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European Parliament vice-president arrested on corruption charges

12 December 2022

The Belgian police has conducted a sweeping operation to probe into allegations of corruption in the European Parliament implicating Qatar. On Friday, 7 December, 16 police searches were carried out in Brussels and Italy.
Greek Socialist MEP and European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili (...)

Poisons in the World Cup

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 1 December 2022

The World Cup has been awarded to Qatar, now a financier of the Muslim Brotherhood and therefore of terrorism. It is for this, and not for its hydrocarbon capacities, that President Biden has proclaimed it "America’s greatest non-NATO ally".

General Allen resigns as Bookings president

16 June 2022

General John Allen, former President Barack Obama’s special envoy for the global coalition countering the Islamic State, resigned as president of the Brookings Institution amid an FBI investigation.
He is accused of having secretly lobbied on behalf of Qatar during the crisis involving the (...)

Qatar operating against Russia

31 January 2022

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, is to meet President Joe Biden at the White House on 31 January 2021.
The two men will look into the possibilities of exporting Qatari gas to Europe in order to forestall the implementation of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Qatar, a "major (...)

Saudi Arabia restores relations with Qatar

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) | 11 January 2021

Pursuant to the outcomes of the forty-first Summit of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) – the “Sultan Qaboos and Sheikh Sabah Summit” – held on 21 Jumada I A.H. 1442, corresponding to 5 January 2021, in Ula governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which stressed (...)

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrein and United Arab Emirates respond to Qatar

New York (USA) | 2 September 2020

On instructions from our respective Governments, we are writing to you in response to the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations before the Security Council through video link at the Council’s open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the (...)

Complaint by Qatar against Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Arab Emirates and Bahrain

New York (USA) | 21 August 2020

Further to my previous letters regarding the blockade of Qatar and the illegal and discriminatory measures that have been imposed against it since 5 June 2017, and upon instructions from my Government, I should like to apprise you of the ongoing efforts of Qatar to appeal to United Nations and (...)

A Foreign State pays the salaries of Gaza officials

10 November 2018

The Emirate of Qatar is supposed to transfer 21 million euro to pay the salaries of Gaza officials.
Palestinian officials living in the Gaza Strip are no longer paid by the Palestine Authority. This has been the case for more than 6 months, following the rupture of relations between (...)

Kuwait calls on Turkey to set up a military base on Kuwaiti territory

19 October 2018

The recent voyage to Kuwait of Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed ben Salmane, has
deeply troubled Kuwait’s leaders.
During his visit, the Crown Prince proposed establishing borders between
the two countries by annexing oil fields (Khafji and Wafra) which have
barely been exploited.
This is (...)

Remarks by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly

by Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

New York (USA) | 25 September 2018

In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
Your Excellency the President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ladies and Gentlemen,
At the outset, I am pleased to extend congratulations to Mrs. Maria Fernanda Espinosa (...)

Qatar represents Hamas in its negotiations with Israel

3 July 2018

Muhammad al-Amadi (left in the photo), Qatar’s ambassador to Israel and Palestine, has represented Hamas on a few occasions during negotiations with the Hebrew state to exchange prisoners.
Following the visit of Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt to Qatar, al-Amadi is negotiating directly (...)

Will Qatar replace Saudi Arabia against Myanmar?

30 October 2017

In the past, the British have used Islamist extremist terrorism as an instrument to achieve its objectives and now continues with this strategy in South East Asia. In February – March 2017, the King of Saudi Arabia, Salmane had come to Malaysia, to get it ready to play a supporting role in the (...)

Iyad Allaoui accuses Qatar and Iran of attempting to divide Iraq

19 June 2017

In a press conference held in Cairo, Iraqi Vice President, Iyad Allaoui, has accused Qatar and Iran of trying to carve up his country inter se.
A Shiite area would come under the control of Teheran whilst a Sunnite zone would fall under the control of Doha.
Whilst Iyad Allaoui’s party won (...)

The Turkish Parliament authorizes deploying troops in Qatar

8 June 2017

On June 7, 2017, the Turkish National Grand Assembly voted to authorize the deployment of its troops in Qatar.
By virtue of an agreement signed in 2014, Turkey has built a military base which can host 3,000 men in Qatar. However, it has never been explained why Turkey envisaged deploying (...)

Who is propelling the Emir of Qatar into action?

8 June 2017

On Monday 5 June 2017, Emir Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani of Qatar appeared on Qatar’s national television, Al-Jazeera, to deliver a speech before an audience of officials and to the Nation.
This intervention was greatly anticipated given the regional diplomatic crisis that was and is currently (...)

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