Mohammed Alyahya

Atlantic Council

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Saudi political analyst Mohammed Alyahya is a non-resident fellow at the US-based Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East.

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Qatar is a small branch of the Arabian Peninsula. Oil has made its few hundred thousand citizens wealthy, and the US uses its airbase to launch airstrikes against ISIS.

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Qatar is a small branch of the Arabian Peninsula. Oil has made its few hundred thousand citizens wealthy, and the US uses its airbase to launch airstrikes against ISIS.

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