Kuwait
The Emir of Kuwait attacks parliament and threatens to heavily crackdown on dissenters....
Cracks have appeared within the pro-government supporters in the Kuwaiti parliament, possibly indicating increasing tensions within the ruling family....
The new Kuwaiti government has been sworn in, immediately to face grilling requests from the opposition....
The relationships between the GCC and Iran have deteriorated on a number of fronts....
Threats by the Kuwaiti opposition to grill Sheikh Nasser as soon as he forms his seventh government in less than five years will likely lead to a complication of the political situation....
The Kuwaiti government has resigned, the first in the GCC to fall in an indirect result of the Bahrain uprising and as a result of worsening GCC-Iranian relations....
Kuwait’s Bidoons have staged protests demanding naturalization and other rights....
The Emir of Kuwait has accepted the resignation of the interior minister and appointed a replacement....
Stock markets across the GCC have tumbled as a result of the demonstrations in Egypt....
The Kuwaiti prime minister narrowly survived a vote of non-compliance in parliament. The very small margin in which the motion was defeated has prompted immediate calls for him to resign....
Kuwaiti prime minister is under unprecedented pressure by parliament to resign....
The increase of oil price to over US$ 90 per barrel is a positive development for all GCC states and Yemen....
Kuwait is going through unprecedented tensions between the government and the opposition, with MP’s beaten at a demonstration by police....
The US diplomatic cables published by wikileaks is likely to increase the risk of Iranian or Shiite attacks against some GCC states, who are claimed to have pushed the US to bomb Iran....
Tensions in Kuwait continue to mount as opposition MPs call for questioning the Minister of Municipalities....
Naturalizing wives of Kuwaiti citizens or non-Kuwaiti children of female citizens have been put on hold by the government....
A crowd of over 150, reportedly led by members and supporters of the Kuwaiti royal family, stormed a Kuwaiti private TV station, ransacking its offices and damaging furniture and other equipment....
Political tensions are rising in Kuwait as MPs threaten to question senior government ministers and implying corruption....
Increasing tensions between the Kuwaiti interior minister and education minister with parliamentary opposition appears to be heading towards a confrontation....
Kuwait’s announcement that it is abolishing the kafeel system is a welcome move as it makes the country more competitive compared to other GCC states....