The issue of terrorist financing has been at the heart of the Gulf crisis since late June 5th. In the eye of the storm, Qatar has been criticized in recent years for its benevolent policy towards radical Sunni groups, including Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. What exactly are these accusations based on? To clarify things, Qatar Observatory offers this analysis, initially published on the orientxxi website, by providing precise answers to this crucial issue in international relations.

Since the series of attacks that hit several Western countries from January 2015, many analysts and politicians have felt obliged to attribute the proliferation of jihadist-inspired terrorism to Qatar. Although regularly placed on the list of suspects, Saudi Arabia has taken over this story to justify the ground and air embargo and the multiple sanctions against his little neighbor.

Qatar Embassy in Paris has just launched its Twitter account, which is assuredly the first step in a strategy to develop the public communication of the emirate in France.

Installed since 2005 in Landolfo-Carcano Hotel in Place de l'Etoile, Qatar Embassy in Paris had not yet taken the plunge of a presence on social networks. More generally accustomed to a discreet communication based on dynamic networks of diplomatic or economic cooperation, the diplomatic mission of the emirate now seems to want to add a new element to its public relations machinery. No doubt that this impulse comes from the reflections of the ambassador, Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad al-Thani stationed in the capital since November 2014, who has by the way recently stepped up meetings with French officials.