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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference in Jerusalem on January 27, 2026. (Screenshot/GPO)
January 28, 2026, 1:53 am
Netanyahu: If Saudis want deal, we expect them not to align with anti-Israel forces
As MBS cozies up to Turkey and Qatar and turns away from UAE, PM says he is following realignment closely and accuses Riyadh of ‘nurturing all kinds of forces that attack Israel’
By Lazar Berman
Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R), in a meeting with Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and official Khaled Mashaal in Doha, Qatar, October 17, 2016. (Qatar government handout)
January 13, 2024, 3:33 am
How Qatar, the Gulf’s ‘enfant terrible’ and sponsor of Hamas, is also an ally of the West
The petrostate has taken flak for harboring terror leaders and enabling them to plan Oct. 7. Experts discuss what drives Qatar’s long history of support for Islamist extremists
By Gianluca Pacchiani
In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center left, is greeted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani upon his arrival at Doha airport in Qatar late Dec. 8, 2021 (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
December 10, 2021, 6:11 am
As US focus wanes, Middle East countries turn to each other for solutions
Regional leaders reengage with former rivals after two decades defined by war and political upheaval, as American forces withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan
By Jon Gambrell
In this photo released by Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center left, is greeted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani upon his arrival at Doha airport in Qatar late Dec. 8, 2021 (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
December 9, 2021, 10:59 am
Amid Iran tensions, Saudi crown prince makes first post-embargo visit to Qatar
Mohammed bin Salman is visiting 6 US-allied Gulf Arab states in tour aimed at fortifying the kingdom’s ties as Tehran resumes nuclear talks
By Aya Batrawy
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
Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani speaks during the opening session of the Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on December 14, 2019. (Mustafa Abumunes / AFP)
January 19, 2021, 11:03 am
Qatar calls on Gulf states to begin talks with Iran
Having reconciled with neighboring countries after years-long rift, Doha offers to facilitate negotiations with Tehran, despite Saudi Arabia showing no willingness
By AFP
A giant image of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, adorns a tower in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2018. (Kamran Jebreili/AP)
January 4, 2021, 9:52 pm
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, open airspace and border
Step toward ending diplomatic crisis between US allies paves way for Qatari ruler to attend Saudi-hosted Gulf nations summit later this week
By Agencies
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
Senior adviser to the US president Jared Kushner attends a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
December 2, 2020, 5:55 pm
Kushner visits Qatar with eye to ending Gulf alliance rift
US president’s senior adviser meets with country’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for talks on ‘developments in the region,’ state news agency reports
By AFP
The half built Qatari-funded hotel site in the eastern Saudi city of Al-Ahsa is pictured on November 29, 2019 after the construction was abruptly halted following a Saudi-led bloc boycotted Qatar in 2017. (Photo by AFP)
December 9, 2019, 2:08 pm
Once propped up by Qatari high-rollers, Saudi city prays for truce
Al-Ahsa, a border desert oasis where shoppers from Qatar once kept the local economy humming, hopeful for thaw after Riyadh-led bloc accused Doha of backing radical Islamists
By Anuj Chopra
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
Arab leaders pose for the camera, ahead of the 30th Arab Summit in Tunis, Tunisia, March 31, 2019. (Zoubeir Souissi, Pool photo via AP)
March 31, 2019, 4:29 pm
Led by Saudis, Arab leaders unite against Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights
22-member league — minus Syria — condemns US president’s policies favoring Israel, but is not expected to take further action
By AP and ToI Staff
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 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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