Author Archives: GCC

UAE: Saudi Arabia was going to launch military attack on Qatar

Saudi Arabia was preparing for a military attack on its neighbour Qatar, leaked emails dated [...]

Saudi Arabia: Prominent Clerics Arrested

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities have arrested dozens of people, including prominent clerics, in what appears to be [...]

State Department approves $3.8 billion in arms sales to Bahrain: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved arms sales packages worth more than [...]

Six Questions for the Next U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain

News broke over the weekend that the State Department has approved a new arms deal with [...]

‘Horrific’ accusations of torture, sex abuse in Bahrain

Rights groups say at least 169 Bahrainis at risk of severe abuse at the hands [...]

UK has sold £3.6 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since conflict with Yemen began, report finds as DSEI begins

Government accused of hypocrisy and ‘rolling out the red carpet’ to repressive governments as Excel centre [...]