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Qatar censures Saudi Arabia’s offer to transport pilgrims to Mecca
Aug 22, 2017 03:00Doha has said that Saudi Arabia must permit Qatar’s own airlines to transport Hajj pilgrims to Mecca rather than forcing them to rely on the kingdom's national carrier, Saudi Arabia Airlines.
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Saudi Arabia claims Qatar blocking flights to Mecca
Aug 21, 2017 03:29Saudi Arabia has claimed that Qatar is stopping its planes from landing in Doha to take pilgrims to Mecca.
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Qatar worried about pilgrims’ safety in Saudi Arabia: FM
Aug 18, 2017 13:56Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani says his country is concerned about the safety of its citizens in Saudi Arabia during the annual Hajj pilgrimage after Riyadh’s move to reopen its border with Doha.
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Saudi Arabia tried to host Taliban office: Sources
Aug 13, 2017 03:26Saudi Arabia, which along with its allies has imposed a blockade on Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism, had sought to host a liaison office for the Afghan Taliban terrorist group before the 2013 establishment of the center in Doha, informed sources say.
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Qatar Airways withdraws plan to buy American Airlines stake
Aug 03, 2017 02:09Qatar Airways says it has lost interest in buying a 10-percent equity stake in American Airlines after reviewing the investment, a move that might be rooted in the ongoing political rift between Doha and Washington’s regional allies.
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Qatar signs deal with Italy for warships amid row with Saudi Arabia
Aug 03, 2017 01:37Qatar 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.
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Saudi Arabia ‘politicizing’ Hajj pilgrimage, Syria says
Aug 01, 2017 16:28Syria 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.
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Qatar files legal protest with WTO to challenge trade boycott by Saudis, allies
Aug 01, 2017 03:24Qatar 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.
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Salafism Vs. Wahhabism: Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s Proxy War in Syria Thanks To US Militarism
Jul 31, 2017 03:27Saudi 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.”
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Saudi Arabia attributes ‘false’ claim on Hajj to Qatar
Jul 31, 2017 00:44The 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.