Relationships sour over support for Islamists
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Qatar Reports Mystery Virus MERS Found in Camels
SARS-like virus has sickened at least 160 worldwide
Qatar Gets Scolded Yet Again for Migrant Worker Abuses
As the tiny Gulf country prepares to host the World Cup in 2022, Amnesty International documents rampant human rights abuses endured by its migrant workers
Syrian Rebel Leader Dies in Government Assault
Abdulkadar al-Saleh died from injuries sustained during a government attack on Thursday
As Its Laborers Die, Qatar Fights to Keep World Cup
Qatar Haunted by Its Decision to Back the Arab Spring’s Islamists
As far as snubs go, Egypt’s precipitous return of $2 billion in aid from Qatar earlier this week couldn’t have been any clearer. Then Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry turned down a Qatar Airways request to increase the …
Qatar’s Geopolitical Gamble: How the Gulf State May Have Overreached
Nearly three weeks after Egypt’s military forced the country’s President Mohamed Morsi out of office and jailed him and officials of his Muslim Brotherhood party, the explosive reaction on Cairo’s streets has brought death …
Qatar’s Leadership Shake-Up: Powerful Emir to Step Down for 33-Year-Old Son
Residents of Qatar can finally stop holding their breath. On Monday evening, the nation’s official Qatar News Agency announced that on Tuesday morning Qatar’s Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, 61, will address the nation …
The Taliban’s Qatar Office: Are Prospects for Peace Already Doomed?
As far as diplomatic prospects go, the omens don’t augur well. On Tuesday, the Afghan Taliban announced the opening of their first political office in the Qatari capital, Doha. They cut a ribbon, played their anthem, hoisted …
Arming Syria’s Rebellion: How Libyan Weapons and Know-How Reach Anti-Assad Fighters
The beefy Libyan revolutionary field commander turned politician rose from the beige couch to greet his new Syrian guest, who pulled up a chair to join the two other Syrian men seated in a semicircle around the couch in the café …
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The ruler of Qatar proposes a $1 billion-fund to help Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Peru declares an environmental state of emergency in its rainforest, and British judges have ruled that an Islamic preacher wanted on terrorism …
U.S. Steps Up Aid, but Syria’s Rebels Want Arms
It should come as no surprise that Syria’s rebels were underwhelmed by Thursday’s U.S. pledge of $60 million in direct aid: although the announcement by Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome marked Washington’s first direct …
Ground War: Syria’s Rebels Prepare to Take a Province from Assad
It was pomegranate season when the battle for Wadi Deif began in mid-October. Like so many rebel offensives, the fight for the Syrian military base, just east of the devastated city of Maaret Numan and one of the last major …