What’s the reason behind recent media attacks against Qatar? – Inside Story

Qatar‘s official news agency was hacked last week and fake remarks critical of USforeign policy were posted on its website, wrongly attributed to Qatar‘s leader.

Now, a series of emails belonging to the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the US have been leaked.

They reveal close coordination between the diplomat and a pro-Israeli think-tank in Washington DC.

The emails also show how ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) lobbied in the US against Qatar and Kuwait.

How will this impact US policy in the Gulf?

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra

Guests:

Saad Djebbar – international lawyer

Ian Black – visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at London School of Economics and a former Middle East editor for The Guardian newspaper

Mohammed Cherkaoui – professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University

Source: Al Jazeera News