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Qatar blockade taking toll on ordinary citizens: Amnesty

Families are being torn apart by the rift between Qatar and some other Gulf Arab states that began six months ago, Amnesty International said on Thursday, in spite of measures to ease the impact of the crisis on ordinary citizens. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, along with Egypt, imposed travel, economic and diplomatic sanctions on Qatar in June over allegations of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the charge. […]

today15 December 2017

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Collateral damage resulting from the Gulf crisis

The Gulf is no longer a single nation after the recent crisis between the states and their communities. This crisis has done away with the ties of brotherhood, history and blood, after transitioning from a political to a social crisis, going even deeper and wider in its targets and effects. Those who prompted the political crisis do not know that along with this they have provoked sensitivities and calculations that […]

today8 September 2017

International News

Gulf row stunts Qatar hajj numbers

Qatar has sent only dozens of its citizens across the border to Saudi Arabia for this week's hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites because of the increasingly bitter crisis between the Gulf neighbours. The annual pilgrimage that draws two million Muslim faithful from across the globe and starts this year on Wednesday has become embroiled in a dispute between Doha and Riyadh now nearing its third month. Qatar's only land […]

today29 August 2017

International News

US naval warships arrive in Qatar for military exercise

Two US Navy vessels arrived in Doha to take part in a joint military exercise with the Qatari Emiri Navy just days after US President Donald Trump accused Qatar of being "a funder of terrorism at a very high level". Qatar hosts the biggest US military base in the Middle East with more than 11,000 troops deployed or assigned to al-Udeid Air Base. More than 100 aircraft operate from there.Qatar News […]

today15 June 2017

International News

Qatar ‘extremely comfortable’ despite sanctions, markets stabilise

Qatar’s financial markets stabilised on Monday after a week of losses as the government showed it could keep the economy running in the face of sanctions by its neighbours. The finance minister of the world’s richest country per capita played down the economic toll of the confrontation, and said the government was “extremely comfortable” with its financial position, with the resources to endure the pressure. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab […]

today13 June 2017

International News

Saudi Arabia bans Al Jazeera channels in hotels

Saudi Arabia has banned hotels and tourist facilities from airing Al Jazeera news channels and threatened to punish violators with the closure of their facility and a fine of up to $26,000. In a statement released on Friday, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage ordered that "all channels from the Al Jazeera Media Network must be removed" and replaced with channels compatible with "official Saudi television ones". "The […]

today9 June 2017

International News

Qatar seeks Kuwaiti mediation after Arab rift

Qatar’s ruler postponed an address to his country today following its sudden diplomatic isolation from other leading Arab nations, in order to allow Kuwait some time and room to mediate. In a sign of the potential consequences for the Qatari economy, a number of banks in the region began stepping back from business dealings with the Gulf state. Qatar’s Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said Doha was ready […]

today6 June 2017

International News

Haniyeh chosen as new Hamas chief

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was elected chief of the group’s political bureau, a Hamas source said today. Haniyeh was selected in polls that were held today in both the Gaza Strip and Doha simultaneously via video conference. He will replace Khaled Meshaal, Hamas’ long-time leader who has been the Palestinian organisation’s political chief since 1996. Haniyeh, a former prime minister, competed for the post along with senior Hamas leaders […]

today7 May 2017

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