The conflict over Jordanian airspace appeared to stem from the cancellation of Jordan crown prince’s visit to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem "due to a disagreement over the security and protection arrangements at the site."
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani also discussed regional issues during a meeting in Doha.
The decision to restore relations with Qatar is a smart one. But can the Saudi crown prince follow through?
Both sides sign four bilateral deals centering on direct air links, water management, connecting financial systems, and a visa waiver arrangement for diplomats, cementing a controversial Israel-Morocco reset of ties.
Kushner has driven Trump’s Middle East push that saw the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco normalise ties with Israel in contentious deals that saw Washington doling out major favours.
Palestine and Iran condemned Sudan's move to establish diplomatic relations with Israel.
The Israeli delegation, which flew into Bahrain on an El Al Israel Airlines charter flight from Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, was accompanied by US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
Around 90 percent of Twitter discourse in Arabic was against Abu Dhabi’s recent treaty with Israel, but pro-Emirati news outlets cite polls showing most Arabs supporting the deal.
Dhabiya Khamis al Muhairi said UAE authorities barred her from travelling from Dubai to Cairo because of her criticism towards the UAE-Israel normalisation deal.
While King Salman has maintained that normalising ties with Israel was out of the question without the resolution of the Palestinian issue, his son Crown Prince MBS seeks to change the Saudi public perception towards Jews.
The Palestinian Authority suffered a 50 percent loss in foreign aid compared to 2019 and 70 percent shortfall in revenues in 2020.
A high-level Sudanese delegation and US officials have discussed the role Sudan is "expected to play" in the future of Arab-Israeli peace. The removal of Israel's former foe from a list of terrorism sponsors also featured in the talks in UAE.
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