June 9, 2017
1:33 am

This file 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)

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

June 8, 2017
4:47 pm

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, meets with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 23, 2017. (MENA via AP)

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

June 5, 2017
2:16 pm

Hamas operative Salah al-Arouri (YouTube screenshot)

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

June 19, 2016
4:25 am

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)

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

May 7, 2016
3:22 pm

Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial at the police academy in Cairo on May 7, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI)

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

August 29, 2015
11:52 am

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)

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

April 29, 2015
1:16 pm

Former Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)

Exiled Palestinian leader looks for regional allies in mediation of Nile dam deal

From the web Mohammed Dahlan’s most recent diplomatic success part of continuing efforts to raise his profile on the international stage, Newsweek reports

By Jack Moore

January 13, 2015
8:42 pm

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)

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

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

December 26, 2014
9:43 pm

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)

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

September 16, 2014
1:02 pm

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal. (photo credit: Bassem Tellawi/AP)

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

September 14, 2014
11:46 pm

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)

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

August 28, 2014
6:44 am

Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. (screen capture:YouTube/Al Jazeera English)

Egypt says Morsi ‘gave security papers to Qatar’

Former leader probed for allegedly compromising the country’s national security while serving as president