In the latest escalation in the Egypt-Qatar rift, Qatar Airways announced it will be terminating its operations in Egypt, and ending all contracts for Egyptian employees, according to Qatar Airways workers. Workers reported that they had received letters...اقرأ المزيد
Seven candidates competing for the post of director-general of UNESCO failed to obtain an absolute majority of votes during the first round of elections on Tuesday in Paris, France. The Qatari Candidate, Hamad bin Abd elaziz alKawari, ranked first obtaining...اقرأ المزيد
The US-based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a video online Saturday decrying what it described as an unprecedented wave of attacks against the organization by the Egyptian media following their report describing rampant torture in the country. The...اقرأ المزيد
The latest hit Saudi song has the swaying rhythms and sparse vocals typical of the Gulf Arab pop music, but its message is an unusually forceful attack on former ally Qatar – and the gloves are off. “We stab in the face, not in the back … twenty...اقرأ المزيد
The Foreign Affairs Ministries of Egypt, UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia held a meeting on Sunday in Bahrain to discuss updates on the diplomatic boycott against Qatar. The is the second meeting to be held in Cairo. During the meeting the foreign representatives...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samih Shokary asserted on Monday evening that Egypt will not compromise on the conditions it stipulated with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain in order to reach reconciliation with Qatar. According to the Ministry’s...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt and Saudi Arabia denied on Wednesday the circulated media report from the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] that indicated the four Arab nations boycotting Qatar revised their 13 conditions of reconciliation. The BBC report quoted diplomatic...اقرأ المزيد
In a Washington coalition meeting Tuesday Egypt stated that a US-led coalition to combat the Islamic State should not include countries that support terrorism or promote it through its media. The aforementioned statement came during a telephone interview...اقرأ المزيد
Qatar’s response to four Arab states’ demands was “very negative” and “indicates a lack of awareness of how dangerous the situation is,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Wednesday in Cairo. And the political boycott by the four...اقرأ المزيد
Qatari Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Bin Abdelrahman asserted on Saturday that the country rejects all reconciliation conditions stipulated by a number of Arab countries that recently launched a boycott against Qatar. Bin Abdelrahman said in media...اقرأ المزيد
