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DOHA (Web Desk) A former Qatari detainee, accused by the US government of being involved in the planning of the September 11 attacks in 2001, says he had been tortured and abused during 13 years of incarceration on American soil.Speaking for the first time after his release three years ago, …

RIYADH (Web Desk) Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says Qatar must pay for the US military presence in Syria if it wants to sustain Washington’s support.Qatar has to pay for US military presence in Syria and send its military forces there, before the US president cancels US protection of Qatar,” …

DOHA (Web Desk) The preparatory and ministerial meetings of the 29th Arab League summit on Thursday in its final statement said that the only way for resolving the Syrian crisis is a political solution based on the particiapation of all warring sides and what was agreed on in the first …

DOHA (Web Desk) Iran is Qatar’s neighbor which opened its airspace and sea routes to it following the blockade, or else Qatar wouldn’t have been able to move its people or goods out of its territory, said Ahmed bin Abdollah in response to a question concerning the continuation of Qatari-Iranian …

DOHA (Web Desk) Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser, sued Qatar on Monday, accusing the Gulf state of pilfering and leaking emails in retribution for his attempts to influence the Trump administration in favour of regional rivals of Qatar, Reuters reports.In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Los …

DOHA (Web Desk) Qatari Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Al-Rumaihi made the remarks in a meeting with Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad Ali-Akbar Mehrfard on the sidelines of Qatar International Agricultural Exhibition (AgriteQ 2018) in Doha.Hailing Iran’s stance during the economic siege of Qatar, he added …

DOHA (Web Desk) Supplying interests through expansionism is old-fashioned, Alireza Enayati said.Efforts made by some countries to prove Iran hegemony in the region and reviving emperorship are the fruit of false claims made by unofficial people, he said.It is worth mentioning that some countries are spreading Iranophobia, creating imaginary enemy, …

TEHRAN  (Web Desk) The commander of the Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base, a conglomerate belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), pledged that Iran would outstrip neighboring Qatar in terms of production of oil and gas from joint fields. In the past, Qatar’s extraction from joint fields used to be more …

DOHA (Web Desk) Leaked emails reveal the United Arab of Emirates (UAE) lobbied the US last year to sack Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for failing to side with Abu Dhabi against regional rival Qatar amid a diplomatic rift between the two Persian Gulf countries.The emails obtained by the BBC …

DOHA (Web Desk) The second edition of “Katara Award” international Quran recitation competition will be organized with 1429 participants in Qatar.According to Al-Sharq newspaper, Khalid ibn Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti, director general of Katara Cultural Foundation in Qatar, said “Adorn your voice with Quran” is the motto of this edition of the …