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A Saudi-led blockade has pushed the emirate closer to its big northern neighbor.

Qatar Warms Up to Iran on Natural Gas

EghtesadOnline: The world’s biggest gas field lies between Qatar and Iran, and the half-competitive, half-cooperative race to exploit it has taken a new turn. For both countries, this enormous resource is also a source of political power. Now, with the emirate at odds with Tehran’s foe, Saudi Arabia, its tacit cooperation with Iran is gaining, even as the two are set to compete more intensely in gas markets.
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Publish Date:25/July/2017 | 11:51

Qatar Emir Takes Case to the UN Amid Saudi-Led Embargo

EghtesadOnline: Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani urged leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to back his request for talks to end the months-long crisis between his country and a Saudi-led coalition.
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Publish Date:20/September/2017 | 06:25

Trump Warned Saudis Off Military Move on Qatar

EghtesadOnline: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates considered military action in the early stages of their ongoing dispute with Qatar before Donald Trump called leaders of both countries and warned them to back off, according to two people familiar with the U.S. president’s discussions.
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Publish Date:20/September/2017 | 06:22

Qatar Crisis Back to Square One as Economy Shows the Strain

EghtesadOnline: The Saudi-led alliance that severed ties with Qatar reinstated a list of 13 demands that must be met before talks to resolve the eight-week crisis could start, just as as fresh economic data highlighted the impact of the unprecedented boycott on the Persian Gulf nation.
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Publish Date:31/July/2017 | 07:43

Saudi Alliance Says Qatar's Action Not Enough to End Crisis

EghtesadOnline: Qatar is falling short in its efforts to counter terrorism, the Saudi-led alliance said, an apparent setback to U.S. mediation efforts after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the bloc to ease its seven-week boycott of the Persian Gulf nation.
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Publish Date:25/July/2017 | 24:14

Turkey Adds Troops in Qatar in Defiance of Saudi-Led Isolation

EghtesadOnline: Turkey is building up its military presence in Qatar, an adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, in defiance of a Saudi-led bloc’s demand that the Turkish military pull out of the emirate.
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Publish Date:17/July/2017 | 14:28

Tillerson Sees Qatar Crisis Lingering With Talks Elusive

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a dispute between a Saudi Arabian-led bloc and Qatar may last “quite a while” as the two sides still refuse to speak to each other directly and are no closer to resolving the key demands made after the crisis started.
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Publish Date:14/July/2017 | 10:29

Saudi-Led Bloc Says U.S.-Qatar Anti-Terror Pact ‘Isn't Enough’

EghtesadOnline: The Saudi-led bloc boycotting Qatar said a counter-terrorism pact struck with the U.S. in Doha to strengthen Qatari action against terrorist funding “isn’t enough” to end the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis.
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Publish Date:12/July/2017 | 24:15

Details of Two Secret Deals Fuel Qatar Spat

EghtesadOnline: The release of two secret accords that helped end a 10-month diplomatic impasse between Qatar and some of its Persian Gulf neighbors nearly three years ago is fueling the spat that has convulsed the region since early June.
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Publish Date:12/July/2017 | 04:27
The Persian Gulf country's policy of trying to balance competing interests has finally caught up with it.

Like Father, Like Son: Qatar Pays Price for Going Against Saudis

EghtesadOnline: When Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani handed the reins of power to his son in 2013, he said it was time “to turn a new page” in Qatar.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 04:49