by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East
London- An economic blockade on Qatar is having the effect of pushing Qatar closer to Iran economically, Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told reporters in Paris. “They said Qatar was now closer to Iran. By their measures they are...
by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 21, 2017 | Opinion
Only 48 hours into Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt putting their boycott with Qatar into effect, Doha straightaway announced resorting to Turkish army troops. The move shocked all Gulf States and even other foreign forces. Neither was the rift with Qatar a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2017 | Middle East
Geneva– Actions taken by the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Arab Republic of Egypt, are legitimate sovereign decisions that are not in any way a ‘blockade’, but rather a ‘boycott’, affirmed...
by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Sep 12, 2017 | Middle East
Manama, Geneva- UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain expressed on Monday their sorrow for what has been stated by the Qatari foreign minister infront of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressing that his statement doesn’t show intention to consider...
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....
