Egypt-Qatar ties

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi attending a military ceremony in Paris in October 2017. (AFP/Pool/Charles Platiau)

August 27, 2018, 10:04 pm

Egypt and Qatar are working on 2 very different deals for Gaza; both are stalled

The rivals are pushing for conflicting sequences en route to a truce with Israel, and for a different end result. Oh, and there’s a battle for credit, too

By Avi Issacharoff

Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks during a luncheon hosted by the Arab Center of Washington, DC on June 29, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

August 22, 2018, 5:12 pm

Liberman met with Qatar foreign minister on sidelines of Gaza talks — report

Senior Israeli official says Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani secretly flew to Cyprus in June to meet defense minister; two believed to have discussed long-term Gaza truce

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on April 11, 2018. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitc/Flash90)

August 17, 2018, 8:25 am

Liberman said to have met secretly with Qatari rep over Gaza

Defense minster reportedly flew to Cyprus to discuss Strip’s humanitarian crisis and the return of captive Israeli civilians and fallen soldiers held by Hamas

By TOI staff

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

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