Qatar Dresscode Explained: What Should I Wear in Doha, Qatar? Although not as conservative as some countries in the Middle East region, Qatar is an Islamic country, and there are dress standards that tourists are expected to observe. If you are worried about what to wear in Qatar as a wo...
Other areas where Hamas operates are the Middle Eastern capitals of Doha, Qatar and Cairo, Egypt, as well as Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, according to the center. Is Hamas Palestinian? Yes. The group formed in 1987 as the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist poli...
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Qatar is the richest state per capita in the world, thanks to its reserves of oil and natural gas. This wealth has allowed the government—especially in the past two decades—to heavily invest in everything from art to medical research and education, with the nation achieving a 94 percent ...
Qatar is a nation about the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut which juts out like a thumb on the Arabian Peninsula into the Persian Gulf. It has the highest per-capita income in the world due to its natural gas reserves, the third-largest on the planet after Russia and Iran. Jus...
Speaking at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza, Sanchez said the time has come for the international community and the European Union to recognize the State of Palestine, and warned that if it did not, Spain might do so on its own. ...
The Trump administration's core goal has always been clear: Make good on the president's promise to pull American troops out of the longest war the United States has ever fought. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Doha, Qatar, for the official start of the talks on Saturday, whe...
The Lusail Iconic Stadium just outside Doha is slated to host the opening and closing matches of the 2022 World Cup. It's also at the center of the Lusail City project which will eventually be home to more than 200,000 people, according to Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legac...
“Qatar is quite important for Hamas,” said H.A. Hellyer, a senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council. “Qatar provides strong financial aid to the occupied Palestinian territories and is a safe haven for a number of Hamas leaders.” The recent crisis in the Persian Gulf region i...
While the group is on the defensive and has been largely forced underground in Gaza, it continues to fight Israeli forces in the enclave and to exert political influence. Bassem Naim, a Qatar-based member of the group’s political bureau, said in a statement that Israel had killed ...