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Quixotic Qatar

The Qatar crisis is no surprise for those who follow the Middle East closely and know enough about this small country's curious rise as a regional player. Many observers of Mideast politics have defined the process of the rise and fall as Qatar as a story of its failed ambitions, but the politics of Qatar is more complex.

Greek Foreign Minister Kotzias’s interview includes some really interesting revelations

The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias gave an interview on Alpha Radio, and he said some really interesting things:

M. NIKOLTSIOU: Minister, good morning and thank you for being with us.

N. KOTZIAS: Good morning from Kozani. I hope yours is a beautiful Saturday.

Who is the 'common enemy?'

Two agreements on the establishment of a military base in Qatar and the training of the Qatari gendarmerie by Turkey have been moved forward on the agenda of the general assembly in parliament. This move was done upon a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group proposal. It was ratified at the speed of lightning and is now in force. 

Qatar rebuffs terrorism list as Gulf crisis grows

The diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Gulf states escalated further on June 9 as Doha dismissed as "baseless" a terrorist blacklist drawn up by Saudi Arabia and its allies.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain - which accuse Qatar of supporting Islamist extremist groups - released the list of 59 people and entities linked to "terrorism."

Those who do these to Qatar would do anything to us

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir has said even though they did not want to hurt Qatar, they had to take these measures. He also declared what Qatar needs to do. What is asked from Qatar is to stop supporting Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, whom they regard as "terror organizations." 

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