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Documents included in the US Justice Department release of files related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are photographed on January 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
February 18, 2026, 8:29 pm
Epstein tried to build powerful ties across Mideast, push Qatar to recognize Israel
Released documents show sex offender’s close relations with Dubai port giant’s boss, who was ousted last week over ties; financier tried to advise Qatar over 2017-2021 blockade
By Jana Choukeir, Andrew Mills and Maha El Dahan
Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida al-Kaabi, center left, with Emirati Energy and Infrastructure Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei, center right, during the Gastech 2021 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
September 21, 2021, 4:54 pm
UAE welcomes regional rivals at major natural gas conference
Energy officials from Qatar and Turkey in Dubai for world’s largest gas expo and industry’s first in-person conference since pandemic began
By Isabel Debre
A Qatar Airways jet approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, November 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
July 13, 2021, 4:56 pm
Qatar says it has received initial okay from UN for control of own airspace
Gulf emirate announces approval of International Civil Aviation Organization to withdraw from aviation deal with Bahrain, months after resolving rift with neighbors
By AFP
A general view of the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing with Saudi Arabia, January 5, 2021 (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
January 9, 2021, 6:32 pm
Qatar-Saudi border reopens after regional thaw
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt all agreed to lift restrictions on nation after years of embargo
By Gregory WALTON
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council's 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, January 5, 2021. (Saudi Royal Court via AP)
January 5, 2021, 8:42 pm
Ending regional rift with a public embrace, Saudi Arabia and Qatar restore ties
As kingdom hosts Qatari emir at Gulf nations summit, Saudi foreign minister says agreement represents ‘turning of the page on all points of difference’
By Agencies
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, welcomes Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council's 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, January 5, 2021. (Saudi Royal Court via AP)
January 5, 2021, 4:21 pm
Qatar’s ruling emir lands in Saudi Arabia for summit to end blockade
Sheikh Hamad Al Thani embraced by Saudi crown prince following announcement that kingdom would end years-long embargo on Gulf state
By Aya Batrawy, Isabel Debre and amr nabil
Jared Kushner alongside a member of the Saudi delegation, during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, March 20, 2018. (Kevin Dietsch/ Pool/ Getty Images)
January 5, 2021, 7:49 am
With Qatar feud solved, are Saudis better placed for Israel normalization?
While admitting that deal unlikely before Trump leaves office, senior US official says Gulf detente does remove an obstacle; analysts assert the two issues are unrelated
By Jacob Magid
A combination image shows then-Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) during a press conference in the capital Riyadh on April 25, 2016; and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani (R) attending the 136th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh on December 10, 2015. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
December 5, 2020, 12:32 am
Saudi Arabia says end to years-long boycott of Qatar is ‘in reach’
Kushner has been holding talks in both countries; resolving dispute could restore calm among US allies amid climbing tensions with Iran
By Jon Gambrell
Sigurd Neubauer, right, with a senior Omani official at Oman's Consultative Assembly, Muscat 2019 (courtesy)
September 28, 2020, 9:59 pm
With or without normalization, expert on Gulf sees Israel as regional peacemaker
In new book on Middle East’s changing alliances, Sigurd Neubauer explores Jerusalem’s little-known role as mediator in rivalries between Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar
By Raphael Ahren
In this May 5, 2018 photo, a giant image of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, adorns a tower in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
January 28, 2020, 6:48 pm
Qatar emir appoints trusted confidant as new prime minister
Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani replaces Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who headed efforts to end regional embargo on Doha
By Gregory WALTON
Muslim worshipers pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on August 16, 2018, prior to the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage in the holy city. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
May 11, 2019, 8:59 am
Qatar urges Saudi to remove hajj obstacles to its citizens
As diplomatic spat between Gulf neighbors continues, Doha calls on Riyadh to lift all restrictions on worshipers wishing to carry out pilgrimage during holy month of Ramadan
By AFP
Qatar's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2019 AFC Asian Cup final soccer match between Japan and Qatar at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, on February 1, 2019. (Roslan RAHMAN/AFP)
February 7, 2019, 1:07 pm
Qatar Asian Cup soccer victory may deepen Gulf tensions, experts warn
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, both beaten by Qataris during championship run, likely to step up opposition to 2022 World Cup in response
By David Harding
In this photo taken on December 15, 2014, Jamal Khashoggi looks on at a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)
December 16, 2018, 2:25 pm
UN calls for ‘credible’ probe into Khashoggi murder
At conference in Saudi Arabia’s Gulf rival Qatar, world body’s chief Antonio Guterres calls it ‘essential’ that Saudi journalist’s killers be punished
By AFP
A man looks at his phone on the corniche in the Qatari capital Doha on July 2, 2017. (AFP Photo/STR)
June 11, 2018, 11:54 pm
Qatar files discrimination case against UAE at UN’s highest court
Doha claim focuses on year-long diplomatic dispute with 4 Arab nations over its alleged support of terror groups
By Jon Gambrell
A Qatari woman walks in front of the city skyline in Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2010. (Kamran Jebreili/AP)
June 5, 2018, 12:00 pm
Iran and Turkey help wealthy Qatar thrive, 1 year into blockade
Relationships with citizens of other Arab countries have suffered, as has tourism, but life goes on mostly uninterrupted in Gulf state accused by its neighbors of supporting terror
By Aya Batrawy
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