News Qatar Politics: Ending the Qatar blockade is crucial to U.S. interests
He should appoint a new envoy to take Zinni's place, ideally someone of significant political stature. And he should prevail on the blockading nations to drop the maximalist and deliberately offensive ...
News Qatar Politics: Saudi Arabia makes rare invitation to Qatar for emergency Iran summit. Here's what to expect
The economic and political blockade was launched based on charges that Qatar supported extremism and enjoyed cozy ties with Iran, accusations the Qataris reject. A united front against Iran? But in ...
News Qatar Politics: Qatar prime minister to travel to Saudi Arabia amid boycott
It remains unclear what such a trip could mean for the ongoing boycott, part of a political dispute between Qatar and four Arab nations — Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The ...
News Qatar Politics: Qatar Shows Two Faces to the World
Israel’s political and security establishments understand this, as evidenced by multiple Israeli officials who assailed Qatar in their recent conversations with me on the sidelines of the AIPAC ...
News Qatar Politics: Qatar- Nicaraguans join strike on political prisoners
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Many Managua residents yesterday joined a general strike called by Nicaragua's opposition to pressure President Daniel Ortega's government to release all prisoners regarded ...
News Qatar Politics: Turkey, Qatar risk losing regional influence: analysts
Turkey and Qatar risk losing geopolitical influence due to turmoil in Libya and Sudan, as regional rivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates extend their own reach, analysts say. Doha, a long-time ally of deposed Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, has silently watched developments unfold in Khartoum
News Qatar Politics: FIFA Won't Expand 2022 World Cup in Qatar Due to Political, Logistical Issues
FIFA is reportedly set to abandon plans to increase the field for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams because of "political and logistical issues." On Wednesday, Martyn Ziegler of The Times ...
News Qatar Politics: State Department approves sale of 24 Apache helicopters to Qatar for $3B
May 10 (UPI) --The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 24 Apache helicopters and spare parts to Qatar for $3 billion ... country that continues to be an important force for political and ...
News Qatar Politics: The Latest: Qatar trying to defuse tensions amid Iran crisis
Qatar has grown closer to Iran diplomatically amid it begin boycotted by four Arab nations over a political dispute. 9:30 a.m. Iran's foreign minister says his country is committed to an international ...
News Qatar Politics: Qatar brings first new World Cup stadium to life as FIFA mulls expansion
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have imposed a political and trade boycott on Qatar since mid-2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism, which Doha denies. That rift has ...
News Qatar Politics: UN calls on Qatar to reform workers rights, abolish death penalty
Qatar has acceded seven UN treaties, including two major ones in 2018, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ...
