search
Egypt-Qatar ties
Qatar's Gaza envoy Mohammad al-Amadi addresses a ceremony in Gaza City in honor of the construction of the new city of Hamad on January 16, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
October 23, 2017, 11:14 am
Qatari envoy arrives in Gaza amid brewing controversy
Hamas strongly denies report the Gulf nation is unhappy about terror group’s rapprochement with Egypt
By Dov Lieber
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (L), UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (2nd-L), Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (2nd-R), and Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa (R) meet in the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 5, 2017, to discuss the Gulf diplomatic crisis with Qatar, as Doha called for dialogue to resolve the dispute. (Khaled ELFIQI / POOL / AFP)
July 5, 2017, 8:17 pm
Arab nations say Qatar’s rejection of demands ‘not serious’
Egyptian FM says response 'generally negative,' as he meets with counterparts from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain over crisis
By Mohammed Wagdy
This photo taken on December 6, 2016, shows Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
June 9, 2017, 1:33 am
Egypt accuses Qatar of paying huge ransom to IS-linked group
Cairo asks UN to probe allegations Gulf nation paid up to $1 billion to free kidnapped members of royal family
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 23, 2017. (MENA via AP)
June 8, 2017, 4:47 pm
Egypt’s Sissi sees vindication in Gulf moves against Qatar
But by lining up behind Saudi Arabia, Egyptian leader has acknowledged that Riyadh is at top of regional pyramid
By Hamza Hendawi
Hamas operative Saleh al-Arouri, the Turkey-based head of Hamas operations in the West Bank (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
June 5, 2017, 2:16 pm
Hamas commander involved in kidnap of Israeli teens expelled from Qatar
Saleh al-Arouri now reportedly in Malaysia after being told to leave Doha along with several other Hamas terror chiefs
By Sue Surkes and Agencies
Egyptian judge Mohammed Shirin Fahmy, second right, reads the verdict against former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in an eastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 19, 2016, 4:25 am
Egypt sentences two Al-Jazeera employees to death
Rights groups decry inclusion of journalists in espionage case linked to banned Muslim Brotherhood
By Hamza Hendawi
Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial at the police academy in Cairo on May 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
May 7, 2016, 3:22 pm
Egypt court seeks death for 6 espionage co-defendants, but not Morsi
Ousted Islamist president, 11 others on trial for allegedly giving Qatar classified state secrets via intermediaries
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Al-Jazeera English producer Baher Mohamed (left), Canadian-Egyptian acting Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy (center), and correspondent Peter Greste (right), appear in court along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges, in Cairo, Egypt, March 31, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Heba Elkholy, el Shorouk, File)
August 29, 2015, 11:52 am
Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 3 years in prison
Canadian, Australian and Egyptian journalists were charged with supporting blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood in their coverage
By Brian Rohan
Former Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
From the WebApril 29, 2015, 1:16 pm
Exiled Palestinian leader looks for regional allies in mediation of Nile dam deal
Mohammed Dahlan's most recent diplomatic success part of continuing efforts to raise his profile on the international stage, Newsweek reports
By Jack Moore
Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar, Monday, February 6, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)
January 13, 2015, 8:42 pm
Despite his claims, unlikely Liberman convinced Qatar to boot Hamas head
Israel has almost no clout with Doha, and the FM saying he prodded the emirate's crackdown on Islamists could actually sabotage the whole thing
By Raphael Ahren
Al-Jazeera English producer Baher Mohamed (left), Canadian-Egyptian acting Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy (center), and correspondent Peter Greste (right), appear in court along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges, in Cairo, Egypt, March 31, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Heba Elkholy, el Shorouk, File)
January 1, 2015, 8:33 am
Imprisoned Al-Jazeera reporters face appeal in Egypt
Thaw in ties between Cairo, Qatar raises hopes journalists could be freed
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech during Friday prayers in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on July 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)
December 26, 2014, 9:43 pm
Hamas says it will uphold ceasefire if Israel does
Gaza rulers allege negotiations underway to maintain peace; call for quiet in Sinai after Qatar said to freeze funds
By Justin Jalil
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal. (photo credit: Bassem Tellawi/AP)
September 16, 2014, 1:02 pm
Hamas says Mashaal to remain in Qatar
Group says expulsion of Muslim Brotherhood members won't affect its political leader; Turkey says it may accept deportees
By Itamar Sharon and AP
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani at the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Bayan Palace, Kuwait City, on March 25, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Waggi)
September 14, 2014, 11:46 pm
Egypt vows to pursue Brotherhood brass booted from Qatar
Minister says Cairo will go after Islamist group's leaders, after Gulf nation gives members one month to leave
By MARIAM RIZK
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. (screen capture:YouTube/Al Jazeera English)
August 28, 2014, 6:44 am
Egypt says Morsi ‘gave security papers to Qatar’
Former leader probed for allegedly compromising the country's national security while serving as president
By AFP
Load More