Saudi minister hints at lifting the illegal blockade
Riyadh’s top diplomat stated that he believed the end of the rift will be in the ‘relatively near future’. Saudi’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, stated that his country…
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Saudi state-backed disinformation accounts taken down by Facebook and Twitter
Accounts with tens of thousands-to-one million followers promoted doctored videos and false information about Qatar. Fake state-backed Saudi Twitter accounts under the names of Qatari royals and governmental bodies were…
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Death of Kuwait’s Sheikh Sabah to push US to forefront of resolving Gulf crisis
Relations between Qatar and its adversaries remain at a stalemate even with the death of the ‘Dean of Arab Diplomacy’, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, who had…
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‘Blockade was premeditated’: Al Jazeera documentary discloses leaked documents
Al Jazeera’s ‘Distance Zero’ investigative documentary has revealed that the 2017 illegal blockade against Qatar was premeditated, with a sophisticated plan of execution including spreading fake news about Doha’s alleged…
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Qatar, Kuwait foreign ministers meet amid heightened focus on solving GCC crisis
As hopes mount for a possible end to the GCC crisis, Qatari and Kuwaiti officials met in Doha on Wednesday. A senior-level meeting between Qatari and Kuwaiti officials took place…
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GCC Secretary-General meets with Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Secretary General, Nayef Al-Hajraf, met with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday. Al-Hajraf…
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Qatari-US Strategic Dialogue: 2021 to be joint ‘Year of Culture’
New opportunities and further cooperation between the countries announced in the third annual dialogue. High-level talks in Washington between senior Qatari officials and their American counterparts saw the signing of…
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Qatar FM will not visit Beirut this week despite reports, analysts speculate why
Qatar has offered to mediate in resolving the ongoing diplomatic rift between Lebanon and some Gulf countries. Qatar’s FM will not visit Lebanon this week as had been previously reported…
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Libya and Egypt receive Qatari ambassadors after years-long hiatus
The Qatari ambassador to Libya will be the first instated since Qatar closed its diplomatic mission in Tripoli in 2014. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani named the…
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