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People exchange money at a money exchange office in Doha, Qatar, June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Finn

Qatar Flooded Banks with $8 Billion to Offset Outflows

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Business

London- Qatar pumped 29.1 billion riyals ($8 billion) into its banking system in August to cushion it from withdrawals by financial institutions from neighboring Arab states due to the Gulf’s diplomatic crisis, central bank data showed. The current crisis, triggered...

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Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jacksonz

Qatar’s Emir Disregards Reasons behind Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Middle East

New York- Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani renewed on Tuesday a call for “unconditional dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty” to end his country’s crisis. Yet he ignored the main reasons behind the crisis during his speech at the UN General...

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The opening ceremony of the Hamad port is seen in Doha, Qatar September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Finn

Would Qatari Crisis Last Two Years?

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 7, 2017 | Opinion

Those who were betting on a short-lived Qatari crisis have lost. Everyone who thought that Qatar’s efforts for international pressure would be fruitful, was proven wrong. Three months on, the four states’ stance hasn’t changed, and is as firm as it was on June 5....

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Militias Block Medical Aid and Medicines From Entering Taiz

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East

The situation of hospitals in Taiz has become grave as a result of the blockade of the province that continues to be imposed by the rebels. Yemen’s Minister of Local Administration and the Chairman of the Higher Committee for Relief Abdul-Raqib Saif Fath called...

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Half a Million Civilians under Blockade in Syria, Organizations Speak of Larger Figures

Half a Million Civilians under Blockade in Syria, Organizations Speak of Larger Figures

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

London- 486,700 people in Syria are subject to blockades, over half of which are entrapped by regime forces. These figures are derived from an original 4.6 million people who reside in areas difficult to reach, according to last month’s report of the United Nations...