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GCC’s annual summit begins in Doha

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Dec 9, 2014 | Middle East

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are congregating in Doha for their 35th annual meeting in the Qatari capital on Tuesday. The Doha summit will last for one day only, and will be followed by a statement issued on the...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi bin Abdullah (L) shake hands in the official residence of the US ambassador to Britain, in London on November 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Kerry to join Iran nuclear talks in Vienna

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, AP—US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Vienna later Thursday to join high-level nuclear negotiations with Iran as a deadline for an agreement fast approaches. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Kerry would be going to the Austrian capital...

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A handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), shows Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Prime Minister Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz (C) escorting the ruler of the emirate of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R) and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi , Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyam at their arrival at an extraordinary Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders’ summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 16, 2014. (AFP Photo/HO/SPA)

Opinion: The GCC Crisis and the Challenges Ahead

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 19, 2014 | Opinion

Under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has turned a new leaf over the complex inter-GCC disputes. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have decided to return their ambassadors to Doha...

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz speaks during an extraordinary GCC leaders’ summit in Riyadh on November 16, 2014. (AFP Photo/HO/SPA)

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain agree to return ambassadors to Doha

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 17, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have ended an internal dispute with fellow member-state Qatar, agreeing to return their ambassadors to Doha after a seven-month absence. In a joint GCC statement on...

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Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa attends the opening session of the thirteenth Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City in this December 14, 2009 file photo. (REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee/Files)

GCC preparatory meeting to take place in Riyadh

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 16, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders is being held on Sunday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, ahead of the GCC’s annual summit due to take place in Doha next month, a senior Kuwaiti source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Bahrain News...