Author Archives: GCC

Thicker Than Oil: America’s Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia

Middle East Policy Council-U.S.A - 08 February, 2007 Review by Brooks Wrampelmeier www.gulfinthemedia.com “Few relationships [...]

Human Rights Watch Urges Saudi to Lift Travel Ban On Government Critics.

Saudi Arabia should lift politically motivated bans on foreign travel it has imposed on prominent [...]

Trouble In The Straits Of Hormuz

Business Day: A SLEW of articles has recently appeared in the international media warning that [...]

Bahrain Workers Call Off Strike After Employer Apologises

www.dnaindia.com Over 300 workers, mostly Indians, who were on a strike in Bahrain to demand [...]

Riyadh Re-Opens Iraqi Embassy After 17 Years

Arab News: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari reopened his country’s embassy in Riyadh after 17 [...]

Kuwait Warns Of Spread Of Iraqi Sectarian Strife

Reuters: Kuwait’s national security chief has warned a sectarian conflict gripping neighbouring Iraq could spread [...]