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Saudi Arabia to set up military base on Salwa border with Qatar
Apr 10, 2018 09:48Saudi Arabia announced its intention to establish a canal through Salwa, on its land border with Doha, and the conversion of the island into a military base.
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Saudi Arabia plans maritime border to turn Qatar into island: Report
Apr 07, 2018 07:46Amid its bitter diplomatic standoff with Doha, Saudi Arabia is reportedly working on a project to construct a maritime channel along the border with Qatar, practically turning the peninsula into an island.
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Qatar introduces national military service for women
Apr 06, 2018 02:57Qatar’s emir has signed off on a law enabling women to do voluntary military service and extending the service for men for as long as one year.
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UAE files formal ICAO complaint about alleged airliner ‘interception’ by Qatari warplanes
Apr 03, 2018 00:09The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lodged a formal complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), alleging that Qatari warplanes had repeatedly intercepted Emirati civilian aircraft in regular and scheduled flight paths.
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Qatar files UN complaint about Bahraini ‘airspace violation’
Mar 28, 2018 03:13Qatar has filed a complained with the UN Security Council against Bahrain, accusing a fighter jet belonging to Manama of violation its airspace at the weekend.
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Qatar asks US to probe 'financial warfare' by UAE bank
Mar 19, 2018 10:34Qatar has asked the US to investigate reports that the American subsidiary of the largest bank in the UAE is manipulating the Qatari currency to harm the country's economy amid a diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia.
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Qatar signs 3-billion-euro military helicopter deal with Italy
Mar 15, 2018 10:41Qatar and Italy have signed a 3-billion-euro deal for the sale of 28 military helicopters to Doha amid a diplomatic rift in the Persian Gulf region, which pits a Saudi-led quartet of states against Qatar.
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Qatar complains to UN after UAE ‘hijacks’ fishing boat
Mar 10, 2018 03:50Doha has complained to the United Nations about a January incident, in which it said a United Arab Emirates (UAE) vessel hijacked a Qatari fishing boat with eight crewmen.
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Qatar signs security pact with NATO amid Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis
Mar 08, 2018 09:52Qatar has signed a security pact with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), enabling forces with the military alliance to enter and transit the Persian Gulf state and use its al-Ubeid Air Base there.
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IMF says economic impacts of Qatar blockade fading, dashing Saudi hopes
Mar 06, 2018 10:46The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the economic impacts of the nine-month blockade by a Saudi-led quartet of Arab states against Qatar are fading. The announcements dashes Saudi hopes that the siege would force Doha into submission on matters of foreign policy.