The United States on Friday sanctioned companies in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates for doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and on three...
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has suggested that outgoing President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting harmony between Arab countries and Israel. This comes...
The judiciary in France is investigating an €8 million loan paid via a bank based in the United Arab Emirates to the French far-right National Rally party, Mediapart has...
Emirates airline has suspended a Tunisian pilot for refusing to fly to Israel
![Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (2nd R) is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman (R) ahead of the 41st Summit of Gulf Cooperation Council in AlUla, Saudi Arabia on January 05, 2021 [Royal Council of Saudi Arabia/ Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210105_2_46194755_61267546-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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By any standards, it was necessary for the Gulf States to rearrange their affairs, as the conflict has exhausted them for little or no benefit. They are essentially one...
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Videos & Photo Stories Lawyers of Turkish businessman Mehmet Ali Ozturk, who has been detained in the UAE for nearly three years, have filed an urgent complaint to the United Nations accusing the...
The United Arab Emirates and Cyprus yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen mutual cooperation on the military and defence levels. UAE Minister of State for Defence,...
![A man walks on rubble of a house hit by airstrikes, where children left killed, carried out by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, on 28 July 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.[Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1164735447.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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January 12, 2021 |
Tasnim Nazeer The extent of the damage caused by Saudi Arabia's ongoing war in Yemen has been catastrophic, with innocent civilians bearing the brunt of this brutality. Last year alone there...
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday condemned the import of Israeli settlement products by Arab states, saying he would take those who deal with settlements to international...
![A fighter loyal to Yemen's Huthi rebels treads on US and Israeli flags painted on the ground during a rally in the capital Sanaa, on 22 August 2020, to protest the US-brokered deal to normalise Emirati-Israeli relations. [MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1228152162.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
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January 12, 2021 |
Dr Adnan Abu Amer The Israelis have significantly increased talk about the emergence of a new threat front represented by Yemen, which did not exist before, whether in terms of the Houthis targeting Israeli naval...
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Yemen The United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash has expressed his country's desire to normalise and re-establish relations with Turkey, following tensions between the two. Gargash made the remarks in an interview...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is spearheading a campaign to lure multinationals to relocate from Dubai to Riyadh in an ambitious plan that could anger the kingdom's smaller...
The first shipment from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank were exported to the UAE
The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy slammed the sale of Israeli settlement products in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), describing it as a legalisation of settlements and a circumvention...
Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday denounced the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for importing goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports. In a statement, Hamas spokesman...
Qatar Airways and Saudi Airlines will resume flights between Doha and Riyadh from Monday in a reopening of airspace as part of a political rapprochement in a three-year-old dispute,...
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January 9, 2021 |
Turan Kislakci The joy of reconciliation and resuming cooperation among the Gulf states was not limited to the peoples, but also extended to the countries of the region. The Turkish Ministry...
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UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced the reopening of land, sea and air borders with Qatar, starting from Saturday, reported Sky News. Saudi Arabia and Qatar had agreed...
Middle Eastern passports have ranked low on this year's Henley Passport Index, which ranks the travel documents according to the number of destinations their holders can travel to without obtaining a...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash announced on Wednesday that trade and travel between Qatar and Arab states boycotting it would resume...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is Turkey's number one trade partner in the Middle East, the UAE's state minister for foreign affairs said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. "We don't cherish any...
Head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Sarraj has welcomed the outcomes of the Gulf summit held on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, which he believes: "Succeeded...
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UAE Sudan on Wednesday quietly signed on to the Abraham Accords, US-brokered agreements which have ushered in public rapprochements between Israel and several Arab states, Reuters reports. While Sudan and...

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January 6, 2021 |
Hazem Ayyad The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in the Saudi Arabian city of Al-Ula has ended the blockade imposed on Qatar by the Kingdom, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt in...

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January 6, 2021 |
Muhammad Hussein Torture is an evil as old as conflict, and there is much more to it than the sort of thing usually seen in the movies. It is, sadly, a...
Progress in the talks between Egypt and the Gulf States that boycotted Qatar do not mean full reconciliation, the New Khaleej reported Egyptian media saying yesterday. Reporting the Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk, the New...
Egypt sent its foreign minister to a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday that produced a pledge towards ending a regional dispute with Qatar, while Qatar's finance minister...
The UAE has rejected claims made by Israeli news outlets that its security services had arrested a number of Iranians suspected of plotting to carry out an attack against...
Israel has appointed its former ambassador to Turkey, Eitan Na'eh, as the country's top diplomat in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in preparation for the establishment of a permanent...
An official Palestinian Authority (PA)-affiliated commission has denied that the UAE contributed to efforts led to returning farms in the Jordan Valley – seized by Israel 46 years ago...
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January 5, 2021 |
Dr Adnan Abu Amer It is hard to believe the testimonies of Israeli tourists returning from the UAE, in which they describe Dubai as the Las Vegas of the Middle East. This is...
A former adviser to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, has sparked controversy by comparing Iran's "occupation" of three islands in the Gulf contested between his country...