Qatar can easily defend its economy and currency against sanctions by other Arab states, Qatari finance minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi told CNBC television in an interview broadcast on Monday. He said that the countries that had imposed sanctions on Qatar would also lose money because of the damage to business[…]
The 5 June decision by Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their allies and proxies – Egypt, Bahrain, the Maldives, Mauritania and rival governments in Libya and Yemen – to sever diplomatic and other links with Qatar is payback for Qatar’s support of the wave of[…]
Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as “terrorists” by four Arab countries which cut ties with it this week amid a major diplomatic fallout. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt published a list of 59 people and 12 groups with links[…]
Deputy Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Dr Ahmed Al-Raissouni condemned the siege on Qatar and called for Muslim scholars and intellectuals to reject it, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, Al-Raissouni said: “We call for the scholars, intellectuals, writers and the people who love the[…]
Moscow has dismissed allegations that Russian hackers helped spark tension between Qatar and its former allies, as the growing Gulf crisis pulled the Kremlin and White House into its orbit. US officials believed hackers were responsible for the false news story on the state-owned Qatar News Agency last week which[…]
By Yaseen Kippie The reasons behind the severance of ties between a number of Arab states with Qatar are somewhat complex, but what we do know is that this will have a major impact on the future of power in the Middle East. More than six countries, including Saudi Arabia,[…]
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain say they are severing diplomatic relations with Qatar. The Saudi kingdom made the announcement via its state-run Saudi Press Agency early on Monday, saying it was taking action for what it called the protection of national security. The news agency released[…]
The United Arab Emirates says five of its diplomats were killed in a bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar that killed at least 11 people and wounded 17 others, including the UAE Ambassador. The official Emirati news agency, WAM, said the officials were “on a mission to carry out humanitarian, educational and development projects”.[…]
The United Arab Emirates has said it will take in 15,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years in a major policy shift. Reem al-Hashimi, the UAE’s minister of international cooperation, told the UN summit on refugees in New York this week that the Gulf state has donated more than[…]
Human Rights Watch has praised the United Arab Emirates for passing new laws that will seek to improve protection for migrant workers in the Gulf state. The new contract fraud legislation could stop migrant workers from being forced to do jobs for less money than they originally agreed, Human Rights[…]
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