Tag: Qatar
Report: Qatar makes formal request to acquire F-35 jets
Qatar submitted a formal request in recent weeks to the United States to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, reported Reuters on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
If completed, a deal could complicate or even...
Report: Jordan expels Nizar Tamimi, husband of US-wanted terrorist
Jordan has reportedly expelled the husband of U.S.-wanted terrorist Ahlam Tamimi.
Nizar Tamimi, 46, arrived in Qatar after the Hashemite Kingdom refused to renew his residency and asked him to leave within 48 hours, reported the pan-Arab...
Palestinians continue to incite terrorism and violence in school curriculum, says watchdog group
A Palestinian student in fourth grade opens his math book and is asked to count the number of martyrs in Palestinian uprisings based on an accompanying photograph of raised coffins at a mass funeral....
What’s behind the Ankara-Tehran partnership?
In a video conference on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged to target Kurdish forces in joint military operations. Both countries agreed that the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)...
Gaza lockdown extended by 72 hours amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Hamas on Thursday extended the lockdown in the Gaza Strip for an additional three days, after two deaths and 26 new COVID-19 cases were recorded outside border quarantine facilities.
Earlier this week, a Hamas spokesman confirmed four...
Amnesty International and Qatari information warfare
Amnesty International recently suffered a blow, potentially as much to its reputation as to its operations, when the Tel Aviv District Court ruled to dismiss its complaint against Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group/Q Cyber...
Qatar announces bid to host the Olympic Games
Qatar announced on Monday its interest in hosting the Olympics in 2032. If it were to win the bid, it would mark the first time that a Middle Eastern country has ever held the...
What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?
Tensions have run increasingly high between the Jordanians and Saudis on one side, and the Turks and Qataris on the other over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
“Turkey’s neo-Ottominism in its foreign policy...
Lawsuit: Qatar secretly gave funding for terror attacks that killed Americans, Israelis
Qatar secretly provided funding for several terror attacks that killed Americans and Israelis, according to a lawsuit filed in New York on Wednesday seeking reparations for the families of the dead.
As part of an alleged funding...
Omar accused of working for foreign government, passing information to Iran
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was accused of working for a foreign government and passing sensitive information to Iran last month by a Canadian businessman as part of a sworn deposition.
Kuwaiti-born Alan Bender said in...