The Tunisian parliament has rejected a petition to restore diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime. Sixty-eight lawmakers voted in favour of the petition, 27 abstained and six rejected the petition, which needed 109 votes to [ More … ]
Kuwait is leading mediation efforts after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar. Kuwait is trying to mediate a Gulf crisis in which Arab countries have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and [ More … ]
Qatar pledged to stick by the principles of the Gulf Cooperation Council despite an unprecedented diplomatic spat. There is “no legitimate justification” for the suspension of diplomatic ties with Qatar, the Qatari government said in [ More … ]
Turkey says it is ready to help defuse the diplomatic spat between Qatar and Arab nations including Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Turkey on Monday has offered to help defuse the row between Qatar and several [ More … ]
A number of Arab nations cut off relations with Qatar on Monday morning, accusing it of ‘sponsoring terrorism’. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and Gen. Khalifa Haftar in Libya all cut off [ More … ]
A Belarusian minister has used the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Ankara to describe Turkey as a “key partner”. Minsk valued its relationship with Ankara, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Kravchenko told Anadolu Agency [ More … ]
King Salman’s visit to Malaysia, the first country on the Saudi delegation’s month-long tour of Asia, comes after more than 55 years of strong diplomatic relations between the two countries. Saudi Arabia and Malaysia opened [ More … ]
Al-Sisi’s latest trip to Africa in the light of the twenty-seventh ordinary session of the African summit in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda seems cold, fragile and reflects al-Sisi’s weak diplomacy toward his country’s lebensraum. [ More … ]
Since the military coup in 2013, the Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party (JDP) or (AKP) has been known for its support for the Muslim Brotherhood and its opposition against the military coup. Ankara had been one [ More … ]
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