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Former MK Who Aided Hezbollah to Head New Qatar Channel (05/05/2014, IsraelNationalNews.com)

Azmi Bishara, who fled Israel after revealing information to Hezbollah, will head an « anti-Muslim Brotherhood » Qatari network. A former Member of Knesset who was forced to flee Israel after it was revealed that he revealed sensitive security details to Hezbollah … Lire la suite

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« Game of Thrones » à Riyad (15/04/2014, ORIENT XXI)

Pour la première fois de l’histoire de l’Arabie saoudite, le roi a décidé de façon formelle qui sera l’héritier de son successeur. En nommant vice-prince héritier le plus jeune des fils vivants du fondateur du royaume, il accélère le passage … Lire la suite

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Egypt Withdraws Ambassador From Qatar (NYT, 06/03/2014)

Egypt on Thursday became the fourth Arab state in two days to pull its ambassador from Qatar over its support for Islamists around the region, including the deposed Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, and his supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood. After … Lire la suite

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L’Arabie, les Emirats et Bahreïn rappellent leurs ambassadeurs au Qatar (5 mars 2014, Romandie)

L’Arabie saoudite, les Emirats arabes unis et Bahreïn ont décidé mercredi de rappeler leurs ambassadeurs au Qatar, reprochant à Doha ses ingérences dans les affaires de ses voisins, un geste sans précédent dans les relations entre pays arabes du Golfe. … Lire la suite

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Increase of IDPs number in Lattakia and Tartus (28/12/2013)

تزايد أعداد النازحين من حلب تجاه الساحل السوري يشكل خطر على الطائفة العلوية http://t.co/2OMPEUOEZu — الثورة اليتيمة (@syria_omar) 28 Décembre 2013

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Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar by Justin Gengler | December 7, 2013 Merip Report.

In late June 2013, as neighboring Ara states continued their struggles against popular pressure for political reform or regime change, the Gulf emirate of Qatar undertook its own, voluntary transfer of power. Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, patriarch of … Lire la suite

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The Saudi Leadership Crisis (Al Monitor, 04/11/2013)

On his visit to Riyadh, John Kerry, the US secretary of state, will encounter a strategic partner that has become too bewildered by the changing Arab world. A chorus of important princely Saudi voices have already been heard before the … Lire la suite

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Qatar recovers websites from pro-Assad Syria hackers (France 24, 21/10/2013)

Qatari authorities have restored several government websites attacked by hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army, who support President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, local media reported Sunday. Qatar’s Supreme Council of Information and Technology (ictQatar) said in a statement carried by local … Lire la suite

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Saudi Arabia Shifts to More Activist Foreign Policy doctrine (al Monitor, 17/10/2013)

RIYADH — Something quite significant, yet little reported, occurred at the annual UN General Assembly in September. The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, had been scheduled to address the assembly on Oct. 7, but on short notice he announced … Lire la suite

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No possible change seen in Saudi succession line (Joseh Kechichian, 20/04/2013)

The Saudi monarch’s decision to replace the veteran deputy defence minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan with Prince Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman did not indicate a possible change in the line of succession. That mechanism was more … Lire la suite

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