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Qatar National Bank – Archive. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic

Qatar Banks Face Urgency to Secure Funds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2017 | Business

London- Qatari banks started seeking funds from Asia and Europe after clients from Arab states withdrew billion dollars from their accounts, following the quartet-boycot of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to Qatar. While the Qatari government has placed large...

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GCC assistant secretary general for political affairs and negotiations Abdulaziz Hamad Aluwaisheq, Asharq Al-Awsat

Riyadh Establishes American-Gulf Center for Combatting Terror Funding

by Turki al-Suhail | Aug 20, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi Arabia announced establishing an anti-terror center in Riyadh based on a joint effort with the United States. The center is part of the May signed agreement with US President Donald Trump. Abdulaziz Hamad Aluwaisheq, GCC assistant secretary general for...

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United Arab Emirates’ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed Gargash attends a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Riyadh March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

UAE: Qatar Must Meet 13 Demands to Return to GCC

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2017 | Middle East

London, Dubai – UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash reiterated that Qatar’s way out of the current crisis is based on the 13 demands presented by the countries fighting terrorism, urging Doha to come to Riyadh willing to negotiate the...

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This photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, shows an open session of the Iranian parliament in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Tehran Seeks to Boost Quds Force, Ballistic Missiles Spending

by Adil Alsalmi | Aug 14, 2017 | World

London- Iran’s parliament voted yes on Sunday to a bill increasing government funds backing the Revolutionary Guards’ paramilitary unit, Quds Force, and the national ballistic missile program. The increase is meant to counter recent US sanctions imposed against the...

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A map of Qatar is seen in this picture illustration June 5, 2017. (Reuters)

Qatar’s Supremacy…Fortune Doesn’t Make Respect

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion

In April 1986, Qatar executed a military operation marking the first of its kind between countries of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Military forces were airdropped in Bahraini island al-Debel and they apprehended 29 employees and construction workers over there....