Assad appears on Syrian banknote for first time
New 2,000-pound banknotes featuring Bashar al-Assad’s face go into circulation in Damascus and a number of provinces….
Saudi bloc gives Qatar 48 more hours to accept demands
Foreign ministers of nations boycotting Qatar will meet in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss their next steps….
Law firm hired by Qatar to probe violations from blockade
Lalive will pursue the cases of some 2,450 citizens and foreign residents hit by the anti-Qatar measures….
Saudi Arabia pushes on with steep Qatar demands
Saudi foreign minister reiterates that list of 13-point demands to Qatar ‘to stop funding terrorism’ is non-negotiable….
"The world is not ruled by ultimatum, Doha will not meet any of the 13 demands" : Qatar
offering instead “a proper condition for a dialogue” to resolve the Gulf crisis. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman…
UN: Nearly 500,000 displaced Syrians return home
About 440,000 people displaced within the country returned to their homes since January, UN refugee agency says….
Update on Gulf crisis: Qatar FM meets UN Security Council members
Foreign minister asks non-permanent members of UN Security Council to call for an end of the blockade…
UN's Zeid: Call to shut Al Jazeera unacceptable attack
High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says Saudi-led campaign to close the network is ‘extraordinary, unprecedented’. A host…
Lebanon : Five suicide bombers blow themselves up during army raid in Al Nour refugee camp near Syrian border
Lebanon’s military has stepped up its crackdown on ISIL in the area close to the Syrian border…