Amena Bakr
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 06:45
Saudi Arabia is providing military training for hundreds of Yemeni tribesmen to fight the Iranian-allied Houthi militia, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. A Saudi-led alliance has been bombing the group from the air for over a month, but it remains Yemen's dominant force.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 08:47
Warning of "enormous" dangers, Kuwait urged Arab leaders on Tuesday to resolve a lengthening list of disputes complicating crises such as Syria's war and political strife in the biggest Arab state, Egypt.
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 08:31
Qatar will not bow to demands from three Gulf states to alter its foreign policy, sources close to its government said, suggesting Doha is unlikely to abandon support for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Syrian Islamists.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 07:57
Shi'ite rebels have overrun strongholds of a rival Sunni tribal group in fighting that has killed at least 40 people in northern Yemen in the last two days, tribal sources said on Sunday.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 07:17
Qaradawi said the Egyptian military, led by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who is now expected to run in Egypt's pending presidental election and win it, was using Saudi funds
to "kill innocent Egyptians" instead of helping the poor.
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 13:28
Clashes between armed militants and the Yemeni army killed three and injured two in Yemen's southern city of al-Dalea on Friday, Yemen's state new agency SABA reported.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 08:34
With one notable exception, wealthy Gulf Arab states are encouraging investment in Egypt to help shore up its army-backed government: the absentee is Qatar, rattled by the collapse of Islamist power in the biggest Arab country.