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Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood across the Middle East-North Africa region, Hamas and radical Islamists in Libya, has led to increasing tensions with other Arab states of the Persian Gulf. [ 90 ] [ 91 ] [ 92 ] These tensions came to a head during a March 2014 meeting of the GCC, after which the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain recalled ...
The demographics of the Middle East and North Africa region show a highly populated, culturally diverse region spanning three continents. As of 2023, the population was around 501 million. [ 51 ] The class, cultural, ethnic, governmental, linguistic and religious make-up of the region is highly variable.
English: Map of the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC, مجلس التعاون الخليجي), a regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
The persistent instability in the Middle East, particularly the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, poses a considerable threat to the Gulf Cooperation Council states' economic ambitions. Regional stability is paramount for these nations to achieve their goals, as it directly impacts the investment climate and their capacity to engage in ...
At the Middle East Rail 2017 conference and exhibition in Dubai on 7 March 2017, GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani stated that the Gulf Railway was necessary to ensure sustained development in the region. He also noted that consensus to complete the project had been established at previous GCC meetings. [18]
“The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades,” Sullivan declared on Sept. 29, 2023 — just eight days before Hamas terrorists sparked war with its murderous ...
APMA: Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa; APSG: Asia Pacific and Singapore; Arab League: a regional organization of Arab countries; Arab Maghreb Union: a regional organisation comprising five Arab and North African states; Arraiolos Group is an informal meeting of presidents of parliamentary and semi-presidential European Union member states.