UN Urges Bahrain to End Torture, Solitary Confinement
Manama (Tasnim) – The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate...
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Anti-Regime Protests Continue in Bahrain [+Photos]
Manama (Tasnim) – Angry protests continued on Wednesday night across Bahrain over the Al Khalifa regime’s deadly crackdown on supporters of top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim in Diraz, the...
View ArticleQatar Says it Will Not Negotiate Unless Neighbors Lift Blockade
Doha (MEE) – Qatar’s foreign minister says lifting sanctions is a condition for finding a diplomatic solution to Gulf crisis. Qatar will not negotiate with its neighbors to resolve the Gulf dispute...
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Bahrain State TV Accuses Qatar of Trying to Oust Government
Manama (MEE) – State TV alleges Doha worked alongside opposition Shia party to stir years of unrest. Bahrain’s state television on Wednesday accused Qatar of attempting to overthrow the government in...
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The Danger of Relations Between Israel and Sunni Arab States
Tel Aviv (MEMO) – While the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gloated in the past about the great development in the relations between Israel and what he calls the Sunni Arab states during...
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Saudi Dignitary’s Travel to Israel Sparks Speculation
Tel Aviv (MEE) – An ‘emir of the Saudi royal court’ visited Israel, according to a Voice of Israel radio report. An unidentified Saudi dignitary travelled to Israel recently, Arab and Israeli media...
View ArticleUK Police Earn Millions Training Forces from Saudi Arabia and Gulf Allies
London (MEE) – UK ministers accused of putting trade deals before human rights as documents reveal authoritarian Gulf states paid for training. The British government has earned more than $4.4m by...
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Gulf Princes Waste Millions Even With Peninsula in Crisis
Submitted By Damir Nazarov Riyadh (MP) – The news of Qatar’s blockade started regularly popping up along with the events in Syria and Iraq. The imagery of the citizens buying food flew around the...
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Qatar Leader Plans to Attend GCC Summit Amid Boycott
Doha (MEE) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will attend a crucial summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) this coming week, Doha’s foreign minister said on Sunday. Speaking at a...
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Bahrain Sentences Six to Death for ‘Assassination Plot’
Manama (MEMO) – Bahrain’s top military court sentenced six men to death on Monday after convicting them of charges including plotting to assassinate the Gulf state’s armed forces chief, state media...
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