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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid Sunday and Monday a two-day official visit to Qatar, his first to the Arab World since his election, for talks on bilateral relations, international issues of mutual concern and the latest developments on the regional Read more
Conventional banks are racing into the Middle East and North Africa to tap the money within the region through Sukuks, Islamic bonds. Goldman Sachs is the latest non-Islamic bank planning to issue a Sukuk for a second time after cancelling Read more
Asiya Investments, an investment firm investing in Emerging Asia, has published in its weekly analysis that ties between the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and China in terms of oil trade is increasingly becoming very significant. Oil Read more
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is in disorder after member countries tried to pursue the veracity of Qatar’s claims that it has implemented all that was required under the Riyadh Agreement. The differences have led to Doha’s refusal to sign Read more
A source from the Fatah camp is blaming Qatar for the failure to conclude a long lasting ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. The source claimed that Qatar threatened Hamas with the expulsion of its politburo chief Khaled Mashaal if Read more
Bahrain has frowned at Qatar accusing it of carrying out “targeted” naturalization. Manama claims that a certain “category” of its citizens is being offered Qatari citizenship. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary for Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs, Sheikh Rashid fears that Read more
The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, will be meeting King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah. Their discussions are expected to be centered on the efforts of ending the hostilities between Hamas and Israel. Sources have already Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for “an urgent session” of the UN Security Council because the situation in the Gaza strip has become “intolerable” as the attacks carried out by the Israeli military is categorized as “crimes against humanity.” Read more
After the curtains of the FIFA World Cup went down, all eyes should be on Russia 2018. However, Qatar continues to attract more attention thereby prompting its Communications Director of the World Cup 2022 Supreme Committee, Nasser Al Khater, to Read more
Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup has been surrounded with controversies and criticisms. The latest to join the ranks is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The group released a letter addressed to Sepp Blatter, President Read more