Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: (Web Desk) Saudi activist Mujtahid revealed that Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef is not satisfied with the Kingdom’s policy towards Qatar, but noted that the latter is “completely paralyzed and can do nothing on this issue. Mujtahid, who is believed to be a member of or have a well-connected …

GULF: (Web Desk) Arab countries put 12 organisations and 59 people on a terror sanctions list early Friday they described as being associated with Qatar, the latest in a growing diplomatic dispute that seen the country isolated by Saudi Arabia and others. Qatar dismissed the terror listing as part of …

RIYADH: (Web Desk) Saudi Arabia plans to execute 14 Shia civilians following a “grossly unfair trial” over political protests, international rights groups said. “The rise in death sentences against Saudi Arabian Shia is alarming and suggests that the authorities are using the death penalty to settle scores and crush dissent …

WASHINGTON:(Web Desk) The United States will quietly try to calm the waters between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, current and former US officials said on Monday, arguing that the small Gulf state was too important to US military and diplomatic interests to be isolated. US officials were blindsided by Saudi Arabia’s …

RIYADH:(Web Desk) The Saudi Cabinet on Monday reiterated that the decision to sever diplomatic and consular ties with Qatar is in line ith the Kingdom’s sovereign rights guaranteed by international law. It said that the step was taken to protect the ingdom’s national security against the dangers of terrorism and …

JEDDAH:(Web Desk) Saudi King Salman received on Tuesday the ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who flew to Jeddah in a bid to mediate an end to the diplomatic standoff between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the two rulers “reviewed …

JEDDAH:(Web Desk) Qatar’s foreign minister told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Tuesday that Doha believes in diplomacy with regard to the severing of ties by Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE. But it is “out of the question” to impose policies on Qatar, said Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman …

JEDDAH:(Web Desk) The decision by Gulf states to sever ties with Qatar came as “an accumulation” of its behavior in the region, UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash told CNN’s John Defterios on Tuesday. “We had an agreement in 2014, on paper, signed by the emir of Qatar, pledging that he …

DOHA:(Web Desk) Mauritania on Tuesday announced that it was cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar in solidarity with its Mideastern allies. Mauritania became the ninth country to sever ties with Qatar. Earlier Tuesday, Jordan said it will downgrade its diplomatic representation with Qatar after examining the “cause of the crisis” between …

RIYADH:(Web Desk) Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday Qatar must take several steps, including ending its support for the Palestinian group Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, to restore ties with other Arab states. Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said Qatar knew exactly what to do to restore relations with Riyadh and …