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| Obama allows Gitmo-to-Yemen inmate transfers |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-25 |
| President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, a step towards his goal of closing the US military-run prison that he said "has... |
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| Iraq warns Kurds against exporting oil to Turkey |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-25 |
| The Iraqi government said on Friday it will initiate "legal action" against companies that export crude oil from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey.... |
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| Saboteurs blow up oil pipeline in Yemen |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-25 |
| Saboteurs blew up a section of Yemen's main oil pipeline Friday, partly disrupting output, the Defense Ministry and a local official said.... |
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| AL to submit Syria proposals to UNSC |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The Arab League (AL) said on Thursday it will submit to the UN Security Council a list of proposals for a June peace conference aimed at ending the conflict in... |
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| Labor shortage to up Saudi expat pay |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| A labor shortage caused by the departure of thousands of illegal foreign workers, along with increasing commercial activity in the Kingdom, is likely to see a rise in the salaries... |
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| Lubna opens UAE camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Development and International Cooperation, described the condition of the Syrian refugees as a complex humanitarian crisis, calling for concerted efforts from the international... |
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| 'Safe exit' for Assad proposed |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Syria's outgoing opposition chief published an initiative for his war-torn country Thursday that would grant President Bashar Al-Assad a safe exit, and urged dissident factions to adopt his plan.... |
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| 32-year-old GCC faces threats, makes accomplishments |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Thirty-two years ago, leaders of the regional countries held a summit conference in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, where they approved constituent law of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).... |
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| 5 die as Assad backers, foes clash in Lebanon |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was... |
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| Iran: IAEA report shows nuclear drive is peaceful |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| A new report by the UN atomic watchdog validates Iran's progress in its "peaceful" nuclear activities despite international sanctions, the country's envoy to the agency said yesterday.... |
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| Iraq violence kills 11 |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Attacks in Iraq on Thursday killed 11 people, including four soldiers, officials said, the latest in a wave of violence that has left 420 people dead so far this month.... |
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| Journalists abducted in Yemen |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| At least three journalists have been held hostage by armed tribesmen for a week in Yemen, according to news reports.... |
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| OIC condemns 'barbaric' murder of British soldier |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned on Thursday what it called the "brutal and barbaric" killing of a British soldier in London in what authorities suspect was an act by... |
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| Saudi charities face funding crisis over terror fears |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Credible Saudi charities are facing a funding crisis because of recent measures aimed at clamping down on terrorists using charities as fronts to raise funds and launder money.... |
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| Shaikh Mohammed orders law to criminalise doping in equine sport |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Thursday ordered the drafting of a decree making the import,... |
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| Syria regime agrees to attend peace conference: Russia |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Russia said on Friday that the Damascus regime had agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference on the Syria crisis that is expected to take place in Geneva... |
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| $ 15 bn 'Saudi help' to end Pak energy crisis |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Saudi Arabia is expected to extend a bailout package of about $ 15 billion to Pakistan.
It will help the country's highly indebted energy sector by supplying crude and furnace... |
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| Disqualified Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has blasted the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, declaring it impossible for them to do a worse job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website... |
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| Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain airspace |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Tehran on Thursday denied a Bahraini claim it had found an Iranian drone in the sea near Saudi Arabia, and urged Manama to refrain from making "baseless accusations," the ISNA... |
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| Opposition plans rallies |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| People are being warned of potential disruption as an opposition society threatened to hold more than 70 protests across the country today.... |
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