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Qatar

A 2017 file picture of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, right, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Doha. (AP)

Three years on, Qatar frustrated by boycott but unwilling to mend ways

Qatar

A file picture shows Qatar’s Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, center, next to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah during the 40th GCC Summit in Riyadh, last December.( AP)

Qatar denies it is planning to leave GCC

Kuwait

Indian citizens queue at Kuwait International Airport before boarding a repatriation flight to India, in Kuwait City. (AFP)

Kuwaiti draft law targets expats to address 'demographic imbalances'

Arab countries

People wearing protective face masks wait to complete their paper work in the Civil Status Department after Jordan’s public sector employees returned gradually to work. (Reuters)

Arab countries to gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions

Gulf

A nurse uses a swab to test the passenger of a car for COVID-19 at a drive-through verification centre in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, April 2. (AFP)

Gulf nations introduce more measures as infection numbers rise

Mohammed Alkhereiji

Arab world

A file photo of Jihad Azour, the International Monetary Fund's Mideast and Central Asia department director. (AP)

IMF sees Middle East facing 'big drop in growth this year'

Saudi Arabia

Participants at a meeting of Finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 nations in the Saudi capital Riyadh on February 23, 2020. (AFP)

Riyadh calls for virtual meeting of G20 leaders over coronavirus

Coronavirus

A Muslim worshipper covers his head with a carpet as he wears a mask after prayers outside the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, March 7. (AP)

Coronavirus disrupts life in the region, more than 10,000 cases recorded

Iran

Women wearing protective masks pose for a "selfie" in front of Burj Khalifa in Dubai. (AFP)

GCC officials blast Iran for coronavirus spread

Mohammed Alkhereiji