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  • Emails show early US concerns over Gaza offensive, risk of Israeli war crimes

    As Israel pounded northern Gaza with air strikes last October and ordered the evacuation of more than a million Palestinians from the area, a senior Pentagon official delivered a blunt warning to the White House. The mass evacuation would be a humanitarian disaster and could violate international law, leading to war crime charges against Israel, Dana Stroul, then the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, wrote in an Oct. 13 email to senior aides to President Joe Biden. Stroul was relaying an assessment by the International Committee of the Red Cross that had left her “chilled to the bone,” she wrote.

  • Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait Not to Allow U.S. Airbases to Be Used Against Iran

    Urgent calls for de-escalation dominated the discussions, with regional leaders expressing fears that an extended conflict could jeopardize key oil installations. Although Iran has not directly threatened Gulf oil facilities, it has hinted that intervention from "Israel supporters" could lead to retaliation against their interests in the region. According to Saudi commentator Ali Shihabi, Gulf states believe an Iranian strike on their oil facilities is unlikely, but are cautious given the hints conveyed through unofficial channels.

  • Middle East conflict triggers 12% plunge in global cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin falls to $60,750: Experts

    Escalating conflict in the Middle East has taken a heavy toll on the global cryptocurrency market, plunging total market volume by over 12 per cent over the last 24 hours to $81.11 billion. The crash in the market volume has brought the global cryptocurrency market cap to $2.11 trillion on Friday, close to a 1 per cent decline from the previous day and a massive 30 per cent fall from its all-time high of $3 trillion.

  • Saudi Arabia Railways Joins EULYNX Signalling Consortium

    Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) has officially joined the EULYNX Consortium, making it the first organisation outside of Europe to become part of the group. The EULYNX Consortium is an international collaboration of leading European railway infrastructure managers dedicated to the standardisation and modernisation of railway signalling systems.

  • Gulf region remains a bright spot amid global uncertainty, IMF says

    Despite numerous shocks over the past few years, the GCC region remains a “bright spot” amid global uncertainty, according to Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Unemployment remains low, inflation is under control, major port exports have rebounded and international flight arrivals remain stable, Ms Georgieva told the annual GCC ministerial meeting in Doha on Thursday.

  • Foreign ministers of GCC and Iran meet to address escalating tensions in the region

    Albudaiwi said that the meeting discussed the increasing escalation in the region and its serious repercussions on regional and international peace and security. He stressed on the urgency of de-escalation, exercising maximum restraint, and sparing the region further instability from the dangers of wars and destruction, and their effects on the peoples of the region and the world.

  • Qatar: Minister of Finance spotlights huge GCC financial and economic accomplishments

    He noted that the GCC is expected to achieve a 4.7-percent growth rate in 2025, up from 2.4 percent in 2024, and largely outperforming the relatively weak 2023 rates due to oil production reduction as part of efforts to support prices.

  • Gulf states sought to reassure Iran of their neutrality in Iran-Israel conflict, sources say

    Gulf Arab states sought to reassure Iran of their neutrality in the conflict between Tehran and Israel in meetings in Doha this week on the back of concerns that a wider escalation in violence could threaten their oil facilities, two sources told Reuters. Ministers from Gulf Arab states and Iran attending a meeting of Asian nations hosted by Qatar centred their conversations around de-escalation, the sources said.

  • Saudi foreign minister: A two-state solution is more urgent than ever

    A two-state solution is not merely an ideal; it is the only viable path to ensuring Palestine, Israel and the region’s long-term security. Uncontrolled escalatory cycles are the building blocks of wider war. In Lebanon, we are witnessing this first hand. Peace cannot be built on a foundation of occupation and resentment; true security for Israel will come from recognising the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. By embracing a solution that allows both peoples to coexist in peace, we can dismantle the cycle of violence that has entrapped both sides for far too long.

  • Delta Air Lines and Saudia Airlines enter into new codeshare agreement

    As further evidence of the importance of US carriers establishing and expanding travel options to the Middle East, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has announced the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Saudia Airlines, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement, which remains subject to regulatory approval, builds on the existing interline agreement between the two companies.