Top 5 at 5: What Happened at Qatar's Emergency Summit?
Julia Roknifard, Senior Lecturer , School of Law and Governance, Taylor's University
17-Sep-25 17:00

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Following Israel's airstrike on Doha, Qatar called an emergency summit with nearly 60 member states of the Arab League and Arab and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in attendance. We discuss the details of the meeting with Julie Roknifard, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law and Governance at Taylor’s University.
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Produced by: Dashran Yohan, Alia Zefri, Sneha Harikannan, Sudais Ferhard, Susan Tam, Sharaad Kuttan
Presented by: Sharaad Kuttan, Susan Tam
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Categories: politics, environment, international
Tags: pas, bersatu, sabah, jair bolsonaro, floods, israel, qatar,