US navy launches 'largest maritime exercise' to protect Gulf allies following Iran tensions, June 2019. (Getty) November 26, 2019 Qatar and Kuwait have told the United States that they will join a US-led naval coalition in the Arabian Gulf which was established in response to a series of attacks on oil tankers, a [...]
Smoke rises from an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after an explosion hit the vessel. (IRNA) November 18, 2019 A western intelligence report alleged that Qatar had advance knowledge on an Iranian attack on four commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman in May and have failed to warn its western [...]
A B-52H Stratofortress is seen through night vision coming in for a landing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 9, 2019. (AP) September 30, 2019 The US command and control in the Middle East moved its post in Qatar back to the US on Saturday for the first time in 13 years, [...]
Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Khalifa attends the consultative meeting of interior ministers from the (GCC), in Manama on April 23, 2013. (AFP) August 6, 2019 Bahrain accused on Sunday Iran and Qatar of plotting to target its national unity and of promoting sedition and chaos. Interior Minister [...]
Iranian President Rouhani received Wednesday a phone call from Emir of Qatar who greeted him on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. (Shutterstock) June 7, 2019 Qatar seeks to confirm its position towards Iran by exploiting current circumstances. The discrepancy in the news published by the two countries’ official agencies remains, indicating Doha’s unwillingness [...]
The network, run by wanted fugitives, are implementing a “systematic plan” to harm the image of Bahrain and its people. (Supplied) May 21, 2019 Bahraini authorities said Monday they have tracked a network of destabilising electronic accounts operated in several countries including Iran and Qatar amid rising tensions in the Gulf over Iranian [...]
Photo released by the US Air Force, a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is seen through night vision coming in for a landing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 9, 2019. (AP) May 10, 2019 The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that B-52 bombers sent by the White [...]
Turkey's minister for Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) shaking hands with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. (AFP) April 10, 2019 Turkey and Qatar on Tuesday objected to US President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group. “The [...]
A man walks past the Qatar Airways branch in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (AFP) By Varsha Koduvayur February 28, 2019 Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani last week sent Iranian President Hassan Rouhani a congratulatory cable in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, as did Qatar’s deputy emir and prime minister. The Peninsula, a semi-official English-language news site, [...]
The report claims that Iran has been supplying Hezbollah with advanced munitions by shipping them through civilian airlines. (FlightRadar24) December 4, 2018 The report of an Iranian cargo plane allegedly transporting advanced weaponry to Hezbollah in Beirut has furled speculation that Iran continues to arm the terrorist group, a news report has revealed [...]
