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Israel has three terminals for crude oil imports, Ashkelon and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast, and Eilat on the Red Sea. Ashkelon is the most important one, handling about 180,000 barrels per day.

China's President Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia last week This shows that Beijing is trying to increase its influence in the region

Saudi Arabia has 18 percent of the world's oil reserves; Secondly, it has a very strong economy among the Arab countries The third and the most important reason is that Saudi Arabia is the center of Islamic faith because of Mecca and Medina Except for Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq, Saudi Arabia enjoys good relations with all other countries in the Arab League

Turkey and its main regional ally Qatar today launched military exercises in the emirate that will involve some 250 Turkish troops and 30 armoured vehicles, reports said.

A diplomatic row between Qatar and some Arab nations including Saudi Arabia was not helping to unite efforts to try to find a Syria settlement or fight terrorism, the Kremlin said.

Sheikh Sabah earlier yesterday travelled to Dubai where he met with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves as prime minister and vice president of the UAE.

Saudi Arabia along with the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen and the Maldives severed relations with Qatar.

"It's a development that really saddened all of us," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters.

Eleven Middle East and North African countries are accusing Iran of sponsoring "terrorism" and constantly interfering in the internal affairs of Arab nations, sparking tension and instability in the region.

The Arab League on Friday declared Iran ally Hezbollah a "terrorist" group, after Gulf monarchies adopted the same stance over the Lebanese Shiite movement`s support for the regime in Syria`s war

 Amid the ongoing refugee crisis, RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser' has called for building international opinion to force West Asian nations to "stop deadly politics in the name of Islam".

More than 30 percent of young Arabs are jobless because of unrest in many Arab nations and not enough investment, a top labour official said on Sunday.