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Saif Al-Islam, son of Mummar Gaddafi has vowed to drag Qatar before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the role the tiny rich Gulf country played in the overthrow of his father’s regime in 2011, lawyer of the Gaddafi family has told media. Khalid Al-Zaidi said his client is also preparing his political comeback, adding […]
Qatar’s candidate in the race for the post of UNESCO Director General, Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawar, Monday won the first round of elections ahead of Friday final decision. Kawar won 19 out of 58 votes outdoing French candidate Audrey Azoulay and Cairo’s candidate Moushira Khattab who got respectively 13 and 11 votes. The four […]
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reaffirmed France’s willingness to play an active role in supporting Kuwaiti mediation with a view to finding a solution to the Gulf crisis. This came after the meeting he held in Paris with Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Al Thani. “The President of the Republic has reaffirmed the will […]
The Qatari QInvest Fund and the Moroccan Sovereign Wealth Fund Ithmar Capital have set up a joint venture, through which they are to partner in carrying out three large-scale tourism projects to be launched shortly in Morocco. According to the Moroccan news portal, le360, the recently created new company, Oryx Capital, will carry out studies […]
Qatar announced Tuesday that it was granting visa-free entry to Moroccan nationals wishing to visit the Emirate. The announcement was made by Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani at a meeting in Doha with a visiting Moroccan delegation. The delegation included Speaker of the House […]
Qatar, isolated by its neighbors for its alleged support of “terrorism” for over two months, announced Wednesday that it was granting visa-free entry, with immediate effect, to the nationals of eighty countries in order to stimulate tourism and air transport. “The visa exemption scheme will make Qatar the most open country in the region,” Hassan […]
Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have expanded their list of terrorist groups and individuals having links with Qatar. Nine entities, based in Yemen or Libya, were thus added to the list. They include charity foundations, media and militia groups. Nine individuals, labeled as terrorist by the Arab quartet, are nationals […]
Egypt expressed concern over the countries, which do not respect the UN Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on terror groups, singling out Qatar for what it called its pro-terrorism policy. Egypt’s Deputy UN Ambassador Ihab Awad Moustafa went in a tirade against Qatar before the UN Security Council after the adoption of a resolution renewing […]
The Gaza-based Islamist movement, Hamas, has reportedly asked Algerian authorities to take in leaders who were expelled from Qatar on the backdrop of a stiffening row between Doha and its anti-Muslim brotherhood neighbors. Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported the news saying that Qatar, which has been a longtime base for Hamas leaders, has forced them to […]
Cairo has announced that it is taking tougher decisions against Qatar due to the Emirate’s stubbornness to comply with the demands submitted by the Saudi-led boycotting bloc. Spokesman for the Egyptian foreign ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid highlighted that continuing to give “privileges” to Qatar and its nationals “in light of its current positions” is contradictory […]