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Qatar signs deal with Italy for warships amid row with Saudi Arabia

Aug 03, 2017 01:37

Qatar has signed a 5-billion-euro deal with Italy for seven warships amid a nearly two-month diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia and its regional allies.
Saudi Arabia ‘politicizing’ Hajj pilgrimage, Syria says

Aug 01, 2017 16:28

Syria says Saudi Arabia continues to impose crippling restrictions on Syrian nationals who seek to take part in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, strongly criticizing the Arab kingdom for “politicizing” the annual holy Muslim event.
Qatar files legal protest with WTO to challenge trade boycott by Saudis, allies

Aug 01, 2017 03:24

Qatar has lodged a formal legal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against the peninsular country, formally “requesting consultations” with the trio, as an unprecedented diplomatic rift further deepens in the Persian Gulf region.
Salafism Vs. Wahhabism: Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s Proxy War in Syria Thanks To US Militarism

Jul 31, 2017 03:27

Saudi Arabia, which is now loggerheads with the tiny Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, and is trying in vain to turn it into its satellite, is actually waging a broader war of ideological terrorism in Syria to make the heretical Wahhabi cult the dominant version of Salafism. The following is an interesting analysis by independent Syrian Christian analyst, Steven Sahiounie, titled “Salafism Vs. Wahhabism: Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s Proxy War in Syria, Thanks To US Militarism.”
Saudi Arabia attributes ‘false’ claim on Hajj to Qatar

Jul 31, 2017 00:44

The Saudi government has described as a “declaration of war” what it says are calls by Qatar for the “internationalization” of the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage sites in Saudi Arabia, a demand that Doha says it has not made.
Saudi Arabia ‘politicizing’ Hajj pilgrimage: Qatari group

Jul 30, 2017 02:09

As a diplomatic crisis drags on in the Persian Gulf region, a Doha-appointed human rights commission says Saudi Arabia has been “politicizing” the annual Hajj pilgrimage through imposing restrictions on Qatari pilgrims travelling to the kingdom.
Qatar asks UN to help resolve Saudi crisis, blasts ‘stubborn’ blockaders

Jul 28, 2017 02:11

Qatar has called on the United Nations to help resolve the ongoing diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and its regional allies, a row that Doha says is nowhere near resolution due to the so-called blockaders’ “stubbornness.”
Egypt rejects EU calls for compromise on Qatar dispute

Jul 25, 2017 12:14

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has rejected a call by the European Union for a compromise between a quartet of Arab states, which includes Egypt, and Qatar.
Qatar to hold joint military exercises with US, Turkey soon

Jul 25, 2017 08:31

Qatar's Minister of State for Defense Affairs, Khalid Attiyah, said that the ongoing row between Qatar and other Persian Gulf states did not affect the relations between Doha and Washington, and the countries will conduct joint military exercises soon.
'US intel data show Qatari News Agency had been hacked'

Jul 23, 2017 09:08

The Qatari ambassador to Russia said on Sunday that US intelligence data show that the Middle East country's news agency had been hacked.