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Qatar says it will not ‘surrender’ in Gulf row

| June 9, 2017
Analysts say the current crisis is in part an extension of a 2014 dispute, when Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain temporarily recalled their ambassadors from Doha over Qatari support for Egypt´s Muslim Brotherhood. A top Gulf official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told foreign media agencies a major concern was the influence of Sheikh Tamim´s father, Sheikh Hamad, who had allowed the Taliban to open an office in Doha and helped arm Syrian rebels before abdicating in 2013. “The previous emir is a big supporter of this whole extremist agenda, so we do have an issue,” the official said. Doha has for years forged its own alliances in the region, often diverging from the politics of the six-state GCC and taking in leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Palestinian Hamas and members of the Afghan Taliban. A senior Emirati official told foreign media agencies this week´s decision was not aimed at a change of regime in Qatar but to pressure the country to reshape its policy. “This is a foreign policy that has gone wild,” state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash told foreign media agencies. “We need to put everything in check.”Analysts say the current crisis is in part an extension of a 2014 dispute, when Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain temporarily recalled their ambassadors from Doha over Qatari support for Egypt´s Muslim Brotherhood. A top Gulf official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told foreign media agencies a major concern was the influence of Sheikh Tamim´s father, Sheikh Hamad, who had allowed the Taliban to open an office in Doha and helped arm Syrian rebels before abdicating in 2013. “The previous emir is a big supporter of this whole extremist agenda, so we do have an issue,” the official said. Doha has for years forged its own alliances in the region, often diverging from the politics of the six-state GCC and taking in leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Palestinian Hamas and members of the Afghan Taliban. A senior Emirati official told foreign media agencies this week´s decision was not aimed at a change of regime in Qatar but to pressure the country to reshape its policy. “This is a foreign policy that has gone wild,” state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash told foreign media agencies. “We need to put everything in check.”

DOHA, JUN 09 (DNA) – Qatar said Thursday it will not “surrender” and rejected any interference in its foreign policy, defying its Gulf neighbours in an escalating dispute over its alleged support for extremists. In an interview with foreign media agencies, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said calls for a change in Qatari policy from Saudi Arabia and its allies, which cut diplomatic ties with Doha this week, were unacceptable. “No one has the right to intervene in our foreign policy,” Sheikh Mohammed said. He also rejected “a military solution asRead More

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Britain plunged into uncertainty as May tipped to lose majority

| June 9, 2017
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LONDON, JUN 09 (DNA) – Prime Minister Theresa May was poised to win Britain’s snap election Friday but lost her parliamentary majority, according to shock forecasts that plunged the country into uncertainty and cast doubt on who will govern as Brexit talks loom. The pound fell sharply amid fears that the Conservative leader will be unable to form a government and could even be forced out of office, after a troubled campaign overshadowed by two terror attacks. After being re-elected with an increased majority in the London commuter seat ofRead More

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