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Qatar crisis

A combination picture of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz (L) and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (AFP)

Qatar, Saudi Arabia hold summit to discuss regional issues

Qatar

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March. 24, 2021. (AP)

Qatar says Gulf states and Iran should seek format for ‘dialogue’

Bahrain

In new round of tensions, Bahrain lashes out at Qatar’s rights accusations

Saudi Arabia

Forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed government enter the Abs district of the northwestern Hajjah province. (AFP)

Riyadh denies news report of direct talks with Tehran

UAE

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (R), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, receives Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Abu Dhabi, April 4, 2021. (AFP)

UAE to invest $3 billion in Iraq, direct flights to Abu Dhabi scheduled

Iraq

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 31, 2021. (REUTERS)

Visiting Iraqi PM seeks to soothe Saudi security concerns

Gulf

A menorah used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at the Jewish Community Synagogue of Bahrain, in Manama. (AP)

Small Jewish communities shed low profile in Gulf countries

Technology

A view of the Huawei Building in Dubai Knowledge Park in the Gulf emirate’s Jumeirah district. (AFP)

Huawei, controversial in the West, is going strong in Gulf

Qatar

Kuwait’s Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah attends the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia January 5, 2021. REUTERS

Egypt holds first meeting with Qatar since reconciliation deal