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The Turkish parliament, Wednesday, in what looked like Ankara’s support for Doha, approved a draft bill allowing deployment of Turkish forces to a military base in Qatar as the tiny Gulf country faces increasing isolation, Middle East Eye has learned. Read more
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar and would be withdrawing their diplomatic staff shortly as the row over Doha’s ties with Tehran deepens. They have also extended a persona Read more
Qatar’s ruler travelled Wednesday to Kuwait City in a move to end diplomatic row with the region’s two most powerful states, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, following the publication of the gas-rich country’s pro-position on Hamas, Hezbollah and friendly Read more
Doha Tuesday came under fire as London-based Amnesty International charged the Gulf country for the deportation of Saudi human rights activist Mohammad al-Otaibi to his homeland. Al-Otaibi is wanted in Saudi Arabia for tweets deemed offensive to the kingdom and Read more
Qatar and Iran are slowly bridging their differences but the move is receiving strong objections from other Gulf States as they accuse Doha of distancing itself from their common position. Qatar’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had a Read more
Authorities of the United Arab Emirates are dreaming to welcome 89 million passengers through Dubai International airport this year, as 7.6 million were registered in April, making a total of more than 30 million, over the first four months of Read more
Reports have emerged that a Hamas delegation led by Ismail Haniya, head of the group’s political bureau, has been meeting with Egyptian officials in Cairo since Sunday and that the meetings are expected to continue over the next few days. Read more
At the end of his four-day trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, President Michel Aoun of Lebanon is confident that ties with the Gulf States have been revived. He stated that relations with Gulf Countries particularly with Saudi Arabia are Read more
Adama Barrow, president-elect of the Gambia on Tuesday told Doha-based TV channel Al Jazeera that it seemed impossible that the country could have a change of government through the ballot box. Gambia’s Electoral Commission chief last week declared Adama Barrow, Read more
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during his visit Thursday to Doha that the deployment of Turkish troops to the military base in Qatar, the country’s first in the Middle East, “was not directed at against any nation” but it Read more