The Qatari foreign minister’s visit to China Thursday heightened the attention to Beijing’s influence in the Middle East and North Africa, in a week that also saw a welcome to his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia’s foreign minister, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al…
Government officials in Qatar say they have reviewed a list of 13 demands presented by Saudi Arabia and aligned nations earlier this week, and find them neither “reasonable nor actionable,” according to the Al Jazeera network. Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani, Qatar’s communications director, mirrored the precise language used…
The Government of Eritrea issued a statement Saturday that acknowledges Qatar’s decision to remove peacekeeping troops from the region, a move that has led to escalating tensions along its border with Djibouti, but suggests it has no information about why. Asmara’s statement said that the small, historically repressive Horn of…
The nation of Chad has recalled its ambassador from Qatar, the latest African nation to distance itself from the small Arabian Gulf state following Bahrain’s severing of ties with Qatar over terrorism. Chad’s foreign ministry confirmed its decision in a statement Thursday, according to Reuters. Bahrain, immediately followed by Saudi…