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Saudi and Bahrain welcome Trump's scolding of Qatar

EghtesadOnline: Saudi Arabia and Bahrain welcomed on Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for Qatar to stop supporting terrorism, but did not respond to a U.S. Department of State call for them to ease pressure on the Persian Gulf state.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 13:03

Saudi Blockade Leaves Qatar's $200 Billion in World Cup Projects in Limbo

EghtesadOnline: Qatar is spending $500 million a week to bring the world’s biggest sporting event to the Arab world for the first time. Its neighbors, the intended spectators, are blocking supplies from cement to door handles that the country needs to pull off the feat.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:48

Qatari LNG Diversions Shock EU Traders as Crisis Intensifies

EghtesadOnline: European energy markets started to feel the impact of the escalating diplomatic row in the Middle East after natural gas prices soared when tankers full of Qatari fuel abruptly changed course.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:24

Singled Out by Trump, Qatar Hires Former Top Law Man to Lobby

EghtesadOnline: Qatar, blockaded by its neighbors and singled out for supporting terror in recent days by U.S. President Donald Trump, hired former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s firm as its lobbyist, according to disclosures released by the Justice Department Friday.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 06:13

Saudis Have a Lot to Lose in Fight With Qatar, Even If They Win

EghtesadOnline: Saudi Arabia dwarfs Qatar on almost any measure, yet there are plenty of ways the tussle between the Persian Gulf neighbors could end up hurting the world’s biggest oil exporter -- even if it wins.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 05:53

Tillerson Calls for Saudi-Led Group to Ease Qatar Blockade

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on a Saudi Arabia-led coalition to ease its blockade of Qatar, saying that the cutoff is hindering the fight against Islamic State and provoking food shortages.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 05:50

Trump Says He Backed Saudi-Led Diplomatic Isolation of Qatar

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump said he backed a Saudi Arabia-led movement to isolate Qatar over its funding of extremist groups, once again sending conflicting signals about the U.S. stance in a dispute between American allies in the Gulf region.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 05:40

Turkey Chooses Sides in Gulf Conflict as Erdogan Defends Qatar

EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lined up behind Qatar in its feud with Saudi Arabia and regional allies, offering to mediate a resolution of a crisis that has thrown one of the world’s most strategically important regions into turmoil.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 24:46

Zarif confers with German, Spanish counterparts

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in separate phone conversations with German and Spanish counterparts Sigmar Gabriel and Alfonso Dastis respectively discussed latest regional developments.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 06:11

UAE bans expressions of sympathy towards Qatar: media

EghtesadOnline: The United Arab Emirates has banned people from publishing expressions of sympathy towards Qatar and will punish offenders with a jail term of up to 15 years, the UAE-based newspaper Gulf News and pan-Arab channel Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 05:53

Trump Takes Sides in Persian Gulf Rift, Backs Isolation of Qatar

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump threw his weight behind the Saudi-led diplomatic isolation of Qatar, calling it just punishment for the country’s financial support for Islamic extremists and taking sides in a dispute among key U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 04:51

World's Biggest Container Line Says It Can't Send Cargo to Qatar

EghtesadOnline: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, which owns the world’s biggest container line, said it can no longer get cargo to Qatar after Saudi Arabia and a group of neighboring countries blocked transport to and from the Persian Gulf state.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 04:47

Traders See a Buying Opportunity in Qatar Turmoil

EghtesadOnline: Now that U.S. President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind the Saudi-led effort to isolate Qatar, investors say the resulting market shock could create a buying opportunity for local assets.
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Publish Date:07/June/2017 | 04:39

Trump Says Arab Leaders Accused Qatar of Funding Extremism

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump said Mideast leaders he met last month accused Qatar of financing extremism, remarks that analysts say may deepen Doha’s isolation as it faces unprecedented punitive measures from a Saudi-led alliance.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 13:35

Qatar's dispute with Arab states puts LNG market on edge

EghtesadOnline: Saudi Arabia and key allies on Monday cut ties with Qatar, the world's top seller of liquefied natural gas (LNG), stoking concern over any supply disruptions to neighboring countries spilling over into global gas markets.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 13:13

Iran urges explicit dialogue between Qatar, Persian Gulf states

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Foreign Ministry has urged Qatar and its neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf to resolve their disputes through diplomacy and explicit dialogue after six Arab states severed diplomatic relations with the gas-rich peninsula and imposed travel and transport blockades on it.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 24:28

Iran’s all-out effort to solve Arab crisis

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talked on the phone with a number of his counterparts on the latest developments in the region, particularly the ongoing crisis in the Persian Gulf Arab states.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 09:24

Oil Slips as Gulf Diplomatic Clash Seen to Have Limited Impact

EghtesadOnline: Oil dropped to the lowest level in more than three weeks as the market refocused on glut concerns after a diplomatic clash involving Saudi Arabia and Qatar was seen as having a limited impact on supply.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:35