Advertisements

Latest News

June 21, 2017 in Business // Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns
June 20, 2017 in Business // Barclays Four Former Top Executives Charged With Fraud Over Fundraising With Qatari Investors
June 20, 2017 in Business // Qatar Airways CEO Warns of ‘Lasting Wound’
June 20, 2017 in Qatar // No negotiation until sanctions dropped, says Qatari foreign minister
June 20, 2017 in Qatar // Analysis: The New Assertive Generation of Gulf leaders at heart of Qatar rift
June 15, 2017 in Middle East // Qatar signs $12 billion deal to buy F-15 jets from US
June 12, 2017 in Middle East // Qatar can defend economy and currency, finance minister tells CNBC
June 12, 2017 in Business // Gulf crisis threatens Qatar Airways transit business: experts
June 11, 2017 in Bahrain // Who Are the Corporate Winners and Losers of the Saudi, UAE lead blockade with Qatar
June 11, 2017 in Middle East // Saudi Blockade Forges Fear, Mettle In Qatar’s Capital
June 11, 2017 in Middle East // Saudi King calls for acknowledging humanitarian needs of Saudi -Qatar families
June 10, 2017 in Qatar // Russia urges dialogue in Qatar-Gulf dispute
June 7, 2017 in Middle East // US officials scramble to limit Donald Trump diplomatic damage over Qatar tweets
June 6, 2017 in Asia // Some Sri Lankan banks stop buying Qatar Riyal
June 25, 2017 in Qatar // Saudi Firms Use Turkey for Qatar- Bound Shipments
June 25, 2017 in Qatar // Saudi-led ultimatum on Qatar ‘against international law’- Turkey President Erdogan
June 25, 2017 in Pakistan // 100+ people burn to death after oil tanker flips & explodes in Pakistan
June 24, 2017 in Iran // Iran, Qatar voice support for Saudi after Mecca suicide bombing
June 24, 2017 in Middle East // Qatar says Saudi-led list of demands not ‘reasonable’
June 24, 2017 in Asia // Landslide buries mountain village in SW China, fears for 141 people
June 24, 2017 in UK // Five London tower blocks evacuated over fire safety fears
June 23, 2017 in Saudi Arabia // Suicide bomber targeting Mecca hurts six: Saudi police
June 23, 2017 in Asia // Qatar’s neighbors issue long list of demands to end crisis
June 23, 2017 in Middle East // UAE has secret torture prisons in Yemen, US involved in interrogations – AP

Syria

Outrage as Syria ‘chemical attack’ kills dozens in rebel-held town

Khan Sheikhun (Syria) (AFP) – A suspected chemical attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria killed dozens of civilians including children and left many more sick and gasping on Tuesday, causing widespread outrage. The attack on the town of Khan Sheikhun killed at least 58 civilians and saw [...]

Russia’s Putin says Syria government, opposition sign ceasefire deal

December 29, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Syrian opposition groups and the Syrian government had signed a number of documents including a ceasefire deal that would take effect at midnight on the night of Dec. 29-30. He also said that Russia had agreed to reduce its military deployment [...]

25,000 evacuated from Syria’s Aleppo so far: Red Cross

December 20, 2016

Beirut (AFP) – At least 25,000 people have left the bombed-out eastern districts of Syria’s Aleppo since evacuations began last week, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Tuesday. “Yesterday (Monday) only, we evacuated 15,000 people from east Aleppo. If we consider [...]

Situation Report: #Aleppo evacuation suspended thousands trapped; Russia says evacuations complete

December 16, 2016

Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) – The Syrian government suspended the evacuation of civilians and fighters from the last rebel-held parts of Aleppo on Friday, leaving thousands of people trapped and uncertain of their fate. Russia, which helped to broker the evacuation deal with Turkey, said its [...]

Situation Report #Aleppo: First evacuations from rebel-held Aleppo

December 15, 2016

Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) – Hundreds of civilians and rebels left Aleppo on Thursday under an evacuation deal that will allow Syria’s regime to take full control of the city after years of fighting. The rebel withdrawal began a month to the day after President Bashar al-Assad’s forces [...]

Copyright © 2017