Qatar Crisis: Arab Countries Vow New Sanctions Against ‘Hostile’ Doha

Qatar Crisis: Arab Countries Vow New Sanctions Against ‘Hostile’ Doha

The four Arab countries leading the boycott against Qatar say that Doha’s refusal to accept their demands proves it has links to terrorist groups. They have vowed to take fresh “political, economic, and legal measures” against the country. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain issued their remarks in a joint statement…

The Qatar Crisis Spreads to Africa

The Qatar Crisis Spreads to Africa

The explosion of contradictions between Qatar and Turkey on the one hand, and Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and their satellites on the other, is reflected in the military-political situation not only on the Arabian Peninsula, in Syria and Libya, but throughout Eastern Africa, associated with the crisis participants’ complicated system of relations. Despite their…

Pakistan Army to the GCC: No Longer Your Gun for Hire

Pakistan Army to the GCC: No Longer Your Gun for Hire

Less than a year into his role, Pakistan’s new army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, sets a fresh course for the country’s defence diplomacy in the Middle East. News that Pakistan chief of army staff General Raheel Sharif was taking over the newly formed, Saudi-instigated, Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT) – nicknamed the…