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Released Blacklist Is Qatar’s Last Shot at Reviewing Policy

by Said Abdulrazak, Sawsan Abu Hussain, Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Cairo, Dubai – Amid unfolding developments on the diplomatic crisis with Qatar, seeing three Gulf Cooperation Council states boycotting the peninsula, the Muslim World League announced the termination of the membership of Qatar-based Egyptian cleric...

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Trump Calls on Qatar to Stop Funding Terrorism

by Heba El Koudsy | Jun 10, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- US President Donald Trump demanded Qatar on Friday to stop funding terrorism and extremist groups, saying Doha “has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.” In remarks in a joint press conference with President Klaus Iohannis of...

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Riyadh Welcomes Trump Statements on Qatar’s Funding of Terrorism

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 10, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Saturday statements made by US President Donald Trump in which he called on Qatar to stop funding terrorism. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), an official source said that “fighting terrorism and extremism is no longer a choice,...

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FILE PHOTO: Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani attends a news conference in Doha, Qatar, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo

Qatar’s Detrimental Foreign Policy, How It Ends

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

For several days now, Qatar has been boycotted from its neighbors’ air, land or seas, leaving it with no viable land border and just a tiny corridor for air and sea traffic. A number of shipping companies also halted service to Doha’s ports. Doha’s isolation was a...

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Economic Pressures Surround Doha as Six Arab Nations Cut Diplomatic Ties

by Said Al-Abyad | Jun 9, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – The negative consequences on Qatar’s economy have been observed over the past few hours due to the cut of diplomatic ties with Doha as international agencies have reduced Qatar’s credit rating. Meanwhile, international companies have decided to...