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Diplomatic Activity Portends “Coup” in Saudi Foreign Relations
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Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif al-Zayani attends an extraordinary GCC meeting of foreign ministers, on February 14, 2015, in the Saudi capital #Riyadh. AFP/Fayez Nureldine Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif al-Zayani attends an extraordinary GCC meeting of foreign ministers, on February 14, 2015, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP/Fayez Nureldine

Riyadh has seen a flurry of diplomatic activity from the Gulf in the past few days amid talk of changes in Saudi foreign policy under #King_Salman_bin_Abdulaziz. The new policy would be geared toward establishing a Sunni alliance against Iran and mending fences with #turkey, #Qatar, and the #Muslim_Brotherhood. After (...)

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Kuwait News Agency - 28 December, 2014

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc denied on Saturday that he demanded Kuwait to support his country in accommodating the large numbers of Syrian refugees during his recent visit to Kuwait.

During his meeting today with visiting Kuwaiti journalists, Arinc lauded the contributions of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the Kuwaiti people and government to the humanitarian action.

Turkey, a rich and powerful country, has provided aid to many countries, reaching USD 3.5 billion annually, Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted him as saying.

“Turkey alone has spent more than USD 5 billion on more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees and aid actually received from the UN agencies and foreign doners represent only a tenth of the stated aid pledges,” the senior official added.

Regarding his country’s relations with Egypt, Arinc expressed desire to improve them, saying that Egypt must take measures in this direction.

He dismissed the calls by his country for Kuwait to intervene to settle the dispute with Egypt.

On another front, Arinc stressed the importance of joint efforts to combat the terrorist groups such as ISIL, noting that the Turkish security services arrested dozens of foreign fighters who tried to cross Turkey into neighboring countries to join ISIL ranks.

#ESCWA’s proposal for Arab integration undermined by #Israel
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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (R) attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) and Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi (R) attend the 25th Arab League summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on March 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Yasser al-Zayyat)

Over the course of the week, the #UN's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s (ESCWA) report, titled “Arab Integration: A 21st Century Imperative,” has been overshadowed (...)

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