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  2. Foreign relations of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    The onset of the Arab Spring in January 2011 complicated Qatar's ability to mediate having forced Gulf leaders to side with revolutionaries or the longstanding autocratic regimes. Sheikh Hamad stated in that Qatar would support the uprisings, a position that clashed with neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates .

  3. Politics of Qatar - Wikipedia

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    Sharia law is a main source of Qatari legislation according to Qatar's constitution. [4] [5] Sharia, derived from the Arabic term meaning 'the path to follow,' supposedly constitutes a divine revelation conveyed by God to the Prophet Muhammad, the eminent figure in the establishment of Islam, during the year AD 570.

  4. Qatar as a mediator in conflict - Wikipedia

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    Until the 1990s, Qatar was perceived internationally to be under Saudi Arabia's influence. The country's leadership, under the guidance of then-Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and his successor, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, recognized that mediation could serve as a tool for enhancing its international standing and influence.

  5. Exclusive-Qatar opens contacts with Syria's HTS group ... - AOL

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    Qatar's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters requests for comment about the contacts with HTS, a group formerly allied with Al Qaeda and which is designated a terrorist ...

  6. Qatari support for Hamas - Wikipedia

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    Qatar then began regularly handing out political, material, humanitarian, and charitable support for Hamas. [13] In 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama personally requested that Qatar, one of the U.S.'s most important Arab allies, provide a base for the Hamas leadership. At the time, the U.S. were seeking to establish communications with Hamas ...

  7. Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration to ease rift with Qatar - AOL

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    AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Gulf Arab leaders signed a declaration Tuesday to ease a rift with Qatar, following Saudi Arabia’s decision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of the tiny energy-rich ...

  8. Qatar–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    Over 1,000 Qatari students study in the United States. [22] Six U.S. universities have branch campuses in Qatar's Education City complex. There are Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUQ), Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q), Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ), Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), Georgetown University School of Foreign ...

  9. Qatar's rocky relationship with U.S. swings in a favorable ...

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