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Qatari emir shuns PGCC summit in Saudi Arabia, sends foreign minister
Dec 09, 2018 12:07Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Ale Thani has refused to participate in the annual Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit, which is set to take place in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh at the weekend, and instead sent the foreign minister to attend the event.
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Qatar could give Saudi more headache after leaving OPEC: Bloomberg
Dec 06, 2018 03:00Qatar’s surprise decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) might be just a taste of things to come, as some analysts suggest the tiny Persian Gulf country plans to irritate Saudi Arabia even more by leaving the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC).
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Qatari monarch receives Saudi Arabian King Salman’s invitation to PGCC summit
Dec 05, 2018 04:13Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a written invitation from Saudi Arabia's King Salman to participate in the upcoming Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit, which is set to take place in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh later this month.
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Qatar to quit OPEC in January
Dec 03, 2018 12:43Qatar in a surprise announcement says it will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next month in a move that appears to have been meant to take a swipe at the group’s de factor leader Saudi Arabia.
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Qatar Airways to expand Iran flights despite sanctions
Nov 26, 2018 14:19Qatar Airways says it is expanding operations in Iran, despite US sanctions on the Islamic Republic and a diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia over accusations that it had approached Tehran too closely.
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US bases in Qatar, UAE, Afghanistan within reach of Iran’s missiles: IRGC
Nov 22, 2018 02:50The IRGC Aerospace Commander says the US bases in Afghanistan, the UAE, and Qatar as well as the US aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf are all within reach of Iranian missiles.
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Taliban: No deal reached with US in Qatar on deadline to end Afghan war
Nov 19, 2018 11:35The Taliban militant group says it has failed to reach any agreement with the United States after three days of talks in Qatar, citing dissatisfaction with a deadline set by Washington’s Afghanistan envoy to end the war.
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US discusses plan to create ‘Arab NATO’ with Qatar
Nov 15, 2018 13:38US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Qatari Defense Minister Khalid al-Attiyah in Washington over a US plan to create a NATO-like Arab military alliance as Washington pushes for an end to a diplomatic rift between Doha an a Saudi-led quartet in favor of an alliance against Iran.
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Saudi Arabia has to be stopped
Nov 04, 2018 10:26It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has crossed all lines of decency, if there were ever any.
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Iran’s Persepolis makes history by reaching AFC Champions League final
Oct 24, 2018 02:57Persepolis football team of Iran made history by reaching the AFC Champions League final for the first time ever in its history on Tuesday.