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The United Arab Emirates football association (UAEFA) has called off a scheduled match between national football team and the Moroccan counterpart over political reasons because of Morocco’s neutral position in the diplomatic spat between Qatar on one hand and Saudi Read more
Oman authorities have asked an Indian Muslim scholar to leave the kingdom after criticizing Saudi Arabia for isolating a Muslim country in reference to Qatar and siding with Jewish and Christians, reports say. The foreign ministry said Salman al-Husaini had Read more
United Arab Emirates football association (UAEFA) has pulled out of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018 Qualifiers after their request not to play against Qatar was rejected. Qatar, UAE, Yemen and Bangladesh feature in the same group for Read more
The ruler of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani Tuesday renewed his country’s readiness to engage in dialogue with its neighbors. “We’ve always said that we’re very open for dialogue, and we’ll always be open for dialogue,” Sheikh Tamim Read more
The Arab League meeting on Tuesday in Cairo was overtaken by the Gulf crisis as the Qatari delegates and the delegates of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt traded accusations. The meeting in the Egyptian capital kicked Read more
Saudi authorities have arrested a prominent cleric, also known as a critic of the royal family’s handling of affairs. Sheikh Salman al-Awdah was arrested over the weekend following a series of posts on Twitter calling for an end of the Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron has assigned former envoy to Saudi Arabia as well as to Qatar with leading France’s own mediation in the ongoing Gulf crisis between Qatar on one side and Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Read more
Saudi Arabia has denied Doha-based Al Jazeera news network to cover the Muslim Hajj ritual, doubling down its position against Qatar in the regional dispute. Aside from the ban, Saudi authorities have also prevented the network’s journalists from performing the Read more
Doha announced Friday that Ankara arrested five computer hackers believed involved in May hacking of Qatari news agency QNA, which sparked the diplomatic row between the tiny gas-rich country and its neighbors. “Our friends in Turkey answered us a short Read more
Qatar announced this Thursday the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Iran and the return of its ambassador to Tehran, on the background of the crisis opposing Doha to three of its Gulf neighbors plus Egypt. In a short statement, Read more