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DOHA – Qatar says it rejects the anti-Iran statements of the recent Mecca summits as they had been prepared in advance without consulting Doha. “The statements of the [Persian] Gulf and Arab summits were ready in advance and we were not consulted on them,” Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told …

DUBAI (Web Desk) Qatar rejects accusations of meddling in Bahrain’s internal affairs, Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a tweet. “The State of Qatar condemns that its name was mentioned in Bahrain’s internal conflicts,” the ministry said. A Bahraini court on Sunday ordered life sentences for three senior opposition members, overturning a …

DOHA (Web Desk) He suggested Saudi Arabia could use its oil production as a weapon. Benchmark Brent crude is trading at around $80 a barrel, and Trump has criticized OPEC and Saudi Arabia over rising prices.’If the price of oil reaching $80 angered President Trump, no one should rule out …

DOHA (Web Desk) Rabia bin Sabah Al Kuwari, a Qatari university lecturer, raised the question of whether the UAE has any role in Ahvaz terror attack in an article published recently in the Doha-based Arabic Al Sharq newspaper.Al Kuwari said Abu Dhabi continues to cause problems and promote sedition in …

DOHA (Web Desk) Qatar condemned terrorism and extremism in any shape and for any reason.So far senior officials of Kuwait, Iraq, Belarus, Armenia, Oman, UK, Syria and Turkey have issued condolences over the deadly attack whcih was carried out by a self-proclaimed Saudi-affiliated terrorist group called Al-Ahwaz.The terrorist group claimed …

DOHA (Web Desk) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said New Delhi called off the planned meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan owing to an issue which took place in July.“India in September presented an issue which took place in July as an excuse to back …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Iran has criticized the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for allowing Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to turn the body into a “tool in the hands of the US.””Saudi Arabia and the UAE are turning OPEC into a tool for the US and …

RIYADH: (Web Desk) Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year’s Haj, something Riyadh denies, saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Makkah. Although 1,200 Qataris are eligible to perform the Haj under a quota system, Qatar says it has …

DOHA (Web Desk) Although 1,200 Qataris are eligible to perform the Hajj under a quota system, Qatar says it has become impossible to get permits.Abdullah Al-Kaabi of the state-run Qatar National Human Rights Committee said Saudi Arabia had shut down an electronic system used by travel agencies to obtain permits …

DOHA (Web Desk) Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were planning to attack Qatar last year at the onset of the diplomatic crisis which led to the blockade of the Persian Gulf nation.A report published by The Intercept revealed on Wednesday that the plot, which was largely devised by …