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Jordan in talks to grant trucks access through Qatar-Saudi border

Doha and Amman share strong bilateral relations, with an export rate that reached at least $36 million last year. Jordanian trade trucks could soon cross the shared border between Qatar…

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Qatar custom bike, car show revs up to thank Kuwait’s mediation efforts

Kuwait will be the centre of focus at this year’s Qatar Customs Show. Custom cars and bikes will go on show to bag awards at the three-day Qatar Custom Show…

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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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Bahrain opens up its airspace days after Saudi Arabia, UAE

Manama has finally agreed to let Doha’s flag carrier travel its skies following a similar decision by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. Bahrain will open its airspace for Qatar Airways flights…

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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-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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‘Al Jazeera was not discussed’: Qatar FM elaborates on Al Ula declaration

Shutting down the leading Qatar-based broadcaster was at the top of the list of 13 demands issued by the blockading quartet in 2017. The flagship Al Jazeera media network was…

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