has demanded the immediate release of its journalist who has been detained at an airport in German capital Berlin, the Qatari channel announced late Saturday night. Ahmed Mansour,...

UAE academic and thinker Abdul-Khaleq Abdulla, the political advisor for Abu-Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohamed bin-Zayed, expects the launch of a UAE-Qatari reconciliation initiative for Egypt in the near future,...

Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has said it will help deliver more than 30,000 food packages to over 15,000 families in Syria. In cooperation with the Qatar Charity association,...

Qatar's foreign minister has insisted that the Saudi-led coalition against Houthi rebels is not finished until relevant UN Security Council resolutions take effect in Yemen. "The coalition will not...

It has been 48 years since the Arab armies, i.e. the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies, were defeated by the Israeli army that occupied Sinai, Gaza, the West Bank...

France's far-right National Front party has announced that it intends to file a lawsuit against Qatar in response to lawsuit filed by the Gulf state against the party earlier...

The Qatari Ambassador to Palestine Mohammad Al-Emadi, who heads the Qatari National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, announced on Tuesday a package of new projects in various sectors...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said he welcomed the general idea behind the Arab Peace Initiative originally proposed by Saudi Arabia in 2002, however it contains many problems....

An Egyptian court adjourned the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday, wherein he is accused of espionage on behalf of the State of Qatar. The proceedings are...

The UAE Federal Court handed down harsh sentences to five Qatari state security officers on charges of "insulting the symbols of the state" on social media, local media reports...

Gaziantep's municipality started work on a planned Turkey-Qatar international university for Syrian refugees, the mayor of Turkey's southeastern province said Sunday. "The Embassy of Qatar has been conducting planning...

A summit meeting between the US and Arab leaders ended Thursday with a US pledge to assist Gulf allies against external threats by any means, including militarily. President Barack...

The prime minister of Qatar criticised the UN Security Council on Monday for failing to provide "just solutions" for the crises in the Middle East, Anadolu has reported. Sheikh...

Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy said yesterday that he will sue his employer for $100 million in compensation for the "psychological harm" he sustained during nearly a year spent behind...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Washington and the Gulf states are hammering out a new set of security initiatives in the Middle East to...

The current historical moment we are witnessing is a rare moment of Arab interaction with Iran. The Islamic Republic is currently present in almost every heated arena in the...

Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani has renewed his country's support for the Syrian revolution and the Syrian people's demands for freedom, dignity and justice. During a...

The Palestinian Authority announced yesterday that it had received a $100 million loan from Qatar to help pay the salaries of civil servants in the light of continuing Israeli...

The State Litigation Authority's lawyer called on a Cairo court to reject lawsuits which demand Qatar and Turkey be classed as countries that support terrorism, judicial sources said. The...

The outcome of the latest Arab League summit could cost Israel $4 billion to $5 billion in losses, while the Palestinian Authority (PA) could gain a possible $1.2 billion,...

Qatar's foreign minister said on Thursday that the Palestinian cause remains at the forefront of his country's priorities in defence of human rights and international legitimacy. "This is a...