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 Quiet Qatar Plays
 Key Mideast
 Peacemaker Role 

Iconoclastic emirate  works to calm conflicts

(Newser) - Qatar has managed the amazing diplomatic feat of staying friendly with just about everybody in the Middle East, the New York Times writes. The tiny, oil-rich emirate, which somehow maintains close ties with Iran while also hosting an American airbase, is rapidly becoming the region's mediator. Its diplomats recently pulled Lebanon back from the brink of civil war and are pushing for more peace deals.  More »

More about:  Middle East diplomacy Persian Gulf Qatar al-Jazeera Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa

Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

Geography forces balancing act; gas wealth make it a player

(Newser) - The challenges of being Qatar, a peninsular nation bordering Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, could be a hint of the diplomatic discourse to come, Bloomberg reports. The emirate cannily attends to the demands of its Saudi and Iranian neighbors, and it hosts US military forces; it also has learned to use its natural-gas wealth to avoid favoring one side exclusively. More »

More about:  Iran Saudi Arabia Hezbollah natural gas Persian Gulf Qatar Al Jazeera Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber al-Thani

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