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Qatar–Turkey Pipeline
The Qatar–Turkey pipeline was a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline from the Iranian–Qatari South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field towards Turkey, where it could connect with the Nabucco pipeline to supply European customers as well as Turkey. One route to Turkey was via Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria,Nafeez Ahmed, ''The Guardian'', 30 August 2013Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern/ref> and another was through Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq.'' The National'', 18 January 2010Turkey touts proposed gas pipeline from Qatar/ref> Agence France-Presse claimed Syria's rationale for rejecting the Qatar proposal was "to protect the interests of tsRussian ally, which is Europe's top supplier of natural gas." Syrian Civil War Political scientists and journalists have postulated that the Syrian Civil War was an undercover CIA operation due to Syria's rejection of the pipeline proposal and turning to an Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline instead. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The Gulf of Bahrain, an inlet of the Persian Gulf, separates Qatar from nearby Bahrain. The capital is Doha, home to over 80% of the country's inhabitants, and the land area is mostly made up of flat, low-lying desert. Qatar has been ruled as a hereditary monarchy by the House of Thani since Mohammed bin Thani signed a treaty with the British in 1868 that recognised its separate status. Following Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916, and gained independence in 1971. The current emir is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who holds nearly all executive and legislative authority under the Constitution of Qat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |