A highly sophisticated plot to destabilise the rule of Jordanian King Abdullah II seems to have been thwarted in the country last weekend
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Efforts to end the war in Yemen await an Iran deal
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Al-Ahram Weekly watches while the Gulf demonstrates support for Syria’s return to the Arab fold
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Al-Ahram Weekly keeps up with developments in relations between Turkey and the Gulf countries
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Al-Ahram Weekly follows the recent escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis
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After many years of neutrality in Gulf and other conflicts, Oman is now playing a more active foreign-policy role
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The ice may be thawing between the Arab Gulf states and Turkey
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In the Yemeni war, the humanitarian crisis has taken centre stage
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Many are drawing an analogy with Barak Obama’s policy in the region, which actually made no difference
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Ahmed Mostafa sums up the issues surrounding Dubai’s policy on Covid-19
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The Gulf-Iran rapprochement seems to be imminent, but will it be out of good will or strategic concerns
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The Saudi announcement of opening its embassy in Doha tied the knot for a three and half years of total boycott
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The announcement of domestic reforms in Oman will not affect its traditionally non-aligned position abroad
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The 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Al-Ula, north-western Saudi Arabia, spelled the end of a boycott of Qatar by half of its neighbouring member states, reports Ahmed Mostafa
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This year has seen an economic squeeze in the Arab Gulf countries as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as moves to normalise relations with Israel
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There seems little hope of a breakthrough in the Qatar crisis despite the personal involvement of outgoing US White House adviser Jared Kushner
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Last week’s parliamentary elections in Kuwait have resulted in an all-male assembly that will need to face up to some major financial challenges
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There is little anxiety in the Arab Gulf countries about possible reprisals on their soil after the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran
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Revelations that British troops have been secretly deployed in Saudi Arabia have drawn renewed attention to the UK’s military cooperation with the oil-rich Gulf country
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This week’s virtual G20 Summit meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh was a chance for the country to exploit a global media platform
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