Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama’s assurances on Iran deal

Saudi King Salman met with Obama at the White House on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran

Obama scores policy win in securing votes for Iran nuclear deal

The list of US senators backing the deal has now reached 34

Obama to assure Saudi king of US help to counter Iranian threat

King Salman will meet Obama on Friday as part of his first US visit since ascending to the throne in January

Kuwait charges 26 for smuggling weapons from Iran

The arrests come after the country uncovered a weapons cache that was allegedly smuggled from Iran

Satellite images show Islamic State destroyed major temple at Palmyra – UN

The images show the remains of the Temple of Bel at the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Geneva-based United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) said on Twitter

Egypt sets parliamentary election date in October

Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically elected main chamber

Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 36 Yemeni civilians -residents

Coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri denied the strike had hit a civilian target

Egypt summons UK ambassador over criticism of Al Jazeera trial

British Ambassador John Casson said that Egypt’s stability should be built on freedom of the press and freedom of expression after the court sentenced the three journalists to prison

Saudi-led air strikes kill 10 people in central Yemen – officials

The war in Yemen has killed more than 4,300 people, many of them civilians

White House confirms that Saudi King Salman will meet Obama on Sept. 4

The two leaders will discuss Syria, Yemen and steps to counter Iran’s destabilising activities in the region, a White House spokesman said

Saudi’s King Salman to visit the US in September

The monarch’s visit next month will be his first official trip to the US after ascending the throne earlier this year

Saudi military intercepts Scud missile fired by Yemeni forces

The Saudi military said it intercepted the missile and retaliated with air strikes on Yemeni territory

Saudi Arabia holding main suspect in 1996 Khobar bombing

The attack killed 19 U.S. service personnel and wounded almost 500 people

Yemen’s Al Qaeda denies it held British hostage

The militant group said in a statement via Twitter that there were no British hostages in its custody

Kuwait summons Iran envoy over disputed gas field reports

The off-shore gas field has been a bone of contention between Tehran and Kuwait since the 1960s

Abu Dhabi crown prince, Putin discuss stronger ties, Syria woes

Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow

Freed UK hostage says ‘grateful’ to the UAE for the rescue mission

Bob Semple, a petroleum engineer, was working in the Hadramaut area in Yemen when he was kidnapped in February 2014

Abu Dhabi crown prince begins two-day Russia visit

Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues

Bahrain says holding former MP on charges of financing militants

The agency did not name the man but quoted the director of criminal investigations as saying he was held after returning from a trip to collect funds in Iran

Britain reopens ransacked embassy in Tehran

Britain had operated without an embassy since Iranian protesters stormed its two main diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Nov. 29, 2011

UAE Armed Forces rescue British hostage in Yemen

The hostage Douglas Robert Semple, a 64-year old petroleum engineer, was working in the Hadramaut area when he was kidnapped

Egyptian Brotherhood leader handed sixth life prison sentence

Mohamed Badie and several other prominent Islamists were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for murder and inciting violence

Dozens killed in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen-aid group, Houthis

A health ministry spokesman, Tamim Al Shami, confirmed at least 65 dead and 50 wounded as a result of the air strikes

Two pilots killed when helicopter comes down on Saudi-Yemen border-coalition

The coalition said it was investigating the cause of the crash, which took place in Saudi Arabia’s border province of Jizan

Saudi-led alliance wins Yemen battles, but peace remains elusive

The advanced weapons deployed by the Gulf states have powered local fighters against Houthi rebels

Saudi executes two Chadians for al Qaeda killings

Issa Saleh Hassan Barkaj and Ishaq Issa Ahmed Shakila were executed in Mecca on Thursday morning, the ministry said in a statement

UAE minister hits out at Iranian TV channel over Yemen comments

The minister’s response comes after an Iranian TV channel reported that Houthi rebels captured the UAE’s military tanks in Yemen

Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen ‘aid port’ Hodeida

Hodeida is held by the Houthi rebels and allied army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh

Houthi rebels occupy UAE embassy in Yemeni capital Sana’a

The UAE has called for the Houthis to evacuate the embassy immediately and restore it to the embassy staff

India, UAE plan $75bn infrastructure fund, stronger ties

The two countries plan to increase bilateral trade by 60 per cent in the next five years