Trump Claims Credit For Isolation
US President Donald Trump has claimed credit for the pressure being placed on Qatar by Gulf neighbours who accuse it of supporting terrorism in the region. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Yemen,...
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Energy Exports A Lifeline For Boycott-Hit Qatar
A Saudi-led diplomatic and economic blockade against Qatar may threaten food imports but the tiny emirate still has a lifeline through its gas and oil exports, experts said Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the...
Gulf Crisis Presents Opportunities, Uncertainties For Iran
Viewed from Tehran, the extraordinary spat between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours has many advantages, experts say, but it is also worried about yet more volatility in the troubled neighbourhood....
Gulf Crisis Leaves Allies In Difficult Spot
The unprecedented crisis between Qatar and four of its Gulf neighbours including Saudi Arabia is causing a conflict of loyalties for a number of countries which have good relations with both sides....
Trump Appears To Support Isolation of Qatar
US President Donald Trump Tuesday linked Arab moves to isolate Qatar to his recent Middle East trip, showing little sympathy for the plight of the Gulf emirate despite its role as a hub for US...
Qatar Flight Ban Begins, First Efforts Seen To Resolve Crisis
A ban on Qatari flights imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies took effect Tuesday as first efforts were made to resolve the biggest feud to hit the Arab world in years. Saudi Arabia and allies...
UAE Demands Guarantees Before Mending Qatar Ties
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that Qatar would need to provide a "guaranteed roadmap" before it would consider mending ties. Along with neighbouring Saudi Arabia and its closest allies,...
Qatari Planes Banned From Egyptian and Saudi Air Space
Qatari planes are to be banned from Egyptian and Saudi air space, as a growing diplomatic row in the Gulf threatens large-scale air disruption. Several countries have cut ties with the tiny Gulf...
Ecowas Agrees To Admit Morocco To West African Body
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco's membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications of...
Panicked Qatar Shoppers Stock Up As Gulf Rift Bites
Shoppers in Doha were taking no chances on Monday despite Qatari officials reassuring residents there was no need to panic after Saudi Arabia imposed a de facto food blockade. Qatar shares its only...
Morocco To Become Part of West Africa
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications...
Saudi, UAE Seize Chance To Isolate Qatar
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, emboldened by US President Donald Trump's new approach to the region, have seized the chance to isolate Qatar, analysts said Monday. Gas-rich Doha, which...
Arab Countries Cut Links With Qatar
Six Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. They say Qatar backs militant groups including so-called Islamic...
Morocco ‘to Join ECOWAS’ Despite Snubbing Summit Over Israel
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite it being in North Africa, sources tell the BBC. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the...
UAE’s Etihad To Suspend Flights To Qatar
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Monday it would suspend flights to Qatar after the United Arab Emirates was among major Gulf states to sever ties with Doha in an unprecedented regional crisis. Etihad...
Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar
Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than a month after US President Donald Trump visited the region to cement ties with...
Bahrain Minister Briefly Hacked After Qatar Cyber Attack
Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after a cyber attack on the official news agency of neighbouring Qatar. The hack, which...
Norway ‘regrets’ Saudi Activist Deportation From Qatar
Norway says it "regrets" Qatar's expulsion of a Saudi Arabian human rights activist on his way to claim refugee status in the Nordic nation. Mohammed al-Otaibi, 49, fled to neighbouring Qatar in...
Saudi Activist ‘deported’ From Qatar
Qatar has deported a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway where he hoped to seek asylum, a watchdog said on Monday. Mohammed al-Otaibi, 49, fled to neighbouring Qatar in March...
Egypt Coptic Christians
So-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt that killed at least 29 people and wounded about 25 others on Friday. Masked men boarded...