The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced military service, compulsory for men aged between 18 and 30.
A British newspaper has alleged that a former top Qatari football official paid $5 million in bribes to gather support for the Persian Gulf kingdom’s campaign to host the 2022 World Cup.
Influential Qatar-based Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi has called on Egyptians to boycott presidential elections and shun front-runner Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, saying the ex-military strongman had "disobeyed God".
A Persian Gulf Arab rights group has called for the release of thousands of prisoners of conscience in the region as it marks what it calls [Persian] Gulf Detainees Day to highlight their plight.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter says awarding 2022 World Cup to Qatar was "a mistake" because of the extreme heat players will face in the Persian Gulf state.
At least 964 migrant workers from Nepal, India and Bangladesh have died in Qatar from cardiac arrests, falls and suicides, a new report says.
Syria has expressed regret about a decision by the French government to not allow Syrians living in France to participate in the upcoming presidential vote at the Syrian Embassy in the European country.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hailed the steadfastness of the Syrians in thwarting foreign schemes to foment discord in the nation.
An Iranian commander has said that the Western and Arab countries sponsoring the militants in Syria have devised plans to block them from returning to their home countries.
A statement has surfaced on Twitter threatening to bring the fierce rivalry between the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front and the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the battlefields of Syria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Iraqi army and tribal fighters have launched an operation to retake insurgent-held areas in the city of Fallujah in al-Anbar province.
Qatar is training foreign-backed militants operating against the Syrian government as part of Doha’s efforts to topple President Bashar al-Assad, reports say.
Washington has described its major Persian Gulf ally Kuwait as the “epicenter of fundraising for terrorist groups in Syria,” insisting that the funds flowing from Kuwait to foreign-backed insurgents in Syria amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has again blamed Saudi Arabia for sponsoring insurgency efforts in his country and neighboring Syria, saying the Persian Gulf state has "clearly interfered" in Syria and in Iraqi internal affairs.
Syria's northern city of Aleppo has been hit by a blackout for seven days in a row after foreign-backed militants cut off the power lines to the government-held areas of the war-ravaged city.
An armed terrorist group active in Syria has captured and decapitated seven army soldiers in northwestern governorate of Idlib.
Foreign ministers from Persian Gulf Arab countries are holding an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh in a bid to defuse tensions between Qatar and three other members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, an official has said.
Middle Eastern nations have increased their military expenditure by billions of dollars, with Saudi Arabia's budget now the fourth largest in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
New reports suggest that Ankara has worked with the US and Britain to smuggle Libya's guns to Syria to help militant groups who have not reached triumph in fighting Syrian armed forces.
Like children fighting over toys, Saudi and Qatari rulers are involved in infantile squabbles much to the annoyance of their US-Nato masters.