No such thing. Qatari (The Peninsula) mouthpiece that no other media in the world is reporting.
Why would any sane firm change UAE (a bigger country, bigger economy, better for investors, much more influential) with tiny Qatar, moreover currently when Qatar is struggling economically due to the correct embargo on their treacherous leadership?
@Khafee
King Salman meets with former Turkish president
Former President of Turkey, Abdullah Gul with King Salman in Jeddah. (SPA)
Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishThursday, 21 September 2017
King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud received in Jeddah on Thursday the former President of Turkey Abdullah Gul.
During the meeting, discussions were exchanged on a number of topics of common interest.
Last Update: Thursday, 21 September 2017 KSA 15:50 - GMT 12:50
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/Ne...lman-meets-with-former-Turkish-president.html
Complaint over Ghufran tribe violations presented to UNHCR
Ahmed al-Hamli, head of the Arab Federation, presented the complaint to Mohamed Ali Nisour, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Division during a meeting at the UN headquarters in Geneva. (Supplied)
Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishThursday, 21 September 2017
The Arab Federation for Human Rights (AFHR) presented the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) a complaint against Qatar’s violation of the Ghufran tribe and its members.
Ahmed al-Hamli, head of the Arab Federation, presented the complaint to Mohamed Ali Nisour, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Division at the UNHCR during a meeting at the UN headquarters in Geneva.
Nisour said that UNHCR is interested in the issue of withdrawal of nationalities and the Gulf region in general.
"We, as an Arab organization, are interested in protecting the rights of every Arab citizen as part of our endeavor to spread and promote a culture of human rights in our Arab world," al-Hamli said.
The complaint included claims of torture by the Qatari authorities and called for all their rights to be restored. (Supplied)
The complaint detailed how in 1996 Qatari authorities arrested and detained many members of the Ghufran tribe. It stated that the brutal methods used to torture the vicims led in some cases to memory loss and psychological disorders.
It further stated that in 2000, the Qatari government began to revoke nationalities from tribe members and deported them to neighboring countries preventing any chance for their return to their homeland.
In 2005, the complaint added, Qatari authorities ordered the withdrawal of the citizenships of 6,000 tribe members including women and children.
The tribe members appealed in the complaint to the UNHCR to help them attain their rights.
It also called for the need to take action against persons involved torture and humiliation acts for the members held in detention.
Last Update: Friday, 22 September 2017 KSA 16:13 - GMT 13:13
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/Ne...ran-tribe-violations-presented-to-UNHCR-.html
Solution to Qatar crisis will be from the Gulf, says Saudi FM
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a briefing with reporters at the Saudi Embassy in London, Britain September 5, 2017. (Reuters)
Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishThursday, 21 September 2017
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday that the solution to the ongoing Qatari crisis would be a Gulf one.
Jubeir also said that Qatar should stop its support for terrorism and extremism, pointing out that Doha must stop the rhetoric of hatred, incitement and interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
“Qatar must adhere to the principles of combating terrorism,” Jubeir said.
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/Ne...isis-will-be-from-the-Gulf-says-Saudi-FM.html
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Published — Wednesday 20 September 2017
Qatar and the Saudi ‘invasion’ that never was
A news agency recently attributed to the White House a statement claiming that President Donald Trump managed to prevent Saudi Arabia and the UAE from invading Qatar. However, an hour later, the US President issued a statement denying the report.
Then another story surfaced claiming that President Trump had rebuked the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim, when they met in New York, and showed him secret information proving that Qatar continued to finance terrorism even after it signed a commitment with the Americans to stop doing so weeks before.
Many stories have been circulated for political purposes, despite the availability of facts to the contrary. The nature of the crisis and the early entrenchment of Qatar by the American bases and international military alliances defy the logic of such ways of thinking. Nevertheless, Qatar has resorted to this propaganda since June to generate sympathy, in Kuwait for instance, and to depict its opponents as evil states.
But the reality is quite the opposite. Qatar has been trying for years to weaken and target states such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt. Its targeting of the state of Bahrain, through supporting the opposition which wants to topple the regime, is no secret. Moreover, it has been financing the Saudi extremist religious opposition in London since the 1990s. This Saudi opposition, which calls openly for toppling the government in Saudi Arabia, participated in the assassination plot against late King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz. As for Egypt, observing the Qatari media for one night only would be enough to hear clear calls for toppling the Sissi government by force, in addition to the large and incessant involvement of Qatar in financing the Egyptian opposition.
Doha’s spoilt rulers spread fiction about their ‘persecution’ by the Anti-Terror Quartet, but the truth is that they want to play the role of a big regional state without bearing the consequences of their actions.
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed
Nevertheless, none of the affected countries worked on an armed or provocative project against Qatar at the time. Even Hosni Mubarak, the former president of Egypt, who was targeted the most by Qataris, refrained from responding to the Qatari plots and chose to simply ignore them.
The Anti-Terror Quartet, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain, declared openly their program against Qatar, and there are more than 10 other Arab countries that silently support the Quartet against Qatar. The agenda against Qatar is based on the strategy of isolating and weakening it, with the hope of achieving one of two objectives: Either forcing it to change its policies or at least weakening it to prevent it from meddling in others’ affairs. But no one has suggested, or even hinted at, any intention of toppling the regime of Qatar or its ruler.
Many people think, and they may be right, that the present emir, Sheikh Tamim, is helpless, and that the real person who is calling the shots and creating problems in Qatar is his father, who abdicated, in name only, four years ago.
Since the beginning of the crisis, Doha has been asking the Turks, the Americans, and even the Iranians, for help, alleging that the Saudis and Emiratis have been plotting against it, and that they have been stifling Qatar in an unprecedented blockade. No logical person can believe this Qatari gibberish, which has been copied from the manuals of Gaza, about a country full of Ferraris and caviar. In short, the problem is that the spoilt rulers of Doha do not want to stop playing the role of a big regional state, but are unwilling to bear the consequences of their actions.
• Abdulrahman Al-Rashed is a veteran columnist. He is the former general manager of Al Arabiya news channel, and former editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat, where this article is also published. Twitter: @aalrashed
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