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Topic: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

April 24, 2013
12:06 pm

Anti-Syrian regime protesters hold up a banner in Arabic reading: "Thank you Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait," during a demonstration, in Idlib province, northern Syria, in March 2012. (photo credit: AP/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria

Oil-rich gulf state accused of favoring Islamists over moderates in its funding of the Syrian opposition

By Brian Murphy and Zeina Karam

March 31, 2013
5:00 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan, left, welcomes Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after his arrival at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Abbas and Abdullah sign Jerusalem protection pact

Palestinian leader and Jordanian king agree to ‘defend’ the city’s holy sites, ‘both Christian and Muslim’

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

March 26, 2013
8:59 pm

Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Ghiath Mohamad)

Qatar makes Syria, Palestinians priority at summit

Using checkbook diplomacy, hyper-wealthy host nation positioning to take leadership role among Arab League states

By Brian Murphy

February 7, 2013
11:18 am

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 6 (Photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Summit of folly

Saudis boycott meeting on Syria with Iran; Abbas accidentally thanks ‘President Mohammed Hosni’ for Egyptian hospitality

By Michael Bassin

November 23, 2012
7:44 pm

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for a cornerstone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 23 (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Salem)

Gaza’s mideast suitors

Hamas’s big brothers, Qatar and Iran, are pulling the Strip’s rulers in opposite directions

By Brian Murphy

November 17, 2012
10:12 pm

Palestinians wave Hamas flags during a demonstration in solidarity with Gaza and against Israel's military operation in the coastal enclave, in the WestBank city of Ramallah November 16, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Hamas says it has ‘suicide units’ ready to confront Israeli ground forces in Gaza

Islamists also threaten to resume suicide attacks in Israel; single report of Hamas agreeing to ceasefire with Israel starting midnight

By Elhanan Miller

November 11, 2012
5:53 pm

Poster image of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal during a rally marking the 21st anniversary of the Islamist movement?s creation on December 14, 2008 in Gaza City (photo credit: Flash90/Abed Rahim Khatib)

Hamas chief Mashaal may be reconsidering retirement

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader reportedly exerted pressure on politburo head to remain in office

By Elhanan Miller

November 2, 2012
2:46 pm

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, in October 2012 (photo credit: AP/Michael Sohn)

Turkish PM in talks with Hamas to visit Gaza

Erdogan would become second head of state to visit Strip since Hamas takeover in 2007

By Joshua Davidovich

October 25, 2012
4:27 pm

An Israeli police sapper holds the remains of a rocket rocket fired by Palestinian militants after it hit a community along the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Wednesday, October 24 (photo credit: PA/Ariel Schalit)

Mysterious fire in Khartoum

Columnists debate whether the visit of Qatar’s emir to Gaza was good or bad for Palestinians

By Elhanan Miller

October 24, 2012
3:21 pm

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for a cornerstone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 23 (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Salem)

Qatari visit to Gaza, praised and criticized

Violence continues in Syria as international envoy pleads for a ceasefire

By Elhanan Miller

October 23, 2012
12:04 pm

A Lebanese man prays at the grave of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyouni, who were assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

Gaza rejoices and Tripoli simmers

Lebanon’s prime minister retracts his resignation; a ceasefire in Syria seems unlikely; and Gaza gears up for a princely visit

By Elhanan Miller

October 23, 2012
10:44 am

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Gaza City in October. (photo credit: (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

Qatari ruler uses historic Gaza visit to call on Palestinian factions to unite

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani pledges aid but cancels keynote address; Israel condemns visit

By AP and Gabe Fisher

October 23, 2012
2:06 am

A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (photo credit: Adel Hana/AP)

Qatari visit hands Hamas major victory

The first head of state to visit Gaza will deliver more than $250 million in aid

By Ibrahim Barzak

May 20, 2012
3:28 pm

Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani at the World Economic Forum in 2011 (photo credit: CC BY SA World Economic Forum, Flickr)

Qatar ruler warns Israel of Arab Spring fallout

Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani predicts new Arab governments will put pressure on the Jewish state over its Palestinian, nuclear policies

February 28, 2012
2:32 pm

A Muslim woman at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Muslim scholars cross swords over visits to Jerusalem

Politics and religion clash following a fatwa on visiting the holy city

By Elhanan Miller

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