July 3, 2017 | The Arab Weekly
Pressure on Qatar mounts as diplomacy stalls and football scandal bubbles up
Four weeks after several Gulf countries isolated Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism, the government in Doha has come under mounting pressure.
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The new allegations in the FIFA report could spell trouble for Qatar’s ambitions, said David Weinberg of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think-tank in Washington. “This episode is sure to represent yet another headache for the Qataris, threatening their efforts at legitimacy and soft power,” Weinberg said via e-mail. “There is a chance it might even imperil their plans to host the 2022 event.”
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