Qatar News

January 16, 2021

Saudi embassy to reopen in Qatar within days: FM

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said Riyadh will reopen its embassy in Qatar as part of a deal to normalise ties with its neighbour and end a three-year rift. The kingdom will restore full diplomatic ties with Qatar as…
January 14, 2021

Qatar releases Bahrain bodybuilder, 2 others: Manama

Qatar released three Bahrainis including a bodybuilding champion and his companion who Manama says were unlawfully seized by Doha while fishing, Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Thursday. Bahraini bodybuilding champion Sami Al-Haddad was detained on January 8 along with a…
January 11, 2021

Bahrain accuses Qatar of seizing bodybuilder on boat trip

Bahrain has accused Qatar of seizing one of the kingdom’s champion bodybuilders during a fishing trip, even as Manama normalised its relationship with its neighbour. The Gulf kingdom has repeatedly clashed with Doha over the enforcement of maritime boundaries, with…
January 11, 2021

First Qatar to Saudi flight lands after thaw

Qatar-Saudi flights resumed on Monday as the neighbours normalise ties under a landmark agreement that ended a bitter three-year rift and allows families to reunite. Saudi Arabia and its allies the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in June 2017…
January 11, 2021

First Qatar to Saudi flight takes off after thaw

Qatar-Saudi flights resumed on Monday as the neighbours normalise ties under a landmark agreement that ended a bitter three-year rift and allows families to reunite. Saudi Arabia and its allies the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in June 2017…
January 11, 2021

First Qatar to Saudi flight to take off after thaw

Air travel between Qatar and Saudi Arabia will resume on Monday, according to the countries’ airlines, a major landmark as Doha’s former rivals normalise ties under a landmark agreement. Saudi Arabia and its allies the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and…
January 10, 2021

Elated Qataris stream into Saudi after border re-opened

Qataris celebrated crossing their border with Saudi Arabia Sunday, calling the kingdom “our second country”, as Doha readied its strict coronavirus measures for Saudis to enter following a Gulf diplomatic thaw. Drivers arrived at the Salwa border crossing in Saudi…
January 8, 2021

UAE to reopen borders to Qatar from Saturday

The UAE will reopen its borders to Qatar from Saturday, its official news agency said, making it the first of several boycotting countries to do so after a more than three-year blockade. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and…
January 7, 2021

Qatar Airways says to fly over Saudi for 1st time since Gulf row

A scheduled Qatar Airways service will fly over Saudi Arabia Thursday for the first time since the Gulf crisis, which saw the kingdom close its airspace to Doha, the airline said. Saudi Arabia and its allies the United Arab Emirates,…

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