GCC

‘Enduring commitment’: Key takeaways from US-GCC joint statement
Communique coinciding with Antony Blinken’s visit to Saudi Arabia backs two-state solution based on 1967 borders.
Published On 8 Jun 2023
Analysis: Efforts to end Assad isolation gather speed after quake
Experts say many Arab governments see last month’s earthquake disaster as reason to deepen engagement with al-Assad.
Published On 1 Mar 2023
OPINION,
China, the US and a new scramble for the Gulf
Washington won’t want to share its sphere of influence. But new Gulf leaders and Xi Jinping have other ideas.
opinion by Marwan Bishara
Published On 7 Dec 2022
Analysis: Herzog’s Gulf trip aims to consolidate Abraham Accords
Israeli president’s visits to Bahrain and UAE can be interpreted as a desire to consolidate diplomatic gains .
Published On 6 Dec 2022

Egyptian President el-Sisi is set for a Tuesday visit to Doha, Qatar, his first since 2017’s regional crisis.

Essential Middle East examines whether there’s an arms race in the MENA region and why.

We examine what US President Biden and his Russian counterpart Putin hope to achieve in their visit to the region.

Insulting remarks against the Prophet by India’s ruling party officials cause a diplomatic backlash in the Muslim world.

UAE foreign ministry says the BJP officials’ comments were ‘contrary to moral and humanitarian values and principles’.

Recent ecologically disastrous conditions in the Gulf are latest sign of climate danger to the MENA region.

A group of brave Sardinians in Italy fights to close a dangerous German arms factory before it blows up.

Diplomats of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahran are on a five-day visit to China along with the head of the GCC.

Interior minister says plot to smuggle Captagon pills from Lebanon foiled, amid a diplomatic rift with Gulf countries.

The summit is the first since the Al-Ula agreement, which led blockading Gulf countries to restore ties with Qatar.

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