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Qatar Reportedly Resumed Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Talks after Hiatus

A doll lies among plastic debris and clothes in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike at the Muwassi camp near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A doll lies among plastic debris and clothes in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike at the Muwassi camp near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Qatar Reportedly Resumed Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Talks after Hiatus

A doll lies among plastic debris and clothes in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike at the Muwassi camp near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A doll lies among plastic debris and clothes in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike at the Muwassi camp near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Qatar announced on Thursday the resumption of ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, after a halt last month because of frustration over a lack of progress, a source told the Agence-France Presse on Friday.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Qatar "has now reactivated the mediation talks”, but he provided no details about the recent meetings with officials from the warring parties.
On Wednesday, a well-informed source told Reuters that Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met separately in recent weeks with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to discuss Gaza ceasefire talks.
Qatar has “resumed its role as a key mediator after suspending that role last month”, the source had said, adding that negotiators from the Hamas movement are likely to return to the Qatari capital, Doha, to facilitate a new round of talks soon.

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Mohammed bin Salman Welcomes Egypt’s Sisi in Jeddah

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah on Monday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah on Monday. (SPA)
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Mohammed bin Salman Welcomes Egypt’s Sisi in Jeddah

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah on Monday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah on Monday. (SPA)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Jeddah on Monday.

Sisi kicked off a “fraternal” visit to Saudi Arabia as part of the two countries’ “keenness on bolstering the historic brotherly relations that bind them.”

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meet in Jeddah on Monday. (SPA)

The visit aims to continue consultations and coordination over various regional and international issues of interest, said the Egyptian presidency.

Crown Prince Mohammed also held an iftar banquet in Sisi’s honor.

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GCC Secretary-General Meets Lebanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. GCC
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. GCC
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GCC Secretary-General Meets Lebanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. GCC
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi. GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi met Lebanon's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ali Karanouh in Riyadh on Monday.

The two sides discussed several topics, reviewing relations between the GCC and Lebanon and ways to develop them to achieve mutual interests, SPA reported.

They also addressed the latest regional and international developments and conditions.

Albudaiwi noted that the GCC has accepted an invitation to attend the International Conference in Support of the Lebanese Army and Security Forces, scheduled to take place next month in Paris, the capital of France.

He added that this participation reaffirms the GCC’s steadfast support for the brotherly Lebanese Republic and its commitment to Lebanon’s sovereignty, security, and stability.

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Saudi Arabia Stresses importance of Iraq Respecting Kuwait’s Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity 

Saudi Arabia Stresses importance of Iraq Respecting Kuwait’s Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity 
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Saudi Arabia Stresses importance of Iraq Respecting Kuwait’s Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity 

Saudi Arabia Stresses importance of Iraq Respecting Kuwait’s Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity 

Saudi Arabia reiterated on Monday its “categorical rejections of any claims of rights by any other party in the divided submerged area within its designated boundaries with Kuwait.”

It underscored “the importance of Iraq respecting Kuwait’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and honoring bilateral and international agreements,” said a Saudi Foreign Ministry statement.

It added that Saudi Arabia was monitoring with “deep concern the coordinate lists and a map filed by Iraq with the United Nations.”

“The submissions include encroachments that extend to large parts of the divided submerged area adjacent to the Saudi-Kuwaiti divided zone.,” it noted.

“The Kingdom shares with Kuwait ownership of natural resources in that area under agreements concluded and in force between them. Those agreements are based on the provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,” stressed the statement.

“The coordinates also violate the sovereignty of Kuwait over its maritime areas and its maritime elevations, including Fasht Al-Qaid and Fasht Al-Aij,” it remarked.

Kuwait’s foreign ministry said Iraq's claim infringes on Kuwait’s sovereignty by placing Kuwaiti areas, including the Fasht al-Qaid and Fasht al-Aij shoals, in Iraqi territory.

Saudi Arabia called on Iraq to comply with all relevant United Nations resolutions, especially United Nations Security Council Resolution 833. The resolution demarcated the land and maritime boundary between Kuwait and Iraq.

The ministry called for “reason, wisdom and dialogue to prevail in resolving differences,” urging “serious and responsible engagement in line with the rules and principles of international law and good neighborliness.”

Qatar, the United Emirates and Oman have issued statements in solidarity with Kuwait.