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Qatar

Under scrutiny. Former UN official Jamal Benomar. (AP)

The strange case of UN envoy turned-Qatar lobbyist

Qatar

Troubling entente. Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Doha, last November. (Reuters)

Qatari ties to Iran, Turkey undermine regional security

Yemen conflict

Cost of war. Yemenis clear the rubble of houses in the UNESCO-listed heritage site in the old city of Sana’a. (AFP)

Rebuilding Yemen requires consolidating the state

Mohammed al-Maytami

Saudi Arabia

Creating synergies. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (C) and Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Hadrami (R) arrive to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of countries from seven Arab and African states surrounding the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, December 12. (AFP)

Riyadh makes ambitious push for new Red Sea bloc

Gulf

Flames are seen at the production facility of Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield. (Reuters)

Gulf must brace for long-term low oil price, say experts

GCC

The Emir of Kuwait said in his speech: "Perhaps the most serious among the challenges we are facing is the dispute that has plagued our Gulf entity and its continuation."

Qatar turns deaf ears to GCC calls

GCC

Instead Qatar will be represented by the minister of state for foreign affairs, Sultan al-Muraikhi, it said.

Qatari emir to skip Saudi-hosted GCC summit

Yemen

Uncertain future. A Yemeni boy looks on from a roof in the old city of Sana’a. (AFP)

Yemen should not become another failed state

Abdullah al-Junaid -67310

Qatar

Political manoeuvre. Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad al-Kaabi speaks prior to the start of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, December 6. (AP)

Qatar isolates itself amid intra-Gulf tensions