Arab state demands of Qatar:

- Shut down Al-Jazeera
- Closing Turkish base
- Handing extremists
- Reducing diplomatic relations with Iran

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 23, 2017

QATAR: Doha says problems with Gulf States have no impact on preparation for 2022 World Cup

QATAR: Doha says problems with Gulf States have no impact on preparation for 2022 World Cuo

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 15, 2017

BREAKING: Turkey has sent a military delegation to Qatar to prepare for troop deployment

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 13, 2017

#UPDATE Turkey's Erdogan slams 'inhumane, un-Islamic' isolation of Qatar https://t.co/YgPU4GC5QF #Erdogan #Qatar pic.twitter.com/ad6M95yFLl

— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 13, 2017

Qatar Says "We Will Never Surrender", Welcomes Turkish Troops As Iran Offers Food, Ports

Qatar suggests that the small nation, which may or may not be preparing for military action, is happy to welcome the Turkish troops that will be arriving soon as reported yesterday, with its foreign minister stating that "we are not ready to surrender and will never compromise the independence of our foreign policy." .... http://www.zerohedge.com

BREAKING: Qatar's foreign minister says Turkish soldiers being deployed to Doha are there to help guarantee regional security

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) June 8, 2017

Arab States Said to Be Compiling List of Demands for Qatar: WSJ

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 7, 2017

#BREAKING Trump agrees to possible White House meeting with Qatar emir

— AFP news agency (@AFP) June 7, 2017

BREAKING: Saudi Foreign Minister says it is "with great pain" his country took measures against Qatar, crisis goes back years.

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 7, 2017

Erdogan backs Qatar in dispute with Arab neighbours

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended Qatar after several countries severed diplomatic ties, saying he personally would have intervened if accusations that the tiny Gulf emirate supports "terrorism" were true.

Erdogan stood to defend Qatar on Tuesday, saying he intends to "develop" ties with the embattled Gulf state hit by sanctions from Saudi Arabia and its allies.

"Let me say at the outset that we do not think the sanctions against Qatar are good," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara .... http://www.aljazeera.com

Forget Terrorism: The Real Reason Behind The Qatar Crisis Is Natural Gas

According to the official narrative, the reason for the latest Gulf crisis in which a coalition of Saudi-led states cut off diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar, is because - to everyone's "stunned amazement" - Qatar was funding terrorists, and after Trump's recent visit to Saudi Arabia in which he urged a crackdown on financial support of terrorism, and also following the FT's report that Qatar has directly provided $1 billion in funding to Iran and al-Qaeda spinoffs, Saudi Arabia finally had had enough of its "rogue" neighbor, which in recent years had made ideologically unacceptable overtures toward both Shia Iran and Russia .... http://www.zerohedge.com

Saudi Arabia Shuts Local Al Jazeera Office For "Promoting Plots Of Terrorist Groups"

Shortly after Saudi Arabia announced it had cut ties with Qatar over Doha's alleged support for Islamists and Iran, on Monday the kingdom said it had also shut the local office of Al Jazeera, Qatar's influential satellite channel, and had revokved its license. Riyadh views Al Jazeera as critical of its government, but the outlet says it is an independent news service giving a voice to everyone in the region. The move was announced by state television .... http://www.zerohedge.com

Qatar gifts Bill Clinton $1,000,000 for his birthday. Arms flow increases 1,482%

Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States' oil-rich ally in the Middle East.

Israeli officials were agitated, reportedly complaining to the Obama administration that this substantial enhancement to Saudi air power risked disrupting the region's fragile balance of power. The deal appeared to collide with the State Department’s documented concernsabout the repressive policies of the Saudi royal family.

But now, in late 2011, Hillary Clinton’s State Department was formally clearing the sale, asserting that it was in the national interest .... http://www.ibtimes.com

WikiLeaks: Qatar Gave Clinton Foundation A Million Dollar Check For Bill’s Birthday

New emails released by WikiLeaks in connection with its dump of John Podesta’s email server indicate that Qatar, an Islamist state in the Persian gulf, gave former President Bill Clinton a check for $1 million for his birthday.

The email indicates foundation officials also met with representatives from Brazil, Peru, Malawi and Rwanda to discuss donations and philanthropic strategies for the Foundation .... http://dailycaller.com

Qatar National Bank: Database leak gives data on al-Jazeera journalists and British 'spies'

A 1.4GB trove of internal documents, files and sensitive financial data purporting to be from the Qatar National Bank (QNB) has been leaked online.

The massive data dump appears to contain hundreds of thousands of records including customer transaction logs, personal identification numbers and credit card data. Additionally, dozens of separate folders consist of information on everything from Al Jazeera journalists to what appears to be the Al-Thani Qatar Royal Family.

However, it is a folder listed as "SPY, Intelligence" that quickly catches the eye. Upon analysis, it contains a slew of records listed as Ministry of Defence, MI6 (the UK foreign intelligence service) and Qatar's State Security Bureau, also known as "Mukhabarat".

The MI6 file, which sits alongside similar documents reportedly from Polish and French intelligence, opens up an in-depth report on an alleged agent. This includes names of close relations, phone numbers, social media accounts and credit card data .... http://www.ibtimes.co.uk

No oil production freeze agreement after talks break down in Qatar

No deal has been reached in Doha after twelve hours of marathon oil talks. The world's major oil players were trying to negotiate a production freeze in a bid to halt tumbling prices .... https://www.youtube.com