Qatar Airways to increase trips to Bahrain as first flights take-off
The first flight between the two countries is set to take off on Thursday, with multiple daily flights to start in June. Qatar Airways confirmed an increase in the number…
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Qatar and Bahrain to officially restore ties following GCC crisis
In 2017, Bahrain joined Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt in imposing an illegal air, land and sea blockade on Qatar. Qatari and Bahraini authorities announced the full…
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Egypt renews detention of three Al Jazeera journalists despite calls for release
Last month, Washington expressed its concern over the prolonged detainment of the journalists. An Egyptian court renewed the detention of three Al Jazeera Mubasher journalists on Thursday despite years of…
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UAE withdraws bid to host IMF, World Bank meetings in favour of Qatar
Progress was seen late last year with a surprise visit by the Emirati president to Doha during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn its bid…
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Qatar, Bahrain hold first follow-up meeting as ties warm
Promising statements have emerged from Manama over the last few weeks regarding reconciling ties with Doha following a long absence of meetings between officials. The Qatari-Bahraini follow-up committee held its…
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Data leak exposes UAE interference in France to push anti-Qatar campaign
An entity reportedly aimed to publish or influence up to 100 articles annually on Abu Dhabi’s behalf, some of which were published via fake accounts Leaked data has pointed to…
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Bahraini official confirms ‘development’ in ties with Qatar as relations thaw post Al-Ula
Embassies of both countries also remain shut and there have been no updates on the return of their ambassadors. Qatar and Bahrain ties have witnessed a recent “development” following the…
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UAE unblocks Al Jazeera, Qatar news sites as Doha News remains embargoed
Previous investigations at the time of the regional rift pointed to the Emirates involvement in hacking QNA. The United Arab Emirates has reportedly unblocked several Qatari news websites following the…
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UN ends probe into Qatar’s ‘racism’ complaint against UAE, Saudi Arabia
The quartet agreed to lift the blockade on 5 January 2021 with the signing of the Al Ula Agremeent. A United Nations body that was looking into charges of discrimination made…
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