Analysis: Tiny emirate has found who its real friends are after it was so casually abandoned by US President. But in Qatari business circles, there are fears the move was […]
Source: Time BY Kevin Lui 12:22 PM ET The Senate is expected Tuesday to vote on a resolution seeking to block part of President Trump‘s proposed $110 billion arms deal […]
Reuters International JUN 13, 2017 A girl holds a picture depicting Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani during a demonstration in support of him in Doha, Qatar June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon (reuters_tickers) By John Davison and Andrew Torchia DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s financial markets stabilised on Monday […]
Jordanians said diplomatic relations should be downgraded with Israel, not Qatar and voiced their support of Qatar Editor / Internet12:35 June 10, 2017Yeni Şafak Qatar Emir Al-Sani and King Abdullah of Jordan Citizens of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Jordan are outraged for cutting ties […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL The Arab League has denied plans to discuss the diplomatic crisis in the Gulf during a scheduled meeting on Monday. The pan-Arab body is set to meet in Cairo at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the growing Israeli presence in Africa. “There […]
By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill and Moohialdin Fuad Yemen is in the grip of an unprecedented cholera epidemic that is killing one person nearly every hour. The Saudi-led coalition has closed the country’s main airport and prevented many reporters and human rights workers from entering Yemen. But the evidence […]
Reuters International JUN 10, 2017 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa in Istanbul, Turkey June 10, 2017. […]
Trump backs Doha’s rivals’ accusation of terrorism financing By Reuters – Jun 11,2017 – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani meets with US President Donald Trump in […]
Jun 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh The origins of the tension between Qatar and other GCC countries go back several years, to the Arab Spring. During this time, the GCC countries felt that Qatar was playing an active role in feeding discontent, and the dispute was resolved with […]
2017-06-11 US AND THEM US President Donald Trump poses with Muslim leaders after the US-Gulf Summit at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21 PHOTO: /Getty Images Related Links Erdogan vows to stand by ‘Qatari brothers’ amid crisis Qatar FM rejects intervention in […]
Trump demands Doha stop funding extremist groups By AFP – Jun 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Customers are seen shopping at Al Meera market in the Qatari capital Doha on […]
Opinion | 9 June 2017 OPINION It appears that the blockade against the world’s wealthiest nation has been a carefully calculated campaign by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US, writes Shannon […]
June 9, 2017 Saudi Gazette report RAMADAN is a month of immense blessings and the community iftars at mosques and other public places is one of these blessings. For […]
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Published June 8, 2017 Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani gives a press conference in Doha on May 25, 2017. (AFP Photo) Qatar’s foreign minister […]
TRADITIONALLY the fasting month of Ramadan is an occasion for family gatherings, cooking delicious food, testing different restaurants and, of course, a renewed zeal for worship. However, this Ramadan Saudi women in Riyadh are witnessing a host of new activities. These include family entertainment events, fashion shows, makeup workshops, beauty […]
Saudi Gazette report RAMADAN is a month of immense blessings and the community iftars at mosques and other public places is one of these blessings. For believers around the world, the month of fasting simply doesn’t mean abstinence from food and drink from dawn to dust, but it is a […]
Source: Asia Times: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is another matter. According to senior Chinese officials, Saudi royal family members are funding every radical madrassa in Asia, including those in Xinjiang Province. When Chinese diplomats have complained to the Saudi government, it has denied knowledge of the funding, while turning […]
Only Shakespeare’s plays could come close to describing such treachery – the comedies, that is Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Qatar crisis proves two things: the continued infantilisation of the Arab states, and the total collapse of the Sunni Muslim unity supposedly created by Donald Trump’s preposterous attendance at the Saudi summit two weeks […]
By Tyler Durden Global Research, June 07, 2017 Zero Hedge 6 June 2017 According to the official narrative, the reason for the latest Gulf crisis in which a coalition of Saudi-led states cut off diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar, is because – to everyone’s “stunned amazement” – Qatar was […]
Reuters International JUN 7, 2017 A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017. Omid Vahabzadeh/TIMA via REUTERS (reuters_tickers) By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) – Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran on […]