President @realDonaldTrump should pick up the phone — or get on @Twitter — and tell #Qatari Emir @TamimBinHamad that the #US won't use expanded base facilities in Qatar and will consider relocating the U.S. military out of #Qatar entirely.
#Qatar's intent in constructing new facilities at #AlUdeid is about locking the U.S. into a long-term formal military presence in that nation.
It's all part of #Qatar's patronage policy of buying Western military equipment and thus buying Western political acquiescence to Qatar's broader foreign policy.
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Very young and passionate | condolences to their families and friends @TOLOnews
Samim Faramarz, a passionate journalist for @TOLOnews, was killed in #Kabul yesterday while covering an earlier suicide bombing at a wrestling stadium in largely #Shiite Hazara area, Dasht-e Barchi. Here Samim taking a photo with school girls in Herat, in July via @andrewquilty
“#Emirates can confirm that all passengers have disembarked from flight #EK203. All passengers were screened by the local health authorities prior to disembarkation and 3 passengers and 7 crew were transferred to the hospital for further medical care and evaluation. “ 1/5
“Nine passengers underwent additional medical screening at the site near the aircraft and were released afterwards. The rest of the passengers were allowed to leave and clear customs.” 2/5
JUST IN: @Twitter CEO @Jack Dorsey says in prepared testimony to Congress: ' #Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions'.
He is due to appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday 5th Sept 2018. @CNBCnow
#Qeshm Fars Air, an Iranian civil aviation company, is suspected of smuggling arms into #Lebanon, destined for the militant group #Hezbollah and #Iranian weapons factories.
On July 9, involved a #Boeing 747 that departed from an air force base in #Tehran, stopped for a short layover at the international airport in #Damascus, #Syria,
The U.S. #taxpayer contributed $364 million in 2017, about one-third of the total #UNRWA budget, almost triple the #EU contribution and by far the most from any single UNRWA donor.