Kuwait rally demands PM quit over ‘corruption scandal’

Thousands of Kuwaiti protesters called on Wednesday for the resignation of the prime minister and the government over an alleged corruption scandal involving several MPs. (more…)

Kuwaitis demand expulsion of Syrian envoy

More than 2,000 Kuwaitis have rallied outside the Syrian embassy in the Gulf state demanding the expulsion of the Syrian envoy and the “freezing” of relations with Damascus. (more…)

Al-Arabiya: Protest in Kuwait against the crackdown in Syria

Al-Arabiya TV reported that Kuwaiti security forces are surrounding the Syrian Embassy in Kuwait to protect it from protesters who are demonstrating in support of the pro-democracy protests in Syria and against the brutal crackdown by the forces of Syrian president Bashar al Assad (more…)

Kuwait seizes Iraq airline assets in Jordan

Kuwait has seized assets of Iraq’s national airline in Jordan, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, the latest step in a row between the neighbouring states over war reparations. (more…)

Tension up as second Iranian flotilla to Bahrain is blocked

Iranian supporters of Shiite dissidents in Bahrain saw their second flotilla in less than a month turned back from the Persian Gulf kingdom Monday.

The 120 people aboard the two-ship “flotilla of solidarity” included a mix of workers, athletes, lawmakers, physicians and nurses, according to the semi-official Iranian Mehr News Agency. (more…)

Kuwaiti MPs call for severing ties with Syria

Al-Jazeera has reported that 25 Kuwaiti MPs , mostly from the opposition have demanded the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador to Kuwait and the severing of diplomatic ties with Damascus.

Major General Bassam Abdel Majeed ( pictured) is the current Syrian ambassador to Kuwait. (more…)

Syria withdraws from UN rights council vote for a seat

Syria on Wednesday officially withdrew from a vote for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, under mounting international pressure over its deadly crackdown on opposition protesters, diplomats said. (more…)

GCC to consider Jordan, Morocco member requests

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is considering requests from Morocco and Jordan to join the Gulf Arab political bloc, the secretary general said in a news conference on Tuesday in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (more…)

Kuwait to replace Syria as candidate for UN body bid

Western diplomats say Kuwait will replace Syria as a candidate for a seat on the United Nations’ top human rights body in the wake of an intense campaign against the Syrian regime for its ongoing crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising. (more…)

Top Iranian military officer: Gulf ‘belongs to Iran’

A top Iranian military officer on Saturday denounced what he called an “Arab dictatorial front” and claimed that the “Persian Gulf has belonged to Iran for ever”, media reports said. (more…)