The Qatari foreign minister on Thursday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s decision to reopen the two countries’ border to Muslim pilgrims, while lashing out at Riyadh’s “politicization” of religious freedoms. “Regardless of the manner in which Qataris were banned from the pilgrimage, which was politicized, and the manner in which they were ...
Qatar will now allow nationals from 80 countries to enter without a visa, the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) announced Wednesday. “With this decision, Qatar hopes to bring fresh diversity to the tourism sector,” Hassan al-Ibrahimi, the QTA’s chief development officer, said at a news conference in Doha. “Countries that will ...