Qatar's ruling emir said on Friday that his embattled Gulf nation remains open to dialogue with four Arab countries that have isolated it, but that any resolution to the crisis must respect his country's sovereignty. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made the comments in ...
A Saudi woman has been arrested for defying the kingdom's strict dress code by walking around in a miniskirt and crop top in a video that sparked public outrage. The woman, whose name was not given, was detained by police in the capital, Riyadh, for ...
After Doha said their demands were impossible to meet, Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar began talks in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss their next move in the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry welcomed his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, ...
Saudi Arabia and its allies said early Monday they had decided to extend by 48 hours the deadline for Qatar to accept their list of demands to lift a de facto blockade. With the deadline set to expire at midnight Sunday, Saudi Arabia, the United ...
There is a prospect of a wider and more dangerous fight over the future of Syria and the Middle East region.
Acting like a rhetorical warmonger, U.S. President Donald Trump is providing the Saudis with ample blessing for their internecine warfare.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman could be too inexperienced and too hotheaded for the fraught situation in the Middle East.
Six foreign pilgrims were hurt on Friday in Saudi Arabia when a suicide bomber targeting Islam's holiest site of Mecca blew himself up, the Interior Ministry said. The incident happened around the Grand Mosque, where hundreds of thousands of worshippers gathered for early afternoon prayers ...
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar issued a steep list of demands Thursday to end the crisis, insisting that their Persian Gulf neighbor shutter Al-Jazeera, cut back diplomatic ties to Iran and close down a Turkish military base ...
Antagonizing Iran and taking actions that embolden regional countries to isolate one another is a recipe for more chaos — not solutions.
The rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar reflects a struggle for power and influence in the Persian Gulf region.
Qatar Airways on Monday called on the U.N.'s aviation body to declare a Gulf boycott against the carrier "illegal" and a violation of a 1944 convention on international air transport. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt this month announced they had suspended ties with ...
