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King Mohammed VI is paying an official visit to Qatar against the backdrop of tense ties between Doha on one side and Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain on the other side. Morocco’s Monarch, who flew to Doha Sunday after a Read more
King Mohammed VI on Sunday arrived in Qatar for an official visit, coming from Abu Dhabi where he paid a few-day friendship and work visit. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani offered in honor of the Moroccan King an official Read more
Two Bahraini Shia critics, known as members of the opposition, were charged Wednesday for espionage for Qatar in an attempt to destabilize the tiny Gulf monarchy, in what looks like a deepening of the diplomatic spat between Qatar on the Read more
Qatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani stressed that demand by the Saudi-led group to shut down Doha-based News Channel Al Jazeera is unfeasible and tantamount to giving away the country’s sovereignty. “We’re not going to shut down Al Read more
A Bahraini senior official Tuesday said the Gulf diplomatic crisis opposing Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other will not be permanent, indicating therefore a likely settlement of the worst crisis Read more
One of US President Donald Trump’s former close advisors, Steve Bannon Monday underlined that the five month-old diplomatic crisis shaking the Gulf region was provoked by President Trump’s visit to the region in May, adding that the political shake-up in Read more
France’s candidate Audrey Azoulay was elected Friday the future Head of the UN agency for education, culture and science (UNESCO) beating her Qatari challenger, who was let down by Gulf countries opposed to Doha in the lingering diplomatic crisis shaking Read more
Qatari citizens known as close to the countries boycotting the Emirate have announced they would announce a Qatari government in exile in a move to demand political reforms in the Gulf gas-rich country. The announcement could be made this Saturday, Read more
Washington, seeking to help end the diplomatic spat, which erupted early June between its gulf allies, has announced it will suspend all military drills in the region, reports say. The region has been embroiled in a crisis as a Saudi-led Read more
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is a political opponent and has been a Qatari citizen since the 1970s therefore Qatar will not extradite him, Qatari foreign minister, Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani indicated Thursday. Al-Qaradawi, a born Egyptian national, is wanted by Cairo Read more