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Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar (Image: Alamy Live News)

Time to stop the nice words about Qatar

David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad, announced...

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (image: Shutterstock/Anas-Mohammed)

Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the shell game in Gaza

Israel is now in the midst of its...

Parade Of IRGC Tank Transporters

Iran’s ongoing strategic success across a mercurial Middle East

The recent meeting in Syria between the Saudi...

Qatar’s divisive and politicised World Cup

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Qatar has cracked down on all political expression at the World Cup, as well as displays of flags not belonging to participating teams – with one exception. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations and Palestinian flags are welcome (Image: Twitter)

“Palestine” as World Cup distraction?

Over the first week of December, there were...

Qatar has spent vast sums of money on the World Cup, and not surprisingly, is determined to use the tournament to launder a national image tarnished by human rights abuses, intolerance and growing extremism (Image: Alamy)

Soccered in?

Inside Qatar’s politicised world cup DOHA, Qatar...

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The World Cup and Qatar’s Hypocrisy

“Football unites the world,” declares the website of...

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The politics of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar

11/22 #03 The FIFA World Cup kicked...

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A scandalous World Cup

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Scribblings: A scandalous World Cup

Scandalously, the FIFA World Cup will kick off...

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani: While Qatar may be a nominal US ally, when it comes to terrorism, it is very much part of the problem (Source: Flickr)

To fight terror, confront its abettors

The Biden Administration has been making a significant...

Osama Bin Laden interviewed on Al Jazeera, October 2001 (credit: Maher Attar/Sygma/Corbis via Globovisión)

Al Jazeera, Qatar and the Taliban

When Taliban insurgents seized the presidential palace in...