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Russia urges dialogue between Qatar, Arab neighbors to end dispute
Jun 10, 2017 14:36Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reacted to a stand-off between Qatar and its Arab neighbors of the Persian Gulf region, saying the parties to the dispute should embark on a dialogue to resolve their differences.
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Turkey to continue to support Qatar: Erdoghan
Jun 10, 2017 03:42Turkish President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan says his country will continue to support Qatar in a dispute between Doha and several other Arab countries.
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US sends mixed signals over Saudi spat with Qatar
Jun 10, 2017 00:33US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have sent mixed signals over a rift between Qatar and its regional neighbors.
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UAE in dire need of Qatar gas to keep Dubai lit up: Report
Jun 10, 2017 00:22The United Arab Emirates depends on imported gas to generate half of its electricity, and the recent diplomatic row with neighboring Qatar risks glittering skyscrapers in the sheikhdom’s largest and most populous city of Dubai to go dark for lack of power.
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Bahrain foreign minister to visit Turkey on Saturday
Jun 10, 2017 00:21Bahrain’s foreign minister is scheduled to visit Turkey, Qatar’s ally, on Saturday amid a widening rift between Doha and its Persian Gulf Arab neighbors.
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Four Arab states add Qatar-linked people, entities to terror list amid tensions
Jun 09, 2017 02:02The four Arab states which recently severed relations with Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism have added the names of dozens of people and entities with alleged links to Qatar to a list of terrorists.
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Qatar's Al Jazeera 'under cyber-attack on all systems'
Jun 09, 2017 01:25Qatar's pan-Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera says it has come under a large-scale cyber-attack which targeted "all systems" as tensions between Doha and Riyadh show no sign of easing.
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Qatar: No military solution to crisis with Saudis
Jun 08, 2017 14:25Qatar's foreign minister says his country prefers diplomacy to resolve Doha's dispute with Saudi Arabia and its allies, stressing that there would never be a military solution to the crisis.
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Kuwaiti emir visits Qatar, UAE to help end Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis
Jun 08, 2017 03:56Kuwait’s emir has travelled to Qatar after his visits to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of his efforts to help mediate a solution to the diplomatic row among Persian Gulf Arab countries.
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Moscow says CNN report of hacking Qatar’s QNA has no proof
Jun 07, 2017 14:04Russia has rejected a CNN report that claims Russian hackers were behind a false news story on Qatar’s state news agency that led Saudi Arabia and its allies to cut ties with the kingdom.