Syria talks on fragile Idlib truce begin in Kazakhstan
AFP | Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana on Wednesday for two days of talks aiming to preserve a fragile...
UN chief says ready to meet Saudi prince to discuss Yemen
AFP | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he was ready to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to advance diplomatic efforts to end...
What U.S sanctions? Qatar expands flight operation in Iran
News Analysis | Qatar Airways has announced that it is expanding its operation into the third city of Iran, Isfahan, with weekly two flights. The...
Saudi crown prince to visit Bahrain as part of regional tour
AFP | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was due to visit Bahrain on Sunday on the second leg of a regional tour, his first...
Finland halts arms sales to Saudi, UAE over Yemen crisis
AFP | Finland announced late on Thursday it will block new arms export licences to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the murder of a...
MBS lands in UAE on first foreign tour since Khashoggi murder
AFP | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embarked Thursday on a regional tour starting with the United Arab Emirates, his first official trip abroad...
Khashoggi affair: Will Erdogan be meeting MBS?
AFP | Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina...
UN envoy in Yemen to push for peace talks as famine looms
News Desk | The UN's Yemen envoy flew into the rebel-held capital Sanaa Wednesday to push for renewed peace talks after fierce fighting for the...
Red Lines: KSA warns against any attempt to target Crown Prince
News Desk | The calls for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be held accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are a...
Abu Dhabi prince targeted by French lawsuits over Yemen war
AFP | Rights activists filed two complaints in France against a visiting Abu Dhabi prince on Wednesday, accusing him of being complicit in torture as...
Up to 85,000 children ‘dead of starvation or disease in Yemen’
AFP | As many as 85,000 infants under the age of five may have died from starvation or disease since 2015 in war-ravaged Yemen, humanitarian...
US & Saudi Arabia: Love Affair based on Oil & Security?
AFP | Saudi Arabia has long been a major US ally in the Middle East, thanks primarily to security considerations and oil. But their ties...