[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.]
Regional and International Relations
The emergent Egyptian-Gulf alliance: Libya and Yemen in the crosshairs Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait discuss the possibility of an alliance to fight “fanatics” in Libya and Yemen.
Qatari fund bids for Canary Wharf owner Songbird Julia Kollewe analyzes the implication of Qatar’s efforts to buy Canary Wharf in London.
GCC ministers’ meet “likely to be postponed” A meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers, scheduled for this week, is postponed.
Yemen's ex-president says U.S. has told him to leave or face sanctions The Yemeni president says that the United States gave him an ultimatum to leave Yemen or face United Nations sanctions.
U.S. denies telling Yemen ex-president to leave or face sanctions The United States denies that it delivered an ultimatum to the former Yemeni president.
Reports and Opinions
Masked gunmen kill five in Saudi Arabia Three gunmen kill five people who were commemorating 'Ashura in al-Ihsa.
Deadly security raid in Saudi after shooting Two policemen and two suspected gunmen were killed in Buraida in a security operation related to the shooting in al-Ihsa.
Thousands mourn the Ashura shooting victims in Saudi Arabia Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of the people killed in the attack in al-Ihsa.
Attack on Shias fans fears of jihadi blowback in Sunni Saudi Arabia Ian Black reports on the fears of “blowback” from the wars in Syria and Iraq reaching Saudi Arabia after the deadly attack in al-Ihsa.
Saudi Arabia executes man for drug smuggling Saudi Arabia executes a Pakistani, brining the number of people executed in the kingdom this year to sixty-five.
Saudi denies it may ease ban on women drivers Local media assert that reports that the king’s advisory council recommended easing a ban on women driving are a “fabrication.”
Repression in Bahrain
Bahrain's Justice Ministry ends action against Waad opposition Bahrain drops a case it filed four months ago to suspend the National Democratic Action Society.
Crisis in Yemen
U.S. drone strikes, clashes kill 20 in Yemen: tribal sources US drone strikes kill ten al-Qa‘ida suspects in Yemen.
A dangerous balancing act in Yemen Peter Salisbury reports on the political scene in Yemen amid reports of UN sanctions against the former president and Houthi leaders.
Yemen Houthi Shia rebels join new cabinet A news report on the formation of a new government in Yemen.
Yemen's Houthis reject new power-sharing government The Houthi rebels reject the new government after initially approving it.
Saleh's party rejects new Yemeni government The General People’s Congress rejects the newly formed government.
Yemenis protest at ex-president sanctions threat Thousands of supporters of the former Yemeni president took to the street to protest possible UN sanctions against him.
Yemen security forces kill senior al-Qaeda leader Yemeni security forces kill a senior al-Qa‘ida in Lahj.
Houthis seize control of another Yemeni city Houthi fighters seize control of Khokha on the Red Sea coast.
Yemen kidnappers free U.N. water engineer, says world body A Sierra Leonean engineer, who was kidnapped a year ago, is released.
Tajik nurse kidnapped from Yemen hospital A Tajik nurse is kidnapped from a hospital in central Yemen.
Statelessness and Citizenship
Kuwait says stateless to be offered Comoros citizenship The Kuwaiti government says that tens of thousands of stateless people in Kuwait will be offered Comoros citizenship.
Migrant Workers
Qatar’s ambitious future driven on by North Korean ‘forced labour’ Pete Pattisson writes on the plight of North Korean workers in Qatar.
Human Rights
Dispatches: Killings of Saudi Shia a Wakeup Call Adam Coogle, from Human Rights Watch, calls upon the Saudi authorities to confront the long-standing discrimination against the Shi'a in the kingdom.
Oman: Travel ban imposed on human rights defender Saed Jadad The Gulf Center for Human Rights condemns the ongoing targeting Saed Jadad.
Saudi Arabia: Blogger and human rights defender Mikhlif Al-Shammari sentenced to two years in prison and 200 lashes The Gulf Center for Human Rights reports on a Saudi court’s decision against the human rights activist al-Shammari.
Media
Saudi Arabia shuts office of TV channel for fomenting sectarian tension The Saudi authorities shut down Wesal TV for fomenting sectarian tensions.
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