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14Aug

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Middle East, Qatar, Turkey

Qatar boosts support for Turkey’s regional forays

Doha and Ankara are keen on providing political and military cover for Libya’s GNA. Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah (C) welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) upon his arrival in Doha, July 2. (AFP) LONDON – Qatar remains intent on strengthening its security, intelligence and economic relations with Turkey, placing Libya, particularly, in the crosshairs as Ankara presses ahead with an intervention in the support of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj. Qatar’s moves come as an ongoing defiance to its Arab neighbours and at the risk of antagonising the Arab quartet composed of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. The close...

14Aug

By SHOAHNo Comments

Middle East, Qatar, Turkey

Qatar, Turkey walk in step on Libya conflict, try to shore up GNA legitimacy

Doha and Ankara ministers fail to mention that a growing number of countries, including Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria, see the Skhirat Agreement as an expired or very insufficient source of political legitimacy for the GNA. A file picture of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, second left, walkin with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, in 2017. (AP) London – Recent statement by Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdurrahman al-Thani indicate a consensus has been reached with Ankara on the trajectory the Libyan conflict should take. The statements came as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that foreign interference in the North African country’s war has reached “unprecedented levels.” Both Ankara and Doha have made st...

24Jun

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C.I.A, Middle East, Qatar, Syria, USA, ZIO-NAZI

‘Caesar’ evidence for atrocities in Syria: what does justice require?

Photo by shosh.org.uk By: Tim Hayward The photos brought to public attention in January 2014 by the anonymous witness codenamed ‘Caesar’ show corpses, thousands in number, deceased from violent causes, some bearing signs of torture and many having suffered starvation and neglect.[1] The dead are said to be victims of Syrian state detention facilities, but it is now known that many were not, and it is still not known for sure how many of them were.[2] If the atrocity of the crimes to which the photos attest is in no doubt, the question of who perpetrated them is less clear-cut. Yet Western reports have unequivocally blamed the ‘Assad regime’. A counter-hypothesis, hardly considered in public discussions, is that many of the bodies were of civilians captured by Jaish al-Isl...

For Women in Qatar, Lockdown Is Nothing New

21May

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Health, Middle East, Qatar

For Women in Qatar, Lockdown Is Nothing New

By News Desk When it comes to the issue of women’s rights in the Gulf , Saudi Arabia is most frequently cited as the most repressive country in the region, and Qatar is widely regarded as the most modern in terms of human development. Qatar has become somewhat of a darling among Western liberal intelligentsia, likely in part because of the peninsular country’s pumping tens of millions of dollars into Washington D.C.’s most influential Think Tanks, such as Brookings Institution. The United Nations has even lauded Qatar for their efforts to achieve gender equality. It is certainly true that Qatar, as well as even Saudi Arabia, has instituted a number of legal provisions that promote the empowerment of women. They can own businesses, own property, vote, even hold political positions a...

5Jan

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Iran, Middle East, Qatar, USA

Qatari FM meets with Iranian President after US assassination of Soleimani

By News Desk TEHRAN, IRAN - DECEMBER 1: Syrian PM Wael Nader al-Halqi (Not Seen) meets with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani in Tehran on December 1, 2013. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Saturday, reportedly to offer his condolences over the death of Iranian Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani. Footage shows the arrival of Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and other Qatari officials, who shook hands with Rouhani before sitting down for a meeting. Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport in the early hours of Friday morning. Soleimani’s body is expected to be transported to Tehran where a funer...

25Jul

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Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom

Saudis and UAE Paid Extras to Protest Qatar in Attempt to Spoil Emir’s UK Visit

NOVANEWS According to emails sent to prospective members of the “rent-a-mob” by a company called Extra People, participants would be paid $25 to protest from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm outside the gates of Downing Street during a meeting between the Arab ruler and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May. An anti-Qatar protest in London as Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrives in the UK, July 23, 2018. Photo | Twitter By Elliott Gabriel Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been accused of paying extras through a talent agency to protest the London visit of the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in an attempt to depict the Gulf country’s ruler as a figure loathed by the British public. The emir is hoping to promote ties with friendly countries amid a bruising yearlong b...

22Feb

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Qatar, ZIO-NAZI

Zionist youth handball teams in Qatar spark social media outcry

NOVANEWS Opening ceremony will not feature Nazi flag, but there's no question of Jerusalem not participating among more than 20 nations who sent teams to Doha Zionist national youth handball team (blue) competes in the 2016 European championships. The presence of Zionist teams at a youth handball tournament in Doha that started Thursday has sparked calls on social media for Qataris to withdraw their children from the competition. Nazi regime sent a boys’ team and a girls’ team to the Handball World School Championship, a biannual international tournament for students aged 15 to 18, played since the early 1970s. It is not the first time Zionist athletes have competed in Qatar, but their participation has brought renewed scrutiny to Doha’s foreign policy eight months into a diplomati...

21Feb

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Media, Middle East, Qatar, ZIO-NAZI

Zio-Wahhabi Al Jazeera under fire for hosting Nazi spokesperson

NOVANEWS Arab critics accuse Qatari-owned station of normalization with the Nazi regime, providing a platform for false Nazi narrative. Nazi Spokesman in Arabic, Avichay Adraee Zio-Wahhabi Al Jazeera Arabic TV is once again facing sharp criticism from Palestinians in particular, and Arabs in general, for interviewing Nazi official. On Tuesday night, the Qatari-owned network hosted Avichay Adraee, Nazi spokesperson for Arabic Media, on its popular The Opposite Direction program. The TV show is hosted by Faisal al-Qassem, a Syrian-born media personality famous for his provocative style and staunch criticism of Arab governments and heads of state. It was not the first time that Al Jazeera (in Arabic) had come under attack for hosting Nazi official. The station is one of a few Arab me...

12Dec

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Qatar, United Kingdom

Qatar finalizes $8bn weapons deal with UK

NOVANEWS Qatar has signed a major weapons deal to buy 24 Typhoon fighters from the United Kingdom amid a political stand-off with former Arab allies of the Persian Gulf region. Qatar’s Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah and his British counterpart, Gavin Williamson, signed the deal on Sunday in the Qatari capital of Doha. The agreement, worth USD 8 billion (6.8 billion euros), is the latest to come from Doha amid a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. The four cut their diplomatic ties with Qatar six months ago over allegations of its support for terrorism. They have even warned of further action if Doha does not mend its regional policies. Qatar has showed no sign that it is ready to bow to the pressures while maintaining that it...

8Dec

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France, Qatar

France , Qatar sign deals worth around 12 billion euros: Macron

NOVANEWS French President Emmanuel Macron and Qatar’s ruling emir have signed contacts worth around 12 billion euros ($14.15 billion) during the French president’s visit to Doha. “In total, it amounts to nearly 12 billion euros which was signed today and which underlines the closeness of our relations,” Macron said at a press conference with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday. Macron and Sheikh Tamim agreed on a deal for Qatar to purchase at least a dozen French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jets with the option of buying 36 more. The deal also includes purchase of 490 VBCI armored vehicles from French firm Nexter. Qatar would additionally buy 50 Airbus twin-engine A321s with the option of buying 30 more. The small Persian Gulf country also signed a transportatio...