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How Qatar lost The Middle East

 "The good times are over," a Doha-based diplomat told me glumly last week, as if foretelling the political earthquake about to hit Qatar. On March 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain announced in a joint statement that they were withdrawing their ambassadors...

U.S. restricts movements of Syria's U.N. envoy Ja'afari

 The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it has ordered Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari to remain within a 25-mile (40-km) radius of New York City, similar to restrictions that apply to Iranian and North Korean envoys. A pro-opposition Syrian-American group,...

Israel intercepts 'Iranian weapons shipment' to Gaza

 Israel said it intercepted a ship Wednesday carrying an Iranian shipment of advanced rockets bound for Palestinian militants, claiming it proved Tehran could not be trusted in international nuclear talks. The announcement came hours after Israel said it struck two Hezbollah...