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Qatar’s neighbors issue long list of demands to end crisis

June 23, 2017

Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations that have cut ties to Qatar issued a long list of demands Thursday to end the crisis, insisting that their Gulf neighbor shut down Al-Jazeera, scale back ties to Iran and close a Turkish military base in Qatar. In a 13-point list issued to Qatar, the Arab nations [...]

UAE has secret torture prisons in Yemen, US involved in interrogations – AP

June 23, 2017

The UAE operates a network of ‘black sites’ in war-torn Yemen, where terrorist suspects are abused and tortured, an AP investigation has found. US personnel have been involved in at least some interrogations, agency sources said.There are at least 18 clandestine prisons across southern Yemen [...]

No negotiation until sanctions dropped, says Qatari foreign minister

June 20, 2017

Qatar will not negotiate with Gulf states that have cut economic and travel ties with it unless they reverse their sanctions, its foreign minister has said. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Monday that Qatar had still not received any demands from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab [...]

Analysis: The New Assertive Generation of Gulf leaders at heart of Qatar rift

June 20, 2017

(Reuters-) Two years after launching headfirst into a conflict in Yemen that has no end in sight, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have astonished the world again, this time with a severe boycott of neighboring Qatar. Like the Yemen war, which has killed more than 10,000 people, the rift [...]

Gulf crisis threatens Qatar Airways transit business: experts

June 12, 2017

Dubai (AFP) – Qatar Airways has made Doha a global hub in just a few years, but barring it from Gulf states’ airspace threatens its position as a major transcontinental carrier, experts say.Along with its Gulf peers — Dubai’s Emirates Airlines and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad [...]

Kuwait says Qatar is ‘willing’ to hold dialogue

June 11, 2017

Breaking: Kuwait says Qatar is “willing to hold a dialogue” with Arab nations that have cut diplomatic ties. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah said in a statement carried by the state-run KUNA news agency Sunday that unity among Gulf Arab countries “was [...]

Who Are the Corporate Winners and Losers of the Saudi, UAE lead blockade with Qatar

June 11, 2017

June 11, 2017, 12:36 PM GMT+3 Sanctions against Qatar may hurt U.A.E. construction companies Qatar Airways is set to be one of the biggest losers With Qatar increasingly isolated from its Gulf neighbors in an escalating geopolitical crisis, the economic and financial implications are starting to [...]

Qatar says won’t ‘surrender’ in row with fellow Gulf Arabs as US, Kuwait probe for solution

June 8, 2017

Qatar said on Thursday fellow Arab states’ move to isolate it in a row over alleged ties to terrorism is endangering stability in the oil-rich Gulf region but it was not ready to change its foreign policy to settle the dispute and would never compromise. Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin [...]

Qatar’s dispute with Arab states puts LNG market on edge

June 6, 2017

Saudi Arabia and key allies on Monday cut ties with Qatar, the world’s top seller of liquefied natural gas (LNG), stoking concern over any supply disruptions to neighboring countries spilling over into global gas markets. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and Egypt – [...]

Gulf Nations stance with Qatar Has 22-Year History Rooted in Gas