Tag: Qatar

How Do You Solve a Problem like Qatar?

Lee Smith · June 12, 2017 9:10 am

Tillerson: “Humanitarian Consequences” to Isolation of Qatar

Michael Warren · June 9, 2017 6:48 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is calling on Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to immediately ease their blockade on Qatar. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

State, Pentagon issue conflicting statements on Middle East rift’s impact on Qatar operations

Jamie McIntyre, Joel Gehrke · June 9, 2017 5:59 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for Israel, the next stop in Trump's international tour, at King Khalid International Airport, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Fake News: Brian Williams says Trump dumb on troops in Qatar

Paul Bedard · June 9, 2017 3:00 pm

Of Tribes and Terrorism

Lee Smith · June 9, 2017 6:15 am

It's possible the president didn't know the U.S. has troops stationed in Qatar. Maybe, maybe not. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Hold fire on that story about Trump supposedly not knowing American troops are stationed in Qatar

Becket Adams · June 8, 2017 9:12 pm

Turkey Approves Deploying Troops to Qatar

Christian Lingner · June 8, 2017 9:35 am

The Pentagon said in response to questions about the president's tweets that it had no interest in picking a fight with Qatar, and the president's call to the country's leader appears to be an attempt to limit the damage from Trump's comments. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump calls leader of Qatar after tweets on ‘extremism’

Melissa Quinn · June 7, 2017 6:36 pm

The Qatari government disputes a May 23 report that Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani referred to Iran as a "power that cannot be ignored," but nations that have suspended ties with the Gulf country are skeptical. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

National Security

Qatar remains steadfast to US partnership despite Trump’s Twitter attack

Daniel Chaitin · June 7, 2017 4:07 am

The Qatari government disputes a May 23 report that Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani referred to Iran as a "power that cannot be ignored," but nations that have suspended ties with the Gulf country are skeptical. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

National Security

US investigators think Qatar may have been hacked by Russians: Report

Daniel Chaitin · June 6, 2017 10:29 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's expression of support for Qatar marks another instance of his country's cozying up to traditional U.S. allies at a time of tension between the United States and some of its partners. (Sergei Savostyanov/TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Vladimir Putin supports Qatar, a US partner criticized by Trump

Joel Gehrke · June 6, 2017 9:20 pm

Qatar is one of the U.S. military's most stalwart allies, providing a sprawling, state-of-the art air base for U.S. forces. (Air Force photo)

Trump’s Qatar tweets put Pentagon in a box

Jamie McIntyre · June 6, 2017 5:24 pm