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Iraq-Kuwait relations look set to remain frosty over the short to medium term after lawyers working for Kuwait made attempts in late April to confiscate the first Iraqi Airways ... 2010-05-04

In March, the government granted approval to a landmark bill, which will see GCC businesspeople enjoying (almost) equal rights to Bahrainis. The few exceptions to equality will be... 2010-03-30

In late March President Ali Abdullah Saleh stated that Yemen was making progress in its crackdown on al-Qaeda. However, the March arrest in Saudi Arabia of 101 militants accused of... 2010-03-29

Media reports in late March suggest that Iran could be building two new nuclear enrichment plants. If these reports are accurate, the plants would be additional to the covert (under... 2010-03-29

Syrian President Bashar Assad and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal conducted a meeting in Damascus on March 22, aimed at enhancing relations between the two countries... 2010-03-24

UAE's labour minister, Saqr Gobash, said the ministry has suspended 800 companies from recruiting new workers because they failed to transfer their workers' wages through the official... 2010-03-24

With the completion of its Founding Congress, the General Federation of Oman Trade Unions (GFOTU) was established in February, following nearly two years of delays. Fifty Omani trade... 2010-03-23

The Ministry of Manpower announced an extension of the December 2009 amnesty for illegal foreign workers until end-March. The decision will allow an estimated 125,000-200,000 (out... 2010-02-26

With the US looking to impose even tougher economic sanctions on Iran, and given Abu Dhabi's poor relations with Tehran, Dubai's position as a major trading partner of Iran could... 2010-02-26

More than a hundred Saudi Arabian troops were killed as the recent conflict between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels in the north of the country spilled over the border. The... 2010-02-25