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Qatar welcomes 15 newly released Palestinian prisoners

Qatar welcomes 15 newly released Palestinian prisoners More than a dozen Palestinians arrived in Doha early Wednesday morning from Cairo after being released in a prisoner swap deal between Israel…

Qatar among countries that will host ‘exiled’ Palestinians

Some 40 Palestinian prisoners expected to be released this week by Israel will head to Qatar, Turkey and Syria, a Hamas official has said. The detainees are part of a…

Elsewhere in Libya-Qatar relations, the two countries sign legal cooperation deal

Elsewhere in Libya-Qatar relations, the two countries sign legal cooperation deal Almost in direct contrast to the criticism Qatar has been facing from Libyan politicians, the National Transitional Council of Libya…

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Qaradawi returns to pulpit after extended illness

After nearly six months of illness, prominent Islamic scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has returned to the pulpit, delivering a Friday sermon in Doha urging the leaders of Yemen and Syria…

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Cambodian workers to be allowed to come to Qatar

Cambodian workers to be allowed to come to Qatar Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a draft law in recent weeks to allow laborers there to come work in Qatar following an agreement…

U.S. accuses Iranians of plotting to kill Saudi envoy

U.S. accuses Iranians of plotting to kill Saudi envoy Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, was the target of a complicated assassination plot that involved an Iranian-American…

Qatar’s latest ‘economic hostage’ leaves town

Prominent Arab-American businessman Nasser Beydoun has finally left Qatar, after 685 days in Doha as what he calls an “economic hostage.” Beydoun, a 47-year-old executive, husband and father, served as…

Qatar unlikely to be ‘white knight’ for Europe banks

Qatar unlikely to be ‘white knight’ for Europe banks Despite the hefty investments it has poured into the European market, Qatar shouldn’t be counted on to bail Europe’s banks out…

Spokesman: Defected Syrian PM in Qatar to ‘spell out plans’ to topple regime

Spokesman: Defected Syrian PM in Qatar to ‘spell out plans’ to topple regime Former Syrian prime minister, who defected earlier this month, has arrived in Qatar to “spell out his…

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