Press TV- The Turkish and Qatari militarieshave wrapped upa joint exercise, flaunting the two sides alliance in the face of a Saudi-led onslaught targeting Doha. The maneuvers that began on Sundaywere aimed at preparing Qatar's Armed Forces to defend "vital economic, strategic, and infrastructure facilities," state-owned Qatari newspaper al-...

Sputnik News- The Saudi-led bloc of Arab states which also includes Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, has announced that negotiations with Qatar have broken down because of Doha's failure to meet their demands. As a result, the four states have withdrawn their list of demands and have announced their intention to punish Qatar. The four ...

Sputnik News- Commenting on the recent developments in the Persian Gulf and the remarks of Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa towards Qatar, Turkish security expert Abdullah Agar explained to Sputnik that these are clear attempts of the West to pit the countries in the region against each other, which could provoke a new ...

American Herald Tribune | Thomas C. Mountain: Saudi Arabia, with the bellicose support of President Trump, haslaunched a diplomatic and partial economic offensive against theridiculously small state of Qatar and is dragging its allies, theUnited Arab Emirates in particular, into a potential major headache. You see the de facto capital of the Emirates ...

Financial Tribune- An Iranian union of chicken farmers said it has received requests from Qatar to import chicken eggs over a possible food shortage there after Saudi Arabia and its allies cut ties with Doha. Mihan Central Union of Producers of Egg-Laying Hensthe sole Iranian union in the sectortold Financial Tribune it has received several requests ...

Press TV- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will continue to support Qatar in a dispute between Doha and several other Arab countries. We will not abandon our Qatari brothers, Erdogan said at the Turkish parliament on Friday, state Anadolu news agency reported. On Monday, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...

Press TV- Qatar rejects allegations of supporting terrorism after the Saudi regime and its allies blacklisted dozens of individuals and entities allegedly associated with Doha in yet another attempt to pressure the Persian Gulf state, with which they have cut all ties. The recent joint statement issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,...

Press TV- The four Arab states which recently severed relations with Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism have added the names of dozens of people and entities with alleged links to Qatar to a list of terrorists. On Friday, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain issued a statement that lists 59 people and 12 entities ...

The Guardian- Move targeting kingdoms major broadcaster comes amid diplomatic standoff with fellow Arab states Pan-Arab satellite network al-Jazeera is fighting a large-scale cyber-attack but remained fully operational, a company source said on Thursday. There were attempts made on the cybersecurity of al-Jazeera but we are combatting them, said ...

Iranian Diplomacy- A clan of Arab states started their workweek by severing ties with a member of their own. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of support for Islamist militants and Iran, Reuters reported. Yemen, Libya's eastern-based government and the Maldives joined later. Transport ...

American Herald Tribune | Saurav Dutt: What makes Qatar distinctive other than its relatively small size within the Persian Gulf, is that it floats on large reserves of natural gas. The small peninsular nation now finds itself ostracised in a concerted move by its Middle East neighbours, with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen rounding ...

Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The crisis involving Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatar has caught the attention of Iranian media, with many outlets considering the crisis an opportunity for Iran's struggling economy while also warning the government not to take any sides in the "war among sheikhs." The first reaction in Iran came from President ...

Reuters- Qatar is in talks with Iran and Turkey to secure food and water supplies amid concerns of possible shortages two days after its biggest suppliers, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, cut trade and diplomatic ties with the import-dependent country. "We are in talks with Turkey and Iran and other countries," said the official, who ...

Bloomberg | Ladane Nasseri: The Saudi-led rupture with Qatar is backfiring where Iran is concerned -- at least for now. If the severing of ties was intended to force the Gulf nation back into Saudi Arabias fold and further isolate its key rival, Shiite Iran, then the opposite is happening. Qatar responded to the blockade by Saudi Arabia, the United ...

The Washington Post |Ishaan Tharoor: The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are in the gripsof an unprecedented regional crisis. In Monday's early hours, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt released coordinated statements, announcing a diplomatic breakwith the tiny-yet-wealthy peninsular nation of Qatar. They cut air, sea and land ...

Reuters- World stocks fell while safe-haven gold and German government bonds were in demand on Tuesday as tension in the Middle East, an election in Britain and upcoming testimony from the former head of the FBI pushed investors away from risky assets. European stocks fell early on Tuesday after leading Arab powers cut ties with Qatar the previous ...

FNA- Head of Iran's Exports Confederation Mohammad Lahouti underlined that the cut in Doha's relations with Saudi Arabia has provided Iran with a unique opportunity for investment in the Arab country. "Favorable moment will not be everlasting because disputes might be resolved in the near future hence there is a need to quickly seize the golden ...

Tasnim An Iranian civil aviation official said Qatari aircraft bound for Europe or Africa can fly over Irans territory as of Tuesday, after four regional Arab states decided to suspend diplomatic ties with the Doha government and suspend air transport with Qatar. An official at Irans Airports Company said on Tuesday morning that Qatari airlines,...

AP -- The Latest on the Gulf crisis after Saudi Arabia and other nations cut ties to Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Turkey's prime minister says his country will press ahead with efforts to try and end a standoff between Qatar and its Arab neighbors through dialogue. In a speech to his ruling party's legislators ...

Sputnik News- Commenting on the diplomatic row in the Middle East, where seven countries have severed their diplomatic ties with Qatar, Russian political analysts suggested that Doha could stop providing financial support to Sunni radicals in Syria, but this is still a far cry from any rapprochement with Russia, despite its much criticized closer ties ...