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United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied claims by Qatari royal Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Thani that he ‘has been held in Abu Dhabi against his will’ adding that the member of the Qatari ruling tribe is allowed to leave Read more
Qatar’s ambassador to the UN has filed a complaint with the world body’s Security Council as her country accuses United Arab Emirates (UAE) of violating its airspace. UAE fighters allegedly entered the Qatari airspace in December, amid the ongoing crisis Read more
Tunisian transport minister Thursday announced that Dubai-based carrier Emirates was allowed to resume air traffic to Tunis in an apparent end of crisis between the North African country and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sparked by Emirati authorities’ ban on Read more
Qatar Petroleum has announced that the country’s two Liquefied Natural Gas producers have been combined into a single gas company with a goal to save up to $500 million annually in operation costs. Qatar Pertroleum’s chief executive Saad al-Kaabi announced Read more
A new group of Turkish soldiers arrived in the Al Udeid airbase in the Qatari capital, Doha, as part of an agreement between the defense ministries of the two countries. The group, including soldiers from the Turkish Joint Forces Command, Read more
A court has sentenced blogger Abdullah al-Saleh to five years in prison in absentia for criticizing Saudi Arabia in the diplomatic showdown between the kingdom, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain plus Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other. Read more
Qatar will not be part of Speed Chess Championship to be held in Saudi Arabia after the local organizing committee banned the raising of Qatari national flag amid the ongoing diplomatic row between the small Gulf country and its neighbors. Read more
The Tunisian transport ministry Sunday put a temporary ban on Emirates flights until the airline finds the appropriate solution to operate flights “in accordance with international law and agreements” after the public outcry that denounced last week Emirati ban on Read more
Qatar and Boeing sealed a $6.2 billion contract for 36 F-15 aircraft, the Pentagon said in a statement. This contract provides for the foreign military sales (FMS) requirement to procure 36 new F-15QA aircraft for the Qatar Air Force. Qatar Read more
Four US congressmen have called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to declassify part of the anti-terror deal, meant to fight terror funding, that was signed with Qatar in July. Congressmen Jim Banks, Robert Pittenger, Scott Perry and Ron DeSantis Read more