Kuwait
In parliamentary elections, the opposition Islamist party won a majority, securing 34 of the 50 seats. The election was held after parliament was dissolved over allegations of corruption in December.
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Kuwait
Islamists favourites as Kuwait goes to the polls
Iran
US boosts its military presence in Persian Gulf
Al Qaeda
US War in Iraq Declared Officially Over
Iraq
US Plans Post-Iraq Troop Increase in Persian Gulf
Iran
Iraqi speaker warns of meddling after US pullout
Iraq
In Iraq’s oil-rich south, concerns about the neighbors
Al Qaeda
US Sees Iranian, al Qaeda Alliance
Libya
West prepares to hand rebels Gaddafi’s billions
Iraq
Iraq takes over billions in oil revenue set aside by UN
Afghanistan
Pentagon: Wait until Fall 2012 to end Afghanistan troop boost
Al Qaeda
Investigators track bin Laden’s couriers
Al Qaeda
What Pakistan’s ISI doesn’t want the world to know about Osama bin Laden’s couriers
Saudi Arabia
Facing up to end of ‘easy oil’
Kuwait
A fistfight broke out in parliament after Salafists attacked a Shia lawmaker who called Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay terrorists. Two Kuwaitis remain at Guantanamo. Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, a former detainee who was released in 2006, carried out a suicide attack in Iraq in 2008.
Kuwait
A fight broke out in a Kuwait City mosque after the imam wanted those in attendance to take part in a ceremony that would commemorate al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden. Some of the worshipers protested, sparking the clash.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Gulf states seek to broker Yemen’s Saleh exit
Kuwait
The government will expel “a group of Iranian diplomats” for their alleged involvement with a spy ring in the Gulf country. Three members of the spy ring were serving in the Kuwaiti military and have been sentenced to death. Iran denies its diplomats are involved in spying.
Libya
Gulf Arab states defend military action in Libya
Al Qaeda
Egypt – The beginning of a new struggle
Bahrain
Gulf leaders hear rumblings of dissent
Iraq
Gulf war, 20 years on: Kuwait emerges from under Iraq’s shadow
Afghanistan
Cash flow to terrorists evades US efforts
Judge finds that Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee was no charity worker
A district judge denied a Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus in September. The detainee, Fayiz al Kandari, claims that he was a mere charity worker, but he was really an influential al Qaeda recruiter with ties to a terror cell that launched an attack on the US Marines in 2002.
United States
How arms deals are shaping the Mideast
Bahrain
Bridging the Gulf: Bahrain’s big experiment with democracy
Iraq
Saddam spy receives Kuwaiti citizenship
Kuwait
Press group urges Kuwaiti ruler to free blogger
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
Kuwait
Kuwait – New labor laws grant women the right – and the flexibility – to work late