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Articles of the author Ahmed Mostafa
Brotherhood sabotaging peace efforts in Yemen
Media reports this week highlighted how the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islah Party in Yemen has been handing over positions to Iran-backed Houthi rebels in a new obstacle to ending the war in the country that has now lasted for seven years since (...)

21 - 09 - 2021
Prospects for peace in Yemen: Analysis
UN new Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg was greeted with a series of escalations in the conflict in the country this week, as the fighting continued both domestically and through attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia. Grundberg, who assumed his new role (...)

07 - 09 - 2021
Gulf reconciliation accomplished?
With the new, chaotic developments in Afghanistan and a new administration gaining parliamentary endorsement in Iran, the Gulf took quick measures to achieve reconciliation. Only days before a regional summit in Baghdad, the UAE's National Security (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Gulf rivalry through Afghanistan
Americans are praising Gulf countries; especially Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain for agreeing to host Afghan evacuees temporarily – until Washington finds a way to settle them somewhere. So far, Qatar will host 8000 and the UAE 5000. Kuwait and (...)

24 - 08 - 2021
World Cup democracy
After a long delay, Qatar is expected to hold its first parliamentary election in October. By the end of last month, the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani had approved the laws governing the election of two-thirds of the advisory Shura (...)

17 - 08 - 2021
A Saudi-Iranian breakthrough?
While the Gulf media – Saudi outlets in particular – have focused on Tehran protests calling for the downfall of the regime, the Iranian media is talking about an imminent breakthrough in Saudi-Iranian relations. An invitation was extended to Saudi (...)

03 - 08 - 2021
A neighbourly matter
On his first foreign trip since his enthronement last year, the Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said landed in Neom – northwest of Saudi Arabia – on Sunday. This is also the first visit by an Omani ruler to Saudi Arabia in many years. All (...)

13 - 07 - 2021
Last flare in Yemen?
Yemen is witnessing escalation on all fronts despite reports of an imminent peace deal. Last week, fighting flared up in oil-rich Maarib as the Houthi militia launched a three-pronged attack on the government forces controlling the region. The (...)

29 - 06 - 2021
Downscaling downplayed
A few days ago the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the Biden administration was "sharply reducing the number of US antimissile systems in the Middle East in a major realignment of its military footprint there". Gulf and US officials (...)

22 - 06 - 2021
Renewed Hajj restricts
For the second year in a row, millions of Muslims around the world will miss out on the fifth pillar of their faith: Hajj, or the Pilgrimage to the Kaaba, which a practising Muslim who is able to is required to visit at least once in a lifetime. The (...)

15 - 06 - 2021
Headman Egypt
The Gulf countries welcomed Egyptian efforts to start reconstruction in the Gaza Strip after the 11-day conflict with Israel, which left the Palestinian enclave devastated. Last week, Egyptian bulldozers, cranes and trucks moved through the Rafah (...)

08 - 06 - 2021
Back to Africa
By the end of last month the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had started "logistical flights" to support the France-led international alliance efforts in "combating terrorism along the African Sahel region", according to an announcement by the Emirates' (...)

25 - 05 - 2021
Abraham Accords tested
When Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian families in an attempt to evict them from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem earlier this month, this was the culmination of weeks of tension. No strong reaction to the Palestinian families' (...)

18 - 05 - 2021
Saudi Arabia: Bold changes on track
Marking five years since the launch of his modernisation campaign, Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman gave a lengthy interview to a Saudi satellite channel, reviewing what had been achieved and describing future moves. Bold reforms in Saudi (...)

04 - 05 - 2021
Yemen: Peace confounded
Despite its rhetoric about "ending the war in Yemen", the Iran-backed rebel Houthi militia this week launched a concerted attack on southern Saudi Arabia, with the coalition fighting on behalf of the legitimate government announcing that it (...)

03 - 05 - 2021
No regional issues at Vienna talks
Hours after the first round of talks to revive Iran's nuclear deal started in Vienna last week, TV cameras attended a ceremony at the Natanz uranium-enrichment plant in Iran to witness the announcement of an increase in the use of advanced (...)

12 - 04 - 2021
Jordan palace coup thwarted
International and regional concerns about developments in Jordan receded by midweek, after reconciliation in the Royal Family ended with the former crown-prince vowing allegiance to the king and constitution. This was the result of mediation by a (...)

06 - 04 - 2021
Peace through Oman?
The Omani capital Muscat has been busy with diplomatic traffic aimed at finding a way to end the six-year war in Yemen. Both UN Envoy Martin Griffiths and US Special Envoy Tim Lenderking have been shuttling between Muscat, Riyadh and Aden since (...)

30 - 03 - 2021
Damascus returns
Syria has dominated the Gulf foreign policy scene in the last two weeks. This month marks the start of the Syrian Civil War a decade ago, and the latest relevant diplomatic manoeuvre was a visit to the Sultanate of Oman by Syrian Minister of Foreign (...)

23 - 03 - 2021
No Hejaz route yet
Judging by media reactions in the Gulf, the hype about restoring warm relations between Turkey and the Gulf countries is winding down. This week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his "regret" that Saudi transport aircrafts and six (...)

16 - 03 - 2021
A new peak in Yemen
Oil prices shot up to over $70 a barrel following multiple attacks on Saudi oil facilities in the east of the kingdom at the start of the week. The Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, after weeks of intensified drone and missile attacks, claimed (...)

11 - 03 - 2021
The Gulf courts Oman
The Omani capital Muscat has been the target of various Gulf diplomatic efforts over the last few weeks in relation to the conflict in Yemen. Though Oman has been trying to keep to the same line of “quiet neutrality” on regional issues inherited (...)

02 - 03 - 2021
Gulf-Turkey rapprochement?
Earlier this month, the US news agency Bloomberg carried a report entitled “Gulf Reaches Out to Erdogan in Wary Move to Ease Tensions” quoting anonymous sources in the region and indicating some kind of potential Gulf-Turkey rapprochement. Though no (...)

23 - 02 - 2021
The human cost
Sweden and Switzerland will be hosting a virtual fundraising event for Yemen's humanitarian crisis early next month, but it is not clear if the event is being coordinated with other parties. The new US Special Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking, (...)

16 - 02 - 2021
Bidening the crisis
A political settlement of the Yemen crisis seemed more plausible than ever last week when American President Joe Biden outlined his administration's foreign policy. In a speech at the State Department in Washington, Biden said, “This war has to (...)

09 - 02 - 2021
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