Qatari dissent claims Doha recruits youth to become terrorists

CAIRO - 30 June 2017: The Qatari regime recruits African, Asian, and Arab youth to join terrorist organizations to attack Arab countries, Mona Al Sulaiti, a Qatari opposition figure, claimed on Friday.

Al Sulaiti, a sister of Qatari Communications Minister Jassim Al Sulaiti, told at Sky News Arabia that “Iran has unlimited power inside the Qatari government; many influential figures inside the Qatari government are loyal to Iran.”

Al Sulaiti added that “the Persian dominance is increasing in the Gulf; Qatar’s relation with Iran is even stronger than its relation with Turkey.”

On June 5, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Egypt cut ties to Qatar. On June 23, Doha was given an ultimatum of 10 days to respond to a list of 13 demands to the Qatari government, including closing Al Jazeera television, reducing ties with Iran and closing of a Turkish military base in Qatar, Qatar is accused of supporting terrorism in the region, but Turkey has backed Doha in the row.