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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
In January 2022, Qatar was nominated as a Major Non-NATO Ally by the United States in recognition of Doha’s key security role for Washington. Soon afterwards, the European Union imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This led to renewed interest among European countries in Qatar’s natural gas. “The discontentment in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi about Qatar’s growing assertiveness led to a crisis in 2014 that was somehow a prelude to the 2017 rift” The future looked far less promising for Qatar five years ago. On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Ba…