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Saudi Arabia to host belated Gulf Arab summit next month
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A Saudi flag is seen during a session of the consultative council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is set to host the Gulf Arab summit next month. File Photo by Mike Nelson/EPA
Dec. 17 (UPI) Saudi Arabia will host the belated Gulf Arab summit next month, Kuwaiti officials announced Thursday.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Sabah specified that the summit is scheduled forJan. 5.
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The economic and political summit is typically held in December each year, but is reportedly being held up this year because officials are working on a deal to bring Qatar back into the fold after a three-year rift.
DUBAI: Arab nations condemned what has been labeled as a “terrorists attack” on an oil tanker as it unloaded fuel at Jeddah port.
A small boat laden with explosives targeting on the Singapore-flagged BW Rhine, which was carrying 60,000 tons of gasoline, causing an explosion and a fire on board.
The ship’s crew put out the fire and there were no casualties, but parts of the vessel’s hull were damaged.
Kuwait expressed its strong condemnation of the attack, stating that the continuation of “these terrorist acts” on Saudi Arabia threaten the stability of the region, state news agency SPA reported.
Arab States Condemn Terror Attack on Oil Tanker as it Unloaded in Jeddah Port Published December 15th, 2020 - 08:11 GMT
An oil tanker at the port of Ras al-Khair, about 185 kilometres north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia’s eastern province overlooking the Gulf on December 11, 2019. AFP
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Kuwait expresses its strong condemnation of the attack.
Arab nations condemned what has been label as a “terrorists attack” on an oil tanker as it unloaded fuel at Jeddah port.
A small boat laden with explosives targeting on the Singapore-flagged BW Rhine, which was carrying 60,000 tons of gasoline, causing an explosion and a fire on board.