Tag: Qatar

Gulf Crisis: Congress to Suspend Arm Sales to Gulf Countries, Senate Member

June 26, 2017

US Senate member and chairman of the foreign relations committee has told the State Department that the Congress will stand in the way of all ... Read More

Syrian crisis: Policy Shift in Macron’s France

June 23, 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday told media in an interview that the removal of Bashar al-Assad was no longer a priority for France, adding that ... Read More

KSA: King Salman Promotes 31-year Old Son Heir to the Throne

June 21, 2017

King Salman Wednesday in a series of appointments positioned his 31-year old son, defense minister and Deputy Crown Prince as his direct heir. A royal ... Read More

Gulf Crisis: King Mohammed VI Dispatches Envoy to Gulf, Commends Kuwait’s Efforts to Defuse Tension

June 13, 2017

King Mohammed VI has dispatched Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita as his special envoy to several Gulf countries, part of the sovereign’s efforts to help ease ... Read More

Morocco Extends Helping Hand to Qatar

June 13, 2017

Morocco will send planes loaded with food stuff to Qatar in a sign of solidarity that has no political dimension, in the wake of the ... Read More

Gulf Crisis: Cairo Calls UN to investigate Qatar’s Alleged Ransom Payment to a Terrorist Group

June 9, 2017

Egypt Thursday called for an UN Security Council inquiry into accusations that Qatar allegedly paid around $1 billion as ransom to a terrorist group in ... Read More

Morocco’s Flag Carrier Maintains Flights to Doha

June 9, 2017

Morocco’s flag carrier, Royal Air Maroc, said that it maintains its five weekly flights to Doha although it cancelled flights transiting through Doha Airport to ... Read More

Qatar: Financial impact begins, Germany warns of military powder keg

June 8, 2017

The growing diplomatic rift between Qatar and other regional Doha as S&P downgraded its credit rating from AA to AA- while warning that further steps ... Read More

Palestine: Hamas disapproves Saudi terror group label

June 8, 2017

Hamas has reacted in disbelief after the Saudi’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir termed it as being part of the extremist and terrorist groups supported by ... Read More

Gulf Crisis: Trump Sides with KSA against Qatar

June 7, 2017

The US President Tuesday shocked his own administration after he took the Saudi side in the crisis involving Qatar and several of its neighbors. Donald ... Read More