Above photo: An announcement on the FIFA website is displayed in this illustration taken, February 28, 2022. Reuters. Since early last Thursday, in what has seemingly finally brought an end to the two-year long COVID-19 corporate media narrative, a Russian military intervention in neighbouring Ukraine, launched in response to almost nine years of NATO provocations following Kiev coming under the rule of the successive pro-Western governments of Petro Poroshenko and Voldymyr Zelensky since the 2014 Euromaidan colour revolution, has dominated media headlines worldwide –with Moscow coming in for levels of global condemnation not seen since the Cold War. US President Joe […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010111080736706-israel-will-oppose-any-us-sale-of-f-35s-to-qatar-cabinet-minister-says/ On Thursday, Reuters learned from three anonymous sources that Qatar had “in recent weeks” filed a request to the United States for the purchase of the stealth multirole fighter jets. Any potential US deal with Qatar on the acquisition of F-35 military planes will be rejected by Israel, the country’s intelligence minister Eli Cohen said Sunday as quoted by Reuters. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
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Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, 2157 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515 RE: “Intra -Afghan Talks” in Qatar Are “Intra-war lords/war profiteers intelligence agents and the aforementioned groups’ offspring Talks”. Dear Representative Lynch: Pursuant to the agreement executed on February 29, 2020 by the United States and the Taliban, a key requisite was an “Intra -Afghan” meeting for peace. However, the meeting presently being held in Qatar is not an “Intra-Afghan” meeting. Conversely, it appears that these talks are dominated by documented war criminals, war profiteer intelligence agents and the aforementioned group’s offspring. Once again, […]
DOHA (Sputnik) – Intra-Afghan negotiations to reach peace between the Kabul administration and the Taliban movement started in Qatar’s Doha on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. Both sides have sent delegations of more than 20 people to participate in talks. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, who leads the government’s delegation, has said that the country intends to end the decades-long war and reach “an agreement on long-lasting peace”. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the sides to strike the deal, adding that the country should protect the rights of all Afghans. “We will […]
Hamas, Israel agree to end weeks-long escalation of violence along Gaza fence …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Qatar breaches the void between David and Goliath to stop the exchanges of Gaza’s fire balloons with the IDF’s bombing attacks, where the arithmetic does not work out for Hamas very well. Let’s cross our fingers that it holds. Badly needed supplies are flowing in, beginng with fuel, and to be followed by coronavirus assistance, of which Gazans have gotten very little, while Israel struggles with its own Covid problems including the recent strike from the public testing facilities. It seems they were […]
Routinely mocked over the quality of the French league, PSG have finally announced themselves on the Champions League stage this year. Can their revitalized team spirit and resolve help them to an unlikely victory in the final? The day after PSG’s 2-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in February, French daily newspaper L’Equipe awarded both Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, the club’s strike duo bought for a combined total of around $513 million, a derisive four out of ten for their performances. Both superstars had been comprehensively outshone by Erling Haaland, the then-19-year-old scorer of two goals in eight second-half minutes either side […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106686/47/1066864770_0:161:3069:1887_1200x675_80_0_0_15bdc0370f0139771f690cfb88df7b76.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008211080232982-qatar-expresses-support-for-palestine-amid-israeli-uae-peace-agreement/ DOHA (Sputnik) – Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has held a phone conversation with Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Dr. Saeb Erakat, during which the minister expressed support for Palestine amid the Israeli-UAE peace agreement. “In the context of the Palestinian cause, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed the State of Qatar’s firm position in supporting the rights of the brotherly Palestinian people and adhering to international legitimacy and relevant Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080222487_0:0:2166:1219_1200x675_80_0_0_f47b597353e0da86ec7ae8bc14b04fa9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202008201080222473-qatar-calls-to-ensure-security-of-politicians-detained-in-mali/ DOHA (Sputnik) – Qatar’s Foreign Ministry expressed serious concern over the situation in Mali, where a military coup took place on Tuesday and called to ensure the security of detained government officials, according to the ministry’s statement. “The state of Qatar expresses serious concern about the recent events in the Republic of Mali”, the ministry said. Qatar “stresses the need to ensure the sovereignty of state institutions and compliance with the law, as well as the security of government officials currently in custody”, it added. On Tuesday, a group of Malian officers, reportedly led […]
_________FARSIran Releases Aerial Images Captured by IRGC Nour-1 Satellite of US “Al Udeid Base” in Qatar TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force on Wednesday released images of al-Udeid base in Qatar, which hosts thousands of US forces, taken by Iran’s newly-launched satellite, Nour-1. The images taken through mosaicking method by Nour-1 Satellite, which was launched successfully on April 22, are high resolution and show the US biggest airbase in the Middle-East in Qatar which hosts nearly 13,000 American forces. The IRGC Nour-1 satellite images from US Al-Udeid Airbase come in the backdrop of the allegations made by […]
If you want a hot take about the Middle East, Raphael Badani is your man. As a Newsmax “Insider” columnist, he has thoughts about how Iraq needs to rid itself of Iranian influence to attract investment and why Dubai is an oasis of stability in a turbulent region. His career as a “geopolitical risk consultant and interactive simulation designer” and an “international relations senior analyst” for the Department of Labor have given him plenty of insights about the Middle East. He’s printed those insights at a range of conservative outlets like the Washington Examiner, RealClear Markets, American Thinker, and The National […]
Former high-dollar Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy has long maintained that the Qatari government was behind the hacking of his emails and their distribution to the press. Now, he’s implicating a former senior aide to Jared Kushner, who Broidy says advised a firm that helped orchestrate the hacking campaign while serving in the White House. Broidy’s new allegation is buried in a 112-page legal filing submitted in a federal court in New York last week, where his legal team is suing the firm Global Risk Advisors over what Broidy, a prominent Qatar critic, describes as the firm’s central role in Doha’s efforts […]
During the global financial crisis in 2008 Barclays Bank went cap in hand to a number of big investors in the Middle East in a bid to stave off bankruptcy or nationalisation. But now City of London tycoon Amanda Staveley is suing Barclays over the deal she arranged with Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi. A British financier who is suing Barclays for £1.5 billion in damages has told a High Court hearing in London she believed the bank had given a £66 million fee to Qatar for introducing them to Libya’s ruler, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Amanda Staveley, 47, and her company, […]
A short video from the U.S. aerospace giant Boeing demonstrates how the F-15QA fighter jet is painted in its custom livery. “The most advanced F-15 fighter jet ever built, this aircraft – and the paint scheme – were specifically designed for Qatar Emiri Air Force,” the company said on Twitter. Posted on the Boeing Twitter page, the timelapse video shows the painting process of F-15QA fighter special Qatar Emiri Air Force livery. – Advertisement – The F-15QA brings to its operators next-generation technologies such as fly-by-wire flight controls, digital cockpit; modernized sensors, radar, and electronic warfare capabilities; and the world’s fastest mission computer. Increases […]