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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (R) and Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani arrive at Al-Rayyan Stadium during the final match between Al-Sadd and Al-Khor of the Amir Cup soccer tournament in Doha May 26, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad

Anger from Qatar

by Salman Al-dossary | May 27, 2017 | Opinion

In May 2014, Bloomberg published statements of former Qatari prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim: “It is our right to make Qatar seem as the most important country in the world. But the problem is that some Arab countries did not play their role properly so when we...

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A police officer frisks a man arriving for Friday prayers at
the Al A’ali Grand Mosque, where joint Sunni and Shi’ite prayers were held to show solidarity and co-existence between the two sects
of Islam, ahead of Friday prayers in Al A’ali south of Manama, July 3,
2015. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed.

Gulf between Iran’s Meddling, ISIS’ Terrorism

by Hani Nasira | Oct 4, 2016 | Features

Terrorist operations that have taken place in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries since the eighties and nineties have targeted both Sunnis and Shi’ites. In the same period, many extremist groups have emerged simultaneously with the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979...

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Prime Minister Tammam Salam holding talks with Economy Minister Alain Hakim welcome in Mach 2015. National News Agency

Lebanon’s Economy Minister: Hezbollah Presence in Syria is Obstacle to Ties with Gulf

by Wajdi Al-Aridi | Jun 6, 2016 | Interviews

Beirut: Lebanon’s Economy Minister Alain Hakim has said that relations with Gulf countries cannot return to their previous stage as a result of the presence of the so-called Hezbollah in Syria. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper published Monday,...

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Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Justin Siberell in the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism testifies during a hearing on December 9, 2015. AFP

U.S. State Department: Iran is Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism

by Heba El Koudsy | Jun 4, 2016 | World

Washington-The U.S. State Department has admitted that Iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism globally, while it considered ISIS the biggest terrorist threat in the world. In its yearly Country Reports on Terrorism, the Department said terrorist attacks...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Opinion: Iran Is Exhausted!

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 26, 2016 | Middle East, Opinion

Iran’s supreme leader bitterly complains that the West has not kept its promises and that economic sanctions on his country have not been lifted although Tehran has halted its nuclear program as required. The situation in Iran must be difficult for the Iranian...