Syrian opposition leader, Michel Kilo has warned that replacing US troops in Syria with Arab forces could lead to a long-term Arab-Iranian war on Syrian soil. Speaking in an...

A Dubai princess who announced that she was escaping the UAE via a video message has been “brought back”, a source has said. “What I can confirm is they...

The mysterious way in which the powerful Libyan General Khalifa Haftar disappeared makes us believe that removing him from the scene, either by means of sudden illness, or dismissing...

Saudi Arabia is holding talks with the US over sending troops into Syria as part of a wider international coalition, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir has said. “We...

The UAE has been exerting pressure on Saudi Arabia to change its policy in Lebanon and support Sunni leader Ashraf Rifi in the election, Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper reported. The...

African migrants and asylum seekers in Yemen are being subjected to physical and sexual abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch(HRW) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR said. HRW, in...

Somalia has begun conciliatory talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over tensions which erupted last month, with Mogadishu hoping to clarify some facts surrounding recent events. So far...

A senior advisor to Iran Supreme Leader for international affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati said the Syrian regime President, Bashar al-Assad has issued a decision to open branches for Iranian...

Russia is vying to take on a peace role to end the three year long civil conflict in Yemen, Arab News reported yesterday. Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s special envoy to...

They spill out into the streets early in the morning; they have small bodies, pale faces and bold features. You might think that they are on their way to...

A court in Somaliland has sentenced a female poet to three-years in jail after she called for unity with Somalia amid ongoing regional tensions, Garowe Online reported yesterday. Naciima...

An Arab League summit yesterday called for an international probe into the “criminal” use of chemical weapons in Syria and condemned what it saw as Iran’s interference in the...

Qatar will not be represented by a senior official at an Arab summit taking place in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, in a sign that a nearly year-old dispute between...

A human rights defender will be facing trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after more than one year imprisonment, the International Campaign for Freedom in the United Arab...

Four Arab states who cut relations with Qatar over its close ties with Iran and Turkey are sticking to an ultimatum they issued the Gulf state last year, Egypt’s MENA...

Somalia has scrapped a United Arab Emirates (UAE) military training programme that has existed since 2014, Reuters reported yesterday, amid ongoing tensions between the two nations. “Somalia will fully...

In a telephone call this month with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, President Donald Trump demanded that the kingdom and its Arab partners quickly end a nearly year-old dispute with...

US President Donald Trump yesterday reversed his criticism of Qatar for funding terrorism, claiming that Doha was unfairly maligned by Gulf States, US News reported. “You’ve now become a...

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, leader of the self-styled Libyan National Army, has suffered a stroke and is in Jordan for treatment, local TV stations have reported. Libya’s Al-Ahrar TV...

Qatar is making fast progress in preparation of hosting the 2022 World Cup, the Qatari Finance Minister, Ali Sherif Al-Emadi, announced yesterday. Speaking to Reuters, Al-Emadi said that 90 per...

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said his country’s forces will continue their role within the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen to support efforts to restore stability to the country....

The Egyptian army yesterday announced the launch of joint maritime exercises with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Egypt’s eastern Red Sea territorial waters. The training comes as part...

Ignore the theological failings of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi for a moment, and the enormous degree of violence and bigotry that his group practiced. It is time to give the...

Martin Griffiths has headed to the United Arab Emirates for talks on Yemen with Abu Dhabi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan today, Khaleej Times reported....

The chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Pier Antonio Panzeri, said on Saturday that he intends to discuss at Parliament the repercussions of the blockade...

Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to establish a canal though Salwa, on its land border with Doha, and the conversion of the island into a military base. On...

Somalia’s security forces have seized $9.6 million after a long stand-off with United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the search of a Royal Jet aircraft travelling from Abu Dhabi yesterday....

US President Donald Trump has extended back-to-back invitations to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar before the anticipated US-Gulf summit in Camp David. The...

Yemen’s Interior Minister, Ahmed Al-Maseeri, has accused the UAE of banning President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi from returning to Aden, the temporary capital of his country, Thenewkhaliji.org reported on Friday....

Doha has received an official invitation to the Arab League summit in Riyadh later this month, despite the ongoing boycott, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lulwa Al-Khater confirmed yesterday, according...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia’s air defence had intercepted a missile that the armed Houthi movement said it fired at storage tanks...

Ten rights groups urged French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday to use a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to press him to end a blockade of...