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Former UAE adviser ‘ready’ to visit Qatar, appear on Al Jazeera

Last week, the former adviser said Qatar “won” the blockade after the signing of the Al Ula Declaration. Dubai-based professor of politics and former UAE government advisor Abdulkhaleq Abdulla said…

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Bahrain ‘requests negotiations with Qatar over outstanding issues’

The two countries have witnessed a series of escalations in recent weeks, the latest being the arrest of a Bahraini bodybuilder who trespassed into Qatari waters. Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

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Bahraini bodybuilder arrested for breaching Qatar’s territorial waters

Questions being raised regarding the presence of the bodybuilder, with claims he was being used to trigger escalations in the region. Bahraini bodybuilding champion Sami Al-Haddad has been reportedly arrested…

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Qatar’s FM rules out normalisation with Israel despite GCC reconciliation

Doha reaffirms its position, refusing to normalise with Israel until it ends its illegal occupation. Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that his country has…

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UAE to open airspace and borders to Qatar on Saturday

The move comes shortly after the first Qatar Airways passenger plane to fly through Saudi Arabia’s airspace in three years, took off from Doha on Thursday evening. The United Arab…

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OPINION: Has the GCC finally agreed to disagree?

The end of the years-long feud between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council is a welcome move, but there is only one real beneficiary of the reconciliation. After three and…

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UAE-Qatar travel, transport to resume ‘within a week’: Emirati official

The statement brings hope for residents in the GCC and Egypt, where many have been unable to travel between the feuding states for more than three years. Measures concerning travel,…

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Qatar ‘unlikely’ to rejoin OPEC+ despite GCC rapprochement: expert

Experts believe Qatar will not benefit from rejoining OPEC+. Qatar will not rejoin OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) as it does not make sense for the country strategically,…

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Key points from Al-Ula declaration ‘unity’ statement

Gulf nations and residents united in celebration on Tuesday as authorities announced a full restoration of diplomatic relations between Qatar and the blockading countries. Here is all you need to…

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