Author Archives: GCC

UAE telecoms regulator in talks over lifting ban on Skype and FaceTime

The UAE’s telecoms regulator is in talks with Microsoft and Apple that focus on the [...]

Trump is offering Saudi Arabia a ‘bad deal’ on Syria

Why the proposal for a Saudi-led deployment of Arab forces to Syria would not work. [...]

Germany set to ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Turkey amid fear of human rights abuses

All previously agreed weapons deals would be retroactively cancelled if legislation passed Germany is set to ban [...]

Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to board

World’s most profitable company recruits US oil executive Lynn Laverty Elsenhans in milestone move for [...]

Trump administration to Saudi Arabia: Get over your problems with Qatar

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Arabia to resolve its ongoing dispute with Qatar, [...]

European Parliament human rights delegation barred from Bahrain

Bahraini authorities have barred members of a delegation from the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights from [...]