How Qatar became a key world player and fed the Hamas beast
Qatar has used its wealth to buy friends on every side of every conflict. This has helped it give money to fund Hamas.
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Qatar has used its wealth to buy friends on every side of every conflict. This has helped it give money to fund Hamas.
For the people of Qatar, there is still something for them to look forward too this year, and it's the Qatar National Day.
December 18 marks the ascension of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, the founder of modern Qatar, who succeeded his father, Mohammed bin Thani, as the ruler of the Qatari Peninsula on December 18, 1878.
The global energy market has been extremely unstable over the past year. The warmer-than-average winter in Europe this year helped to escape a gas crisis, but the outlook for the coming winter is uncertain as instabilities linger.
The tiny nation is the first Middle Eastern country to host the world’s biggest soccer tournament.